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WELCOME HOME THE DRAGON AT THE VOLVO DUN LAOGHAIRE REGATTA8th July, 2009
Sunday 12 July 2009 Dun Laoghaire’s west pier will be on standby to welcome home Ireland’s entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, Green Dragon which completed 37,000 nm around the world over the last 9 months. Green Dragon one of four boats in the race to complete all legs in the ‘Everest of sailing’ visited ports including Alicante, Capetown, Kochi, Singapore, Qingdao, Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Maarstrand, Stockholm and finishing in St Petersburg at the end of June.
ESCAPING THE ICE BOX20th May, 2009
It was a long night onboard for the fleet as they wove their way along the ice exclusion zone. The shifty conditions meant yet another re-shuffled in the fleet . Conditions ranged from 12 to 24 knots, forcing many tacks during the night. They are now approaching the final section of the ice box, and will hope to turn the corner into the downwind conditions that wait for them on the other side.
A GOOD DAY ONBOARD19th May, 2009
It is all change in the fleet as the head south to make their way around the ice exclusion zone. Green Dragon’s more southerly position has paid as they decided to focus on making up ground on the fleet before the downwind conditions set in and in doing so ignored the scoring gate for the bigger battle ahead. This has certainly paid off as they have gained over 40 miles on the fleet and now lay in second place, behind current leader Telefonica Black.
HEADING TO THE SCORING GATE18th May, 2009
The exit out of Boston was a challenging passage for Green Dragon, as they weaved their way through hundreds of lobster pots and the container ships which lined the route out. Add a drop in temperature and a thick fog and the start has not been an easy one
CLOSE START OUT OF BOSTON16th May, 2009
The crew onboard Green Dragon were given a warm send off in Boston today by a huge crowd of Irish supporters, all cheering on as the boat left the dock to the sound of their team song ‘Galway Girl’. In a 15 knot south easterly breeze the fleet started Leg 7, but the fleet were recalled from the first start after the start gun malfunctioned. Once racing got underway again, it was a split fleet off the line with the home team PUMA leading the fleet to the top mark. Telefonica Blue led her sistership around the first mark, followed by Green Dragon just holding off PUMA, then Ericsson 4 and Ericsson 3, whilst Delta Lloyd was pushed away from the mark by the coastguard because of an approaching freighter!
Interview with Damian Foxall - pre Leg 10
Interview with Damian Foxall - pre Leg 10
INTERVIEW SKIPPER IAN WALKER - IN PORT RACE STOCKHOLM
INTERVIEW SKIPPER IAN WALKER - IN PORT RACE STOCKHOLM
