Volvo Ocean Race 2012

will theu have in port race as well?

if yes that is mean that the winner will depend on the last in port race, which is starnge

pepe00 wrote: »

will theu have in port race as well?

if yes that is mean that the winner will depend on the last in port race, which is starnge

Yes there will be a final in port race. On Saturday, it's worth six points.

Groupama are 25 points ahead at the moment. If they finish above 5th place in this leg, they will have won the entire race. There are also prizes for the in port race series, and for just winning the in port race itself, so there is a point to it. If Groupama finish fifth or sixth in this leg and puma win the leg (very unlikely, but anything can happen) then the entire nine month, 39000 nautical mile journey around the world race will be decided by the in port race in Galway next Saturday. As it is second, third etc will probably be decided by the in port race.

This is actually the first time in the volvo race history it's been this close. Usually the whole race would have been won a leg or two ago.

squonk wrote: »

Any good boat trips that you could recommend happening during the race? I wouldn't mind going out for a look around and if I need to book for the weekend, I'd do it today.

There is a small tent in the group of tents along the side of the harbour hotel and you can get info and book boat trips from there. There are different types of boat trips available and examples include a trip out to watch fireworks on Wed night and out to watch the racing next Sat.

A group of us did the rib trip yesterday which was great craic - 500 horse power, can do up to 60 mph though with us we did a max of 45 mph and that was plenty! €15 for 30 mins and €30 for an hour.

The bridge. not dodgy, just very cheap looking.

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vulcan57 wrote: »

Boats have rounded the Fastnet and are now heading up the SW coast. Camper, Groupama and Telefonica are on AIS.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?mmsi=512003181&centerx=-9.459105&centery=51.29276&zoom=10&type_color=9

Camper seem to have taken the lead from Telefonica.

So is the leader puma as Mar Mostro.
The AIS only updates every few minutes and out of sych between them too so they appear to keep leap frogging each other.

J o e wrote: »

Galway advertiser and independent are saying 8-9pm this evening. Wonder where they're getting that from.

Some unreliably informed businesses who want more of a crowd in the city tonight

dinneenp wrote: »

The bridge. not dodgy, just very cheap looking.

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Whats the story with the other eyesore in the water down from the bridge?
Surely its not there just for advertising?

dinneenp wrote: »

The bridge. not dodgy, just very cheap looking.

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Yeah, don't like to knock the Lets do it Galway group too much as overall they are doing us proud, but that bridge does look a bit like a Mecano set job !

Rickwellwood wrote: »

GB FM news just now saying boat arrival to start between 3 and 4 am Wednesday morning at Galway docks

It's tonight, not tomorrow night.

dinneenp wrote: »

I heard that Dara O Brien was very pis&ed off.
marquee had 2,500 in it and he was getting paid for a crowd of only 2,000.
He was livid and close to not going on stage. Ended up ripping into the state of the marquee a bit/took out his fustration....

It didn't even come across like that. The only three comments I remember was him referring to it as the Claddagh tent, the fact that it was bright outside the length of the tent and that 'despite commitments being made, you could still hear the music from the ice rink'. Sounded fairly good natured in fairness but he's a pro.

Ticketing seemed a shambolic affair. I went over to the Steamhouse to collect my tickets about 4 to be met with guys carting a PC out in a box. Once I went in there wasn't a PC to be seen and I was told that they were moving over to the Arena and ticketing would commence again at 6 over there. I headed over and had a few beers and took the place in and headed over to the Arena about 8. My tickets weren't printed out so I needed to chat to a guy there driving a computer. After queuing for him I got my tickets eventually and walked off but had a look before I went in to see that they were for another person with the same name as me and were for Apres Match the following day. I went back to the counter and, fair play to the people on the queue already who let me cut as I was beginning to wonder at this point if they'd even recorded my tickets or not. I got the right tickets the next time round but I came away thinking two things...

1. How come they publicised the Steamship House as the ticket office but then moved on Saturday afternoon?
2. Could they not have decided to do that on Friday even, before the whole thing had started?

I was at Dara too and I also got the impression he wasn't too impressed with the "Claddagh Tent" or the general organization, despite referring to it all in a fairly jokey manner! He said this was his first time in Galway for more than 7 years and followed that statement up with... "will ye build a fcuking venue lads!"

I also heard from a reliable source that the ticketing just before the event was chaotic and some people were turned away despite having paid?? I was sitting up near the front and stewards asked me a couple of times if all the seats on my row were taken - they were obviously looking to squeeze more people in. When I went in the door, my tickets were barely looked at - I could have had a ticket for the Eye cinema in my hand for all they knew :pac:

Will it take them 12 hours to get from the bottom of Kerry to Galway? They seem to be making good progress. It'd be great to see them earlier, like 11 or 12 ish... take down the sales and use engines lads

docks gates closed from 9pm - 2am due to low tide!!!!!

if there here at 10pm they wont get into the docks till 2