You are invited to celebrate Team Daft and the Round Ireland Yacht Race with us

Darragh · 04-06-2010 12:06pm #1

As many of you know, Boards.ie shares offices with Daft.com, and this year, Daft.com are sponsoring a team in the Round Ireland Yacht Race.

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It's called Team Daft and the team comprises of Mark Pollock and Mick Liddy among others. We caught up with Mark yesterday to find out more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHwwGEOfzHg

There's more on the Team Daft blog, on Facebook, on YouTube and on Twitter.

However, we'd like to invite 5 Boards.ie members to bring a friend to celebrate the us on Thursday, June 10th on the MV Cill Airne ("Dublin's Floating Restaurant and Bar on the Liffey") from 5.30pm to late.

There's live music from the Swing Kings, food and drinks and tours of the Team Daft yacht. There's also the chance to win a sailing trip on the Team Daft racing boat.

To be in with a chance, just leave a question we could ask Mark or Mick in a public interview on Thursday. It might be their fears before the race, the challenges they'll face, looking for more information on their set-up or more.

The best five questions will earn the questioner and a friend an invite on Thursday night. You must be over 18 to take the prize and no alternative prize is offered. We'll pick the winners on Wednesday 9 June. Your comment won't appear immediately when it's posted.

spoonface · 04-06-2010 1:55pm

What would your advice be to young people who have no experience of sailing but would like to somehow get involved in the sport?

homer911 · 04-06-2010 2:01pm

Cork Week is still in need of a headline sponsor. Would Daft consider continuing their theme and sponsoring this as well? I can see the international news headlines now "Daft Cork Week..."

LMGB · 04-06-2010 4:06pm

Whats the first thing you do when you get off the boat?

denballs · 04-06-2010 11:28pm

more info
http://www.afloat.ie/round-ireland-2010/item/12765-team-daft-sponsorship-formally-announced/

question/...............................

you are both very adventurous people. mark being the first blind man to reach the south pole and mick being an air corps helicopter pilot. what is it that made you want to take part in the Round Ireland Yacht Race.

Papa_Lazarou · 05-06-2010 1:29am

What are the biggest challenges ye have faced with preparing yourselves both physically and mentally for the trip ?

WIZE · 06-06-2010 10:14am

If there was one Famous Actor you could pick as a Crew member just for company who would it be and why ?

mcgratheoin · 06-06-2010 4:32pm

How do you decide a shift pattern for two people. Are there certain areas on the course or certain wind conditions that will allow the off-watch person to catch up on sleep? Also, if the off-watch person is needed, say for rough conditions, does the rota change or do they then have to do their scheduled watch?