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Volvo Race Pics and Vids Thread
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2 o'clock in the morning and there's about 50 boats chasing us. They're all half langered.
Uh, hope they didn't mean that in the same sense as we would. Having a drink on-board is one thing, but gettin p1ssed at night and navigating is totally different. It's not the navigation, it's the reaction if something went wrong, especially with so much traffic! All it would take is one accident to screw the rest of the fun for the rest of us
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Any vid's of Green Dragon coming in, I wonder?
-Edit- Just spotted this
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I was undecided whether I'd head down to the docks last night as I was nursing a durty hangover all day, boy was I glad I went. I was an absolutely brilliant night, one of the best nights I've had out in Galway in ages and I wasn't even drinking!
The crowd was huge, half of which were pissed. Everyone was in flying form, it felt more like a party than anything else. When the boats came into the docks the crowd went nuts. Just heard on the radio that there was approx 10,000 people there, I'd say that's a bit on the conservative side. Keith Finnegan (MC for the night) said that the Harbour Master had told him that there were at least 500 small boats in the bay to meet the race boats.
Anyway, enough of me flapping my lips on to the pictures;
(Apologies for the appalling quality of the pictures but in my wisdom I forgot to bring any gloves and my hands were like two blocks of ice come the end of the night)
The crowd starting to build at the Long Walk at about 1am
Here is Ericsson4 emerging from the black, rounding Nimmos Pier and heading for the docks
Fireworks!
Mooring up at the docks
Presentations
Puma arriving at the docks;
Presentation to the Puma team
Poor Finno looking freezing, bet he was wishing he was in mass
A load of lads dancing their arses off
The biggest cheer of the night came for the Green Dragon team
Hot on the heals of Green Dragon, Telefonica Blue rolled into town.
Champagne!
Green Dragon with Telefonica Blue in the background
Puma
Delta Lloyd moseying in the bay at about 5am as I headed for home
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got some pics last night, the crowd was brilliant, lack of gardai though, which is neither here nor there but there didnt seem to be much piss actin, fantastic night (after work!) overall!
as ye know, my cam is crap with bad lighting, so apologise for the quality.!....
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JohnCleary wrote: »Any vid's of Green Dragon coming in, I wonder?
-Edit- Just spotted this
We were talking to the fella that took that video last night, and he showed us that clip on his camera as we missed the arrival of Green Dragon. He said that he would be putting it on you tube, quick work!0 -
Well, my son (Combat5) and I decided to go down to the docks last night to try and get some pictures and got up at stupid O'Clock (3am) and headed down. We got there just as Green Dragon was entering the docks but we could'nt get near to see it as they were 3,4 and even 5 deep at the barriers. We headed over to the gates area and took a few pictures from there before heading back to the docks area again. The conditions weren't great for pictures as Using a slow shutter speed to get the pictures but the wind made it very difficult to get clear steady shots. So some of these aren't as good as I would like and little grainy but hopefully it will be of interest to some one. Also I think the atmosphere there last night was electric, have'nt been at anything like it for as long as I can remember. There was plenty of alcaholic lubrication, but no trouble as far as I could see, everyone was out for a good time, almost carnival like. I think that the organisers really nailed it last night, well done to all concerned. Any way my first batch.
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A few snaps from my ramble around town today. I'll just put in thumbnails, click for the full versions. Nowhere near as nice as some of the great pics posted earlier, thanks for those guys, I'm gutted that I didn't stick around for the arrival last night.
(A crew member clearly hosing all the fag butts and cans off the deck here, it must have been a fun voyage
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foxy_19-89 wrote: »unbelievalbe photos vulcan, 1st pic really deadly! thanks a mil!
Thanks for the compliment foxy. You seem to have the ideal vantage point for the two weeks:) , and taking some nice pictures yourself.0 -
ronnie3585 wrote: »Just two quick snaps of Northabout. IMO the most impressive boat in the docks. Got talking to two of the crew members, they were really sound.
One of the crew who sails that boat is a doctor from my home town. Thats a seriously impressive boat, even for a nautically challenged individual like me - especially when you know the story about where its been.0 -
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A few pics from the arrival, Not very good I'm afraid hand held in the cold and dark.
Crowd near Dun Aengus at 1:15
Fireworks for Ericsson 4
A shakey shot of Ericsson 4 coming in
Another one
And from sunday afternoon
Green Dragon in servicing area
Puma in servicing area
Demasted Ericsson 4 with Ericsson 3
The servicing area
The boat that was in the opening cermony0 -
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