Volvo Race Pics and Vids Thread

Cosmo K

A little series from yesterday:

A cool guy waiting for a "lift";)



the liftboy gets into action



And our hero takes off!



they don't call him 'Spiderman' for nothing



nearly there now



And he is on top of the world (hero fist included:) )



Those sailors are real heros.......pffft....errrm, they look like ESB contractors to me:)

IrishWhiskeyCha

A few pics from yesterday ... ye probably have enough of the VOC boats so only 1 ...





The VOC Yachts



Galway Hookers loitering on the docks




A happy face in the sun.

IrishWhiskeyCha

A few of the Stunning last night and what a great concert they put on too ... Sorry but not the best of quality as we were way back in the crowd and I had to shoot at full stretch over head :rolleyes:



Hello Sailors .... The Stunning get into sailing mode.



Another Stunning shot



Steve Wall




Steve & Galway man Jim Higgins on Trumpet & Keyboards



Derek Murry on lead guitar Left.




Far Right Cormac Dunne on Drums & Joe Wall on Bass

majiktripp

- Massive Down Pour



Apologies for some being blurry as it was very windy and the downpour didn't help much either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz8mwMdVJ-Q
The Ericsson 3? theme.

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ronnie3585

Here's a couple of pics from today. Another great day with a great crowd, pity the weather didn't hold up but we can't really complain given the last ten days we had!

Sorry about the poor quality of the long range shots but I was on the prom and had to use the digital zoom on the camera, it ain't great.

Green Dragon leaving the docks


Back of the Ericsson 4 boat


Ericsson 3 leaving



Aircorps lads


The boats filling their sails and the race is off


Green Dragon taking the lead (which it then lost to Ericsson 4)


Last shot of the boats powering out the bay. Slán!

MacApple

hi I'm a mate of Steve + Joe...I'm doing a blog + including a bit about their gig on fri night...could I have permission to use a few pics?

blog is ballylara.wordpress.com

steve has comment on post 2 weeks back

thanks eddie stack ed.estack@gmail.com

Fiddlesnap

Planes from me roof!

Cosmo K

More pics next week, I have to process them first, but here is a first glimpse:

Cosmo K

Cosmo K

foxy_19-89

the last of my pics, firstly of the last night, then of the morning of the boats leaving and then of the despresing site of the docks now


hope ye enjoyed all my photos, did my best to keep ye updated (i was overtaken by all the pros wit their fancy cameras at an early stage:P)

foxy_19-89

the morning of departure.......

foxy_19-89

and the docks over the past few days.............so depresing

foxy_19-89

and the last few from this afternoon.....

(the ugly fisher's back )

ronnie3585

And so ends one of the best threads seen on these boards. It has been a really unique opportunity to watch the removal of the dirty tanks, the (temporary) regeneration of the docks and the superb VOR and everything that went with it.

Boo-erns, it's over:(

toiletduck

Some great pictures in this thread. Well done to all.

If only my camera wasn't bust

forumfiend

ronnie3585 wrote: »

And so ends one of the best threads seen on these boards.

+1 for that.

Marcus

Just to let everyone know. The official Galway Volvo Ocean Race photo competition closes tomorrow June 11th at midnight.

If anyone here wants to enter their photos, please ensure they are uploaded BEFORE this deadline and using the dedicated group upload page (click on the Upload Festival Photos button on the official festival group: http://pix.ie/group/galwayvolvooceanrace)

Thanks once again to those who participated already. Both the festival organisers (letsdoitgalway.com) and the sponsor LookWest.ie are absolutely delighted with the response so far!

Best of luck!
Marcus

mr_disc

Such a shame to see The Docks area back to normal again. I passed by there today and saw they have the big pile of metal scraps stacked up high again .

Wouldn't it be great if they kept the area as it was during the stop over with boats (Yachts) parked up (Which gave it such a continental feel) and the area area spotless etc. O well one can only wish.

Back to normal in Galway where the words " I will meet you down at the docks" will get you funny looks.

I was drinking on a boat in the docks a few nights and even slept on the boat in the docks the bank holiday sunday night it really felt like a different place. Walking up there was quite strange!

IrishWhiskeyCha

Thought I'd post this ... the Final song from the Stunning Concert at VOR Galway.

Class ....

Deadly Delta

This video was of electric picnic not the VOR!

minxie

Deadly Delta wrote: »

This video was of electric picnic not the VOR!

Was wondering cos they sounded a lot better at the VOR:eek:

IrishWhiskeyCha

Just meant it was the final song they played at VOR not the actual footage...


Still class :cool:

And to brighten the post VOR blues for some here

ve

I am so sorry to see the end of the VOR, it was by far THE BEST FESTIVAL EVER in Galway. It really puts Macnas, The Arts Festival, Paddy's Day, Salthill Festival (of years gone by) to shame. It must be said the weather helped, but a few of us were in around town last Friday evening for the Stunning and a bite to eat and the atmosphere was still fantastic. I didn't venture down to the docs until the Friday evening of the Bank Holliday weekend and when I entered I couldn't believe the scale of the event. Myself and a few others for the first time (ever I'd say) felt like we were in another country (a really nice one ) out having the craic. Galway was ideally suited for this and I hope it comes back again.

/tips hat to all those involved in pulling off such a fantastic event and to all of you for the great photos over the last few weeks. Good job.

biko

Does anyone have more pics/vids?

Join the Bring It Back discussion here

vulcan57

Entered 8 pictures in the Fahy Foto competition and got a phone call from them today to say that, although I didn't win the overall prize I am in the top 5 and the top 5 will be on show in the shop window and on their website from tomorrow. Really chuffed. Wonder was it anyone on here that won as there were some super shots posted here.

Marcus

vulcan57 wrote: »

Entered 8 pictures in the Fahy Foto competition and got a phone call from them today to say that, although I didn't win the overall prize I am in the top 5 and the top 5 will be on show in the shop window and on their website from tomorrow. Really chuffed. Wonder was it anyone on here that won as there were some super shots posted here.

Congrats!