Waterford Tall Ships Festival. 30 June - 3 July

kensutz

The fly over by 117 was great. The balloons were even better!

decies

Back to the missing cats threads now :-/

TwistsAndTurns

Fantastic few days, credit is due to everyone involved. Take a bow all.

south

Great weekend. Well done to all involved in making it happen. Grimes will have a band on the roof of the pub at 6 this evening for anyone looking to keep the party going.

Kanoe

south wrote: »

Great weekend. Well done to all involved in making it happen. Grimes will have a band on the roof of the pub at 6 this evening for anyone looking to keep the party going.

really? excellent who's the band?

chelloveks

Kanoe wrote: »

really? excellent who's the band?

They're called Some fella with a fake gun on the roof

200motels

I have to say it was a great few days, my highlight was getting on the ship Europa which was superb. I heard the 3 gigs were great, and finally to everyone who were involved in the event well done.

blaa85

Kanoe wrote: »

really? excellent who's the band?

Rockabilly band called Nervous Breakdown. I'd say it'll be some laugh.

Kanoe

might go in for a lucozade so

kkdela6

Just chillin out in Red Square, drinking a few cans, having a laugh with the guards, soaking in the fantastic atmosphere and buzzing off the good vibe, listening to the jam tarts orchestra. one of the most pleasurable moments in my life.

got chattin to a sailor, he says to me 'wow is waterford always as busy as this?'

i said .......'tis boy!'

cocoshovel

Shame a big dirty traveller family had to come into the park and start roaring and screaming, throwing things at each other right in front of the playground. The gardai were on hand after about 10 mins but they had either split up or went silent when they arrived so they weren't spoken too.

munster_mafia

Really enjoyed the last few days, and it's great that spraoi is only around the corner. Bolten st was a decent venue but wasn't full at all. Why didn't they release more tickets or was it just people not showing up? Only made it into the Waterboys, who I personally taught were very poor, and so did the majority around me. Heard similar about Bryan Ferry also. Woul have taught one big gig on the Saturday night with a higher calibre act would have been more suitable.

Finnbar01

munster_mafia wrote: »

Really enjoyed the last few days, and it's great that spraoi is only around the corner. Bolten st was a decent venue but wasn't full at all. Why didn't they release more tickets or was it just people not showing up? Only made it into the Waterboys, who I personally taught were very poor, and so did the majority around me. Heard similar about Bryan Ferry also. Woul have taught one big gig on the Saturday night with a higher calibre act would have been more suitable.

I think a lot of people applied to get tickets but probably had no intentions of going but realised they might change their mind at the last minute.

Next time round, they should charge for the tickets perhaps? Maybe a fiver or something.

Kanoe

nationwide tonight 7.30 from the quays, should be good.

JPA

Kanoe wrote: »

nationwide tonight 7.30 from the quays, should be good.

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1103242

mike65

I wished I'd known about the MILF and Hotties boat.

KevIRL

Nice few snaps on The Journal

http://www.thejournal.ie/tall-ships-in-waterford-your-pictures-167280-Jul201

decies

munster_mafia wrote: »

Really enjoyed the last few days, and it's great that spraoi is only around the corner. Bolten st was a decent venue but wasn't full at all. Why didn't they release more tickets or was it just people not showing up? Only made it into the Waterboys, who I personally taught were very poor, and so did the majority around me. Heard similar about Bryan Ferry also. Woul have taught one big gig on the Saturday night with a higher calibre act would have been more suitable.

thought waterboys and Bryan Ferry were brilliant . Mike Scott got really into it and Bryan Ferry,s stage production was good entertainment

Daysha

I sailed in the 08 race when it went from Liverpool to Maloy in Norway, and while both places did a good job, what Waterford organised was on an entirely different level entirely.

Liverpool obviously had some facilities we can't compete with (the opening ceremony was in the Echo Arena), but there was little to nothing in the way of a proper festival atmosphere. The ships were in 3 different areas that required a 15 minute bus to get from one to the other, and there was only the odd gig here or there. Maloy did a good job given they're only a small town of a few thousand people, but there's very little you can organise in a place that size.

Liverpool attracted about 250,000 during their hosting while Maloy got about 50k, so for a place like ours to attract about 400,000 is one thing, but to do so with such brilliant organisation and only half the number of ships from the 08 race says it all. An absolutely brilliant weekend from start to finish and something we should be really proud of for years to come.

Daysha

There is one complaint that I have about the festival which I only just found out about tonight though. Apparently the Asgard's bell and wheel were on display somewhere in town, from the video package RTE ran it looks like Greyfriers. Why oh why didn't they publicise this?! I've read nearly every article published on the Asgard since she sank nearly 3 years and I didn't see a single thing about this. I even know of somebody who specifically went into the Tall Ships offices to ask if they had any intention of showcasing the recovered artifacts. All he got was a puzzled look before the City Council eventually got back to him and said they weren't in possession of them and won't be making any plans for it.

The weird thing is if they were indeed in Greyfriers (hard to tell from the images), that's a building that's run by the City Council themselves! Considering there were no Irish ships to lead the event this year, I always thought it'd be a nice symbolic gesture to use the Asgard's bell to signal the start of the race. But considering they were here all along and never told anyone about it is disappointing, I know for the fact there would've been a popular attraction not just for visitors but visiting crew members and the Tall Ships organisers themselves.

Hoffmans

why wasnt the dunbrody there?

Daysha

Hoffmans wrote: »

why wasnt the dunbrody there?

She doesn't sail much if at all anymore. Think they made the decision a few years ago to make it a permanent visitors attraction in New Ross, was costing too much to keep it seaworthy.

chelloveks

mike65 wrote: »

I wished I'd known about the MILF and Hotties boat.

Lmfao....where was that scow docked?

deisemum

Ray Darcy is full of praise for the Tall Ships and the organisation that was second to none.

Storm 10

Another gripe that I have is there was very little use made of the public sound system, I checked the programme and there was no mention of the Coastguard helicopter doing a flypast, I went to the Coastguard stand who told me the helicopter would display at 3.30pm on Saturday yet there was no announcement about this even when the helicopter arrived.

Daysha I saw the wheel and the bell from the Asgard it was on display in a small place on the quays (brought a tear to my eyes very sad) I forget the name of the place but there was loads of paintings there as well. I agree with you that this should have been announced as the sinking of Asgard was a great loss to the Country and would have attracted a lot of people to see it, as it was I stumbled upon it by accident.

Had a great weekend and the Tall Ships was fantastic well done Waterford.

jimbojazz

Storm 10 wrote: »

Another gripe that I have is there was very little use made of the public sound system, I checked the programme and there was no mention of the Coastguard helicopter doing a flypast, I went to the Coastguard stand who told me the helicopter would display at 3.30pm on Saturday yet there was no announcement about this even when the helicopter arrived.


I'd assume that the reason why they couldn't say what time or put it in print is bacause of the unknown factor with regard to the operation of this service i.e. it's an emergency vehicle and is on a 24hr watch. In my opinion the surprise element of it arriving added to the spectacle.

Finnbar01

Daysha wrote: »

She doesn't sail much if at all anymore. Think they made the decision a few years ago to make it a permanent visitors attraction in New Ross, was costing too much to keep it seaworthy.

Do you know why there was no helicopter rides this year?

Daysha

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Do you know why there was no helicopter rides this year?

There were, the stand was around the clock tower I think.

http://www.waterfordtallshipsrace.ie/the-festival/helicopter-rides/

Finnbar01

Daysha wrote: »

There were, the stand was around the clock tower I think.

http://www.waterfordtallshipsrace.ie/the-festival/helicopter-rides/

Cheers, last time they were leaving from Waterford cyrstal so flying over my house all the time.

CardBordWindow

Finnbar01 wrote: »

Do you know why there was no helicopter rides this year?

There was, the helicoptors were leaving from where the Foundry was down towards Gracedieu. They didn't really go down by the tall ships though, only went up around the new bridge.