Volvo Ocean Race 2012

Pen Rua

PUMA win; Camper second; Telefonica third; Groupama fourth; Abu Dhabi fifth; Sanya sixth. That's the VOR 2011-2012 over, and the last time for the Volvo Open 70 boats.

Edit: I have the livestream on, and the commentators are praising Galway non-stop. They're saying how friendly the Irish are, how interested we are in the race, how much hospitality we give. They also said it is possibly the highlight of the race.

stampydmonkey

the silent disco was epic last night. was wedged but absolutely great craic.everyone in great form. we need more street parties like that methinks. Sharon Shannon later, should be quality!

Wolverine359

Just wondering what time the air display is on?

Pen Rua

Wolverine359 wrote: »

Just wondering what time the air display is on?

Now. The first planes just went by. According to the Volvo Ocean Race Galway page, the next planes are due over Galway at 15.15.

14.50 PCNs
15.15 AW139s plus S61 Coastguard plus S92 3 Ship Formation
15.15 Mick Liddy Display
15.30 s92 Coastguard
15.45-16.00 AW139 - Mick winching over the naval boats

shampoosuicide

hey folks, i don't fancy traipsing through 69 pages so would anyone have an up-to-date timetable for music/bands playing? the one i have found seems to be leaving stuff off, eg sharon shannon, delorentos, the stunning aren't on there?

thanks..

whatlliwear

Are Delorentos playing??

shampoosuicide

whatlliwear wrote: »

Are Delorentos playing??

were, according to twitter. presume it's over now.

beardybrewer

shampoosuicide wrote: »

hey folks, i don't fancy traipsing through 69 pages so would anyone have an up-to-date timetable for music/bands playing?

Bogus Pogues are playing Global Village stage Sunday at 3pm.

Brad768

So many photos to sort through from today it's not funny. Shame about the weather when the race was on.
It wasn't really an air show though was it, more of a flyby :P
All in all I would say VOR was an excellent success and I thoroughly enjoyed every day I was out there. Kind of sad it's over to be honest

Mrs OBumble

Brad768 wrote: »

All in all I would say VOR was an excellent success and I thoroughly enjoyed every day I was out there. Kind of sad it's over to be honest

+1

I reckon we should feck the horse races out the window, and just have a boat festival of some sort every year.

The people who come to watch boats (or to watch people watching boats ) are just sooo much nicer.

galwayrush

Amazing crowd, so friendly and good humoured . Great to see families relaxed and enjoying themselves safely well into the morning hours.
The organisers have been praising the city almost non stop since they arrived, looks good for at least a stage stop over 2015. It will take some persuading by other ports to take the finale from us. I reckon a good Irish presence/ investment in a boat will swing the final stage for us.

buzz11

greeneyedspirit

What a brilliant brilliant day. Week, even - thoroughly enjoyed having the VOR in Galway again. Best. Thing. Ever.

Ficheall

Were all the barriers and fences down around the docks necessary? I found they made it much harder to get around.
And there were sooo many people. I don't understand how people can derive any enjoyment from being stuck in the middle of such a throng, good for businesses and all as it might be...

Pen Rua

I so regret not going down today! Ah well. There's always 2015... c;

JustMary wrote: »

+1

I reckon we should feck the horse races out the window, and just have a boat festival of some sort every year.

The people who come to watch boats (or to watch people watching boats ) are just sooo much nicer.

That'd be way better than the races, imo. If there would be some festival in the docks, it would attract more people as it is much easier to access than the racetrack, for a start. Just a thought.

It appears the musicians are not happy... My friend is friends with a guitarist in a band who played the Global Village one of the days. He said that the organization was poor and he didn't know what was going on. I tweeted Daithi (O Dronai, you may remember him from the All Ireland Talent Show) asking will he be playing tomorrow (I read somewhere he will) but he tweeted back: "to be honest it doesn't look like it anymore, piss poor organisation, sound system and staff, you don't want to see me play there..." In another tweet he said: "I played last night and it was an absolute joke." Hm...

squonk

Anyone know who is on for the finalé gig tomorrow night? Is it on in the arena or elsewhere?

Rob A. Bank

snubbleste wrote: »

Just popped down there. Not very exciting. Just some colourful yokes sprinting across the waves framed by heavily pregnant clouds nestling abver the mounds of Clare.

How very disparaging !

Without those 'colourful yokes' this would have been yet another miserable damp so called 'summer' week in Galway !!

Instead it was a very exciting spectacular week with an estimated 800,000 visitors enjoying the festivities.

The notion put forward by the 'moaners' that it was the weather and the Bank Holiday weekend which made the 2008-9 event a success has been firmly disproved.

I can't wait for the next time these phenomenal Volvo Ocean racing boats grace our waters !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jQs6kNuUXY

Pen Rua

squonk wrote: »

Anyone know who is on for the finalé gig tomorrow night? Is it on in the arena or elsewhere?

Keywest said they're closing the festival at 5pm tomorrow (they were on the iRadio Stage, they said that has changed). No idea what's going on.

squonk

Pen Rua wrote: »

Keywest said they're closing the festival at 5pm tomorrow (they were on the iRadio Stage, they said that has changed). No idea what's going on.

Thanks! Wanted to catch them. It kinda sucks they haven't updated the info on the gigs page. It's €12 so I'm not expecting headline acts but I'd still like to know. Great week though!!!

Pen Rua

squonk wrote: »

Thanks! Wanted to catch them. It kinda sucks they haven't updated the info on the gigs page. It's €12 so I'm not expecting headline acts but I'd still like to know. Great week though!!!

Wait.. What's €12? The event in the Arena? Oh! I thought you meant in the Race Village. Sorry, I got confused. idk what's happening in the ticketed event in the Arena - sorry!

squonk

Pen Rua wrote: »

Wait.. What's €12? The event in the Arena? Oh! I thought you meant in the Race Village. Sorry, I got confused. idk what's happening in the ticketed event in the Arena - sorry!

Sorry, there isn't much in the race village after 6 tomorrow. That's why I said I'd head down to the global!

Pen Rua

squonk wrote: »

Sorry, there isn't much in the race village after 6 tomorrow. That's why I said I'd head down to the global!

Oops... Missed that part... Sorry!

Rob A. Bank

the keen edge wrote: »

Fair play to the Puma crew wearing the green!

Galway should honour Ken Read... He was really complementary and heaping praise on Galway and Ireland during his last visit in the 2008-9 race also.

These were his comments today after winning the In-Port race...

Ken Read - PUMA skipper

"I'm sick of you guys commentating about champagne moments on other boats, so I wanted us to have one of our own.

"To race against the best sailors in the world and come out on top is all we can ask for.

"Winning anything is fun, whether it's an in-port race or a game of checkers. All these guys on this boat did an amazing job, we just finished an around the world race, a Volvo Ocean Race.

"God bless the green shirt, we love everyone in Ireland so it's the least we can do."

ilovesleep

Just about made it into town this afternoon. Got to spend a few hours wandering down at the docks and the swamp before Sharon Shannon. It was a good gig although I was wrecked tired and I had the hiccups which took forever to go away.

So what's on for tomorrow?

How about the VOR boats? When will they be going home and leaving our docks? Will there be a send off for them?

Will there be anything closing this event tomorrow? Any fireworks?

inisboffin

Missed today due to a million things, town seemed to be hopping when I passed through.

It's 1 now and the drumbeats can be heard in Mincloon so things must still be hopping . It sounds like a DJ so I can't tell if it is Dominic St or Docks? I don't mind the drumbeats so much its just that every feckin' dog in the area is now barking and I don't have regular weekends to sleep in ::rolleyes:

Craic + no sleep I can sometimes do, but no craic and no sleep =

Pen Rua

inisboffin wrote: »

Missed today due to a million things, town seemed to be hopping when I passed through.

It's 1 now and the drumbeats can be heard in Mincloon so things must still be hopping . It sounds like a DJ so I can't tell if it is Dominic St or Docks? I don't mind the drumbeats so much its just that every feckin' dog in the area is now barking and I don't have regular weekends to sleep in ::rolleyes:

Craic + no sleep I can sometimes do, but no craic and no sleep =

It's some party in the Global Village.

Brad768

Untitled by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

All systems go...or not...... by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Sanya Volvo open 70 by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr


Puma Volvo open 70 by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Telefonica Volvo open 70 by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Puma Volvo open 70 by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Camper Volvo open 70 by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Telefonica crew returning to docks by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Puma crew in green by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Camper bow by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Camper crew returning to docks by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Groupama crew onboard by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Groupama celebrating by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

Untitled by Bradley Skidmore, on Flickr

swiftman

Pen Rua wrote: »

I so regret not going down today! Ah well. There's always 2015... c;



That'd be way better than the races, imo. If there would be some festival in the docks, it would attract more people as it is much easier to access than the racetrack, for a start. Just a thought.

It appears the musicians are not happy... My friend is friends with a guitarist in a band who played the Global Village one of the days. He said that the organization was poor and he didn't know what was going on. I tweeted Daithi (O Dronai, you may remember him from the All Ireland Talent Show) asking will he be playing tomorrow (I read somewhere he will) but he tweeted back: "to be honest it doesn't look like it anymore, piss poor organisation, sound system and staff, you don't want to see me play there..." In another tweet he said: "I played last night and it was an absolute joke." Hm...

what a little prima donna. ok if he wasnt treated right he should of had a quite word or refused to do it. im sure he is getting a few euro for it. slagging of people on twitter is not the best thing to do when you will be looking for work in the city again. imagine if one of us was thinking of getting him to our pub and at back of our mind thinking, if his drink isnt cold enough he will start giving out on twitter.

suck it up boy, your not as good as you think you are. stick to the pubs and keep you mouth shut.

inisboffin

Right. Anyone who has to work on a Sunday mornigh has every right to sleep it in. Volvo are paying apparently.


Edit: Timestamp is 2.45 in case that comes up in defense court your honour

inisboffin

swiftman wrote: »

pre madonna

Excellent malapropism!