Sunday 12 July 2009 Dun Laoghaire’s west pier will be on standby to welcome home Ireland’s entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, Green Dragon which completed 37,000 nm around the world over the last 9 months. Green Dragon one of four boats in the race to complete all legs in the ‘Everest of sailing’ visited ports including Alicante, Capetown, Kochi, Singapore, Qingdao, Rio de Janeiro, Boston, Galway, Maarstrand, Stockholm and finishing in St Petersburg at the end of June. 

The fleet set sail today for Leg 10 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008/09.  It is the final leg of a 37,000 mile journey around the planet. It was an early start for the crews as they left the dock in Stockholm in front of a large crowd at 0730 local time (GMT +2). 

The fleet will set sail from the city of Stockholm for the 400 mile leg to St Petersburg in Russia tomorrow afternoon (25/06/09) at 1400 local time (GMT +2).  It will mark the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008/09 and the final opportunity to claim crucial points for teams wanting to secure their overall place on the leaderboard. 

It was a long sail out to the start line for the last In Port race of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008\09, the seven boat fleet motored out in the early hours to a two mile course approximately 30 miles from Stockholm located in the Swedish archipelago.

Green Dragon has announced their crew for the In Port race this Sunday 21st June in Stockholm, Sweden. The team will feature a new line up including an additional grinder in the form of Swedish America’s Cup sailor Henrik Norberg and French navigator Jean-Luc Nélias.  Also onboard will be Green Dragon shore team regulars Johnny Mordaunt and James Carroll.  Green Dragon navigator Ian Moore has returned to the UK to be with his wife ahead the impending birth of their second child.