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Mon 05 May 2009Round-world visitors blown away as Galway puts on a gale-force greeting
VOLVO OCEAN RACE: “IS THE whole town here? Did anybody stay in bed in Galway tonight?” The words of Ian Walker, British skipper of the Irish-Chinese Volvo Ocean Race entry Green Dragon shortly after 4am yesterday, responding to a 10,000-strong dockside welcome.
“What are you going to do when we win the race?” Walker asked a delirious crowd.
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