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Ireland’s Green Dragon, currently sailing down the coast of Africa towards Cape Town on the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, is the first to deal its “stealth” card.

Just four days into leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race, Ireland’s entry has suffered a serious setback.

Ireland’s entry in the Volvo Ocean Race, Green Dragon, is back in the water and preparing for Saturday’s in-shore racing in Singapore after the Christmas and New Year respite.

Life on the ocean waves is proving hazardous and unpredictable for Ireland’s Green Dragon and fellow competitors in the Volvo Ocean Race.

The Green Dragon’s battle with boat and sea in this year’s Volvo Ocean Race is sparking a huge interest from Galway supporters ahead of the city stopover in May.

Supporting businesses of the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Galway have now passed the 100 mark as the fleet prepares for the in-port racing duel in Boston on Saturday.

Members of Volvo Ocean crews will be giving a special presentation to budding sailors in Galway on Monday June 1.

Andrew Moran from Newport has been announced as a finalist of the HB Let’s Sail competition, as part of the Volvo Ocean Race Galway Stopover 2009. Primary and Secondary school students entered the competition to design and build a boat, made using HB ice-cream sticks. As a finalist Andrew will meet with Ian Walker from the Green Dragon team at the Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday May 24. The overall winner, announced on the day, will receive a family trip to the Volvo Ocean Race Stopover in Stockholm.

“ The course is windward-leeward, with a mid-course gate through which the teams must pass, and marks at each end around which the crews must sail.

The Green Dragon was due to arrive in Marstraand late last evening with high hopes of another podium finish.