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The newly published course calendar for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 will see Galway host up to five days of in-port racing and festivities at the end of the next event.

Ever wondered how the Volvo Ocean Race Sailors learnt their skills – well they all had to start somewhere. Galway Bay Sailing Club is running its annual Introduction to Sailing Course starting on March 30 at 8pm in its clubhouse in Renville.

It’s official. As we revealed here on this page last week, Galway is set to host the biggest global party in Irish sailing history.

There is growing confidence in Galway this weekend that not alone will the city will be named as a stopover port for the 2012 Volvo Ocean Race, but that it is in with a great chance of hosting the finish of the race — an award that would multiply the massive coverage it received last year.

Galway stands a real chance of again hosting a stopover in the 2010 Volvo Ocean Race, and thereby enjoying a major economic and tourism boost, with the announcement this week that the Government has committed €4 million to support the city’s bid to host a port stopover.

Galway’s bid to host another stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race took a huge leap forward this week with the Government’s commitment to offer financial backing. Now the organisers, Let’s Do It Global, are hoping the Galway city and county councils and private business will follow its lead.

The good work done at stopovers during last year’s Volvo Ocean Race has paid dividends for the west in 2010, according to Tourism Ireland which has set an ambitious target to grow visitor numbers by three per cent.

Two of the biggest racing events of the year will come face-to-face this weekend as the Green Dragon boat, Ireland’s entry for the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race, docks in Galway city for four days during the Galway Races.

It may just be that they’re not going, but a number of councillors have voiced their concerns at the current trip/junket to Alicante for the launch of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Galway received its first glimpse of its entry into this year’s Volvo Ocean Race when it sailed into the city on Sunday amid of flotilla of supporting yachts.