Galway hosts of May's Round Britain and Ireland Race stopover in the city have welcomed a site visit by race organisers, the Royal Western Yacht Club from Plymouth.
Race director Adrian Gray held detailed discussions over planning for the event at Galway Harbour this week. Each competing boat will stop for a break of 48 hours at each port before continuing the 2,000-mile voyage.
Gray and Galway Bay Sailing Club Commodore Johnny Shorten and the organising team of Nigel Moss, Fergal Lyons and Olga Scully met with the Harbourmaster of the Port of Galway, Captain Brian Sheridan, about event logisitics.
As Afloat previously reported, the historical race, now celebrating its 56th year, will involve approximately 40 boats, many two-handed, sailing a gruelling course from Plymouth to Galway to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands to Blythe, on the East coast of England, and back to Plymouth.