Tall Ships Races Put Out Call for Volunteers Niamh Devereux - Herald.ie
go to original June 2, 2012

The International Tall Ships Races 2012 are in search of more than 600 volunteers to help out at this year's event in Dublin, which will be the final host port for the festival.

The four-day celebration will take place at the quaysides north and south of the Liffey on August 23-26.

This year is the first time since 1998 that the capital is hosting the event, which will see 100 tall ships sail into Dublin from Mexico, Italy, the US and Norway.

Kate McDonagh, of Volunteer Ireland, said that people have already shown an interest.

"We haven't even really advertised that we need volunteers yet, but 400 people have already signed up," She said. "We are aiming for 1,000-plus."

Volunteers will take training classes in the weekends leading up to the event, which will give them a basic introduction to the race, its background, what the organisers hope to achieve, as well as health and safety precautions.

The Race

The Tall Ships Races 2012, presented by Szczecin and organised by Sail Training International, will commence in St Malo, France from the 5th to the 8th of July.

From St Malo, the fleet will race across the Bay of Biscay to Lisbon in Portugal, before carrying on to Cádiz in Spain.

The Tall Ships will depart Cádiz to cruise in company along the length of the Portuguese coast before reaching the safe harbour of A Coruna in Northern Spain.

At this point excitement will be mounting in Dublin, as the fleet will depart A Coruna on the 13th of August to head north for the Irish Sea and Dublin.

For futher information please see the Dublin Tall Ships website

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