Cats coming to Galway
Category: Volvo Ocean RaceForty catamarans will be raced by two-handed teams in front of the promenade in Salthill on Saturday 30 June and Sunday 1 July as they compete in the Irish Multihull Association (IMA) National competition, which is sponsored by local taxi company Pro-Cabs. Only once every five years is this event hosted in the West of Ireland and Galway Bay Sailing Club is the host for 2012. Of all the various catamaran types sailing on 30 June, the largest fleet will be the Dart 16s. All locally owned boats, they are famed for their yellow hulls and while not as fast, they are much more robust and can take on stronger winds than their delicate fibreglass constructed 18 foot cousins.
