Ireland's entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 departing from Dun Laoghaire Harbour on August 23rd, 2008 carrying our sailing hopes and ambitions on board. Green Dragon, IRL 888, a Volvo Open 70, is escorted by Dun Laoghaire RNLI Lifeboat Anna Livia and a flotilla of enthusiastic supporters.
The fishing boat Frisco, DK69, takes shelter at Gyles Quay on the Cooley Peninsula as the clouds darken.
Argentina: Buenos Aires.
Australia: Canberra, Brisbane (Queensland), Perth (Western Australia), Richmond (Queensland) and Sydney (New South Wales).
Austria: Innsbruck (Tirol) and Vienna (Wien).
Bangladesh: Dhaka.
Belgium: Antwerp, Brugge (West-vlaanderen), Brussels (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), Dendermonde (Oost-vlaanderen), Gent (Limburg), Hasselt (Limburg), Liege, Lokeren (Oost-vlaanderen), Mortsel (Antwerpen), Ninove (Oost-vlaanderen) and Tienen (Limburg).
Benin: Cotonou (Atlantique).
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro.
Bulgaria: Sofia (Sofiya).
Canada: Calgary (Alberta), Chatham (Ontario), Duncan (British Columbia), Edmonton (Alberta), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Kingston (Ontario), Montreal (Quebec), Nanaimo (British Columbia), Ottawa (Ontario), Sorel (Quebec), St. John (New Brunswick), Surrey, Vancouver and Victoria (British Columbia) and Toronto and Waterloo (Ontario).
China: Beijing.
Cote D'Ivoire: Yamoussoukro.
Croatia: Zagreb (Grad Zagreb).
Cyprus: Limassol.
Czech Republic: Karlovy Vary (Karlovarsky Kraj), Prague (Hlavni Mesto Praha).
Denmark: Bjaeverskov (Zealand), Brøndby (Kobenhavn), Copenhagen (Kobenhavn), Fredericia (Vejle), Herning (Vestsjalland), Hillerød (Frederiksborg), Naestved (Storstrom), Odense (Fyn), Roskilde and Skanderborg (Arhus) , Slagelse (Vestsjalland) and Tranbjerg (Arhus).
Ecuador: Quito.
Egypt: Cairo (Al Qahirah). 
Finland: Imatra (Southern Finland), Kuopio (Eastern Finland) and Porvoo (Southern Finland).
France: Albi (Midi-pyrenees), Annecy (Rhone-alpes), Grenoble (Rhone-alpes), Lille (Nord-pas-de-calais), Lyon (Rhone-alpes), Montpellier (Languedoc-roussillon), Nantes (Pays De La Loire), Orange (Provence-alpes-cote D'azur), Paris (Ile-de-france), Reims (Champagne-ardenne) and Toulon (Poitou-charentes).
Germany: Berlin, Bochum (Nordrhein-westfalen), Bremerhaven (Bremen), Duisburg and Dusseldorf (Nordrhein-westfalen), Frankfurt (Hessen), Freiburg Im Breisgau and Friedrichshafen (Baden-wÜrttemberg), Fürth (Bayern), Hamburg and Hamm (Nordrhein-westfalen), Hannover (Niedersachsen), Herne (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Kassel (Hessen), Landau (Rheinland-pfalz) and Wuppertal (Nordrhein-westfalen).
Ghana: Accra.
Greece: Athina.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong (sar).
Hungary: Debrecen (Hajdu-bihar).
India: Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) and Mumbai (Maharashtra).
Ireland: Cavan, Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
Israel: Tel Aviv.
Italy: Bergamo (Lombardia), Genoa (Liguria), Milano (Lombardia), Rome (Lazio) and Prato (Toscana).
Japan: Tokyo.
Korea, Republic of.
Latvia: Riga.
Lithuania: Kaunas (Kauno Apskritis) and Vilnius (Vilniaus Apskritis).
Malta: Luqa and Mosta.
Malaysia: Johor Baharu (Johor).
Mexico: Sayula (Veracruz-llave).
Netherlands: Alkmaar (Noord-holland), Amsterdam (Noord & Zuid), Den Helder (Noord-holland), Deventer (Overijssel), Kapelle (Zeeland), Nijmegen (Gelderland), Rotterdam (Zuid-holland), Sneek (Friesland), The Hague (Zuid-holland), Utrecht, Weesp (Noord-holland) and Woerden (Utrecht).
New Zealand: Auckland and Wellington.
Nigeria: Lagos.
Norway: Bergen (Hordaland), Moss (Ostfold), Oslo and Tromsø (Troms).
Pakistan: Islamabad.
Peru: Lima.
Philippines: Manila.
Poland: Gdansk and Gdynia (Pomorskie), Poznan (Wielkopolskie), Warsaw (Mazowieckie), Warszawa and Wroclaw (Dolnoslaskie).
Portugal: Evora, Faro, Lisbon (Lisboa) and Porto.
Russian Federation: Moscow (Moskva).
Slovenia: Celje and Ljubljana.
South Africa: Cape Town (Western Cape) and Pretoria.
Spain: Alicante (Comunidad Valenciana), Barcelona (Cataluña), Gijon (Asturias), Las Palmas (Canarias), Madrid, Pamplona (Navarra), Puerto De La Cruz (Canarias) and Requena (Comunidad Valenciana).
Sweden: Lessebo (Smaland), Linkoping, Lund (Skane), Stockholm and Vallentuna (Stockholms Lan).
Switzerland: Basel (Basel-stadt) and Zurich.
Taiwan: Taipei (T'ai-pei).
Thailand: Bangkok (Krung Thep).
Turkey: Ankara and Istanbul.
Ukraine: Kiev (Misto Kyyiv).
United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi.
United Kingdom: Aberdeen (Scotland), Aldershot, Billericay, Birimingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Burnley, Camberley, Cambridge, Chatham, Chelmsford, Colchester, Coventry and Crawley (England); Douglas (Isle of Man); Edinburgh and Glasgow (Scotland); Grimsby, Hastings, Huddersfield and Ipswich (England); Isles of Scilly; Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Luton, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Nottingham and Oxford (England); Perth (Scotland); Peterborough, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading, Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Slough, Southampton, Stafford, Stevenage and Sunderland (England); Swansea (Wales); Swindon, Warrington, Watford, Welwyn Garden City, Winchester and Worthing (England).
United States: Albany (Oregon), Allen Park (Michigan), Allentown (Pennsylvania), Andover (Massachusetts), Atlanta and Augusta (Georgia), Baltimore (Maryland), Bartlesville (Oklahoma), Beaufort (South Carolina), Bedminster (New Jersey), Burlingame (California), Champaign & Chicago (Illinois), Charlotte (North Carolina), Charlottesville (Virginia), Cincinnati (Ohio), Cohoes (New York), Concord (North Carolina), Corinth (Vermont), Dallas (Texas), Dearborn (Michigan), Dunedin (Florida), Everett (Washington), Falls Church (Virginia), Flushing (New York), Fort Collins (Colorado), Fresno (California), Georgetown (Massachusetts), Germantown (Wisconsin), Greenville (North Carolina), Great Neck (New York), Hamlet (North Carolina), Hempstead and Homer (New York), Houston (Texas), Hudson and Hyde Park (Massachusetts), Irving (Texas), Ithaca (New York), Jacksonville (Florida), Joplin (Missouri), Keyser (West Virginia), Knoxville (Tennessee), Lexington (Kentucky), Liverpool (New York), Livingston (New Jersey), Los Angeles (California), Louisville (Kentucky), Lubbock (Texas), Malvern (Pennsylvania), Miami (Florida), Middletown (Rhode Island), Milton (Massachusetts), Milpitas (California), Mountain View (California), Newton (Massachusetts), New York (New York), New York (New Jersey), Oakland (California), Ocala (Florida), Oceanside (California), Omaha (Nebraska), Oyster Bay (New York), Palo Alto (California),Panama City (Florida), Petaluma (California), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Plano (Texas), Portland (Oregon), Providence (Rhode Island), Queens Village (New York), Radford (Virginia), Redmond (Washington), Redwood City (California), Reston and Richmond (Virginia), Riverside (California), Rochester (New York), Rockville (Maryland), Ruckersville (Virginia), Sacramento (California), Salt Lake City (Utah), San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Santa Clara (California), Saugerties (New York), Schaumburg (Illinois), Seattle (Washington), Silver Springs (Maryland), Somerset (Massachusetts), Spokane (Washington), Stamford (Connecticut), Sunnyvale (California), Sussex (Virginia), Vernon (New Jersey), Washington (DC), Watertown and Westborough (Massachusetts), West Hartford (Connecticut), West Jordan (Utah) and Woodhaven (New York).
Uruguay: Montevideo.
