MORE than half a million people are expected to flock to Waterford over the next four days for the Tall Ships Race 2011, which kicks off today.

Thursday, June 30

FREE tickets for the headline music acts for the Tall Ships festival in Waterford are to be made available later this month.

ORGANISERS of this summer’s Tall Ships Races in Waterford have confirmed veteran pop artist Bryan Ferry as the headline act for the opening night.

TWELVE class A vessels have registered for next year’s international Tall Ships Races, which are expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the south-east.

I READ Peter Levy’s excellent column on the Tall Ship’s race (Examiner County, April 20).

HALF a million people are expected in Waterford for the return of the Tall Ships Race giving the city a €35 million boost next year, it emerged yesterday.

Half a million people are expected in Waterford for the return of the Tall Ships Race giving the city a €35m boost next year, it emerged today.

€6 MILLION in positive publicity was created in Waterford and the South-East before, during and after the Tall Ships’ Races 2005.

THE ORGANISERS of the phenomenally successful Tall Ships Race in Waterford have been commended with a major award for their work.

IT was as if the elements were conspiring, wishing that the Tall Ships would never leave Waterford.

Tens of thousands of people lined the Waterford Estuary today as the Tall Ships sailed off in formation for the start of the 2005 race series.

Thousands of people are expected to line the Waterford Estuary as the Tall Ships sail out in formation for the start of the 2005 race series today.

Neans McSweeney, South East Correspondent

TALL SHIPS revellers will have to be out of their bunks early tomorrow to see the 86 magnificent vessels depart Waterford.

A MAMMOTH garda operation, twice the size of the one mounted in Dublin for U2’s Croke Park gigs, kicks into action in Waterford next week as the Tall Ships Race arrives into the city.

A PHOTOGRAPHER who took the nation by storm with his striking Seven Shades of Black exhibition is putting the finishing touches to a new show ahead of the Tall Ships Race in his native Waterford.

Festival puts wind in Waterford’s sails, writes South-East Correspondent Neans McSweeney.

PUBLICANS in Waterford have been criticised by the organisers of the Tall Ships Race and accused of penny-pinching ahead of the €20 million event.

WATERFORD’S residents and visitors will all be ship-shape this weekend as they are given a flavour of what is to come later this summer.