CIL in cooperation with a number of public and private organisations in the marine sector will distribute a range of navigational, meteorological and oceanographical (metocean) data using the Automatic Identification System (AIS) and onwards via Twitter, Facebook and the Internet.  Over 600,000 people are expected to visit Galway during the event with a potential on-line audience of over 89 million.

The GalwayBuoy will be placed into Galway Bay, near Mutton Island, for the finale of the Volvo Ocean Race this year. He will be providing information on conditions, the environment and the race. He has already started talking about his journey and you can see what he's getting up to on Facebook and Twitter:
www.facebook.com/Galwaybuoy
www.twitter.com/Galwaybuoy

For further information, galleries and live twitter feeds please visit our Galway Buoy page.