Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen tours the Volvo Ocean Race yachts in Galway with Enda O'Coineen Let's Do It Galway, the main promoters behind the staging of the fleet's visit to Galway, Ireland secured with government funding of 8Million euro. Galway received record breaking crowds over 600,000 and an estimated 50 million Euro boost from tourism from the Volvo Ocean Race during the two week stopover in the city. CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race, Knut Frostad stated ‘of all the stopover ports they have visited around the world in this 2008-09 series, Ireland's stopover in Galway has by far exceeded all other stopover ports and is a model to be followed for future ports'.