A 90-strong Chinese build team put in a total of 40,000 man hours to complete the boat on time.
At the promotional event, Ian Walker, Green Team skipper, commented: This boat has been seven months in the making and weve had a fantastic team working on this project. I would like to thank everybody in the project, but especially those involved in the hard graft here in China.
"I am confident that we have a great boat and will have a competitive entry into the race. I cannot wait to get her back to Europe and out on the water to start preparing for the adventure ahead of us all.
While the appearance of the boat will allay the fears of many - that the silence shrouding the Green Team project was very ominous indeed - the Chinese whispers will continue until the hull from Hong Kong is adorned with a sponsor's logo.
The boat emerged from the Zhuhai boatyard a non-committal white colour - a blank canvas, if you will - with Tourism Ireland's logo on the bow beside the logo of the race itself.
Rumours abound that sponsors have checked out the project, and then checked out of the project, but the team are remaining tight-lipped and confident, and are understood to be going through the process of team selection.
The Irish entry to the world's favourite round-the-world race is linked to the Galway stopover which will take place in 2009 - the first ever visit to Ireland for the Volvo Ocean Race. The arrival of the boats in Galway from Boston across the North Atlantic is hoped to attract 140,000 people to the city, and generate 43million within the local economy.
