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Flying start for The Tall Ships Races 2015

July 6, 2015

The sounds of the Tall Ships’ horns as

they left Belfast were almost drowned out by the tens of thousands who gathered

to shout their farewells as the fleet sailed down the Lagan yesterday

(Sunday 5 July 2015) as part of the Tall Ships Parade.

Belfast has seen over half a million visitors over the last four days and it has been an unprecedented success for the city.  Building on the impact of the two previous visits of the Races in 1991 and Transatlantic Regatta in 2009 it has brought a major boost to the tourism industry. 

After the Tall Ships Parade vessels

made their way to the race start area over night, in order to be in position for

the race start from Northern Ireland’s north coast this afternoon (Monday 6 July

2015) for the first race leg of The Tall Ships Races 2015, to their next stop –

Aalesund, Norway.

The start line was west of Loch

Foyle, Northern Ireland and formed by two published way points just over two

miles apart.  Each class had a defined

start window for vessels to cross the start line in and the time they cross

this line was recorded by the vessel itself – this is known as a self-declared

start.

Weather

Over the coming days the 39 strong

fleet competing in this leg will need

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