The Tall Ships Races 2016: Fast Finishes and First Arrivals

Class D vessel, Sea Lion of London (UK), was the first vessel to cross the finish line off Cadiz today (Wednesday 27 July) after an exhilarating two days of racing, covering 240 nautical miles along the southern corner of the Iberian Peninsula.

Wind

conditions were conducive to high speeds in the early stages of Race Two in The

Tall Ships Races 2016 from Lisbon – which saw intense competition through the

fleet.

Race

Director, Paul Bishop, gave the following report: äóìIt’ been a fantastic race –

very hotly contested with Sea Lion of London (UK) taking line honours ahead of

Class D, Rona II (UK), who were ahead of Class A, Mir (Russia).  The fleet enjoyed ideal sailing conditions

for the majority of the race, which then turned light and variable towards the

end. But, this is always good experience for the trainees, who have the

opportunity to learn about navigation and tactics to make the most of the wind

they have.äó 

Provisional class placings

on corrected time are below – as shown on the Leaderboard of Yellow Brick, the satellite tracking system.  These results are updated every 15 minutes. 

However – the

Sail Training International Race Committee expects some changes to these

results.   They will now be considering

the race declaration forms which the ships are handing in on their arrival into

Cadiz and the final results will be officially announced on

Friday (29 July).