Facts & Figures
The glamour and excitement of a visit by the Tall Ships Race fleet is unrivalled in its appeal to a broad spectrum of the public.
- Typically 75% of public attending our events do so in company with their family
- Around 95% of visitors are there specifically to see the Tall Ships
- Approximately 40% of visitors also spend a significant amount of their visit time looking at the attractions around the port as well as the TALL Ships
- Over 50% of visitors make at least one purchase of official merchandise during the event (exc food & drink)
- Public spending generates local income of between 20-35 million Euros, per port
- 94% of visitors report that they would be keen to visit a similar future event and 98% would recommend the event to a friend
| 2009 Events | No. of vessels | Host ports | No. of Trainees | Public Attendance | Media Attending |
| The Tall Ships Races 2009 Baltic Sea | 126 | Gdynia, Poland St Petersburg, Russia Turku, FInland Klaipeda, Lithuania |
8,000+ | 5,330,000+ | 500+ |
| Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009 | 39 | Vigo, Spain Tenerife, Spain Hamilton, Bermuda Charleston, USA Boston, USA Halifax, Canada Belfast, UK |
2,500+ | 4,670,000+ | 800+ |
| 2010 & Future Events |
Est. No.
Vessels
|
Host Ports |
Est. No.
Trainees
|
Est. Public.
Attendance
|
Est. No.
Media
|
| The Tall Ships Races 2010 North Sea 10 July – 10 August |
100 | Antwerp, Belgium Aalborg, Denmark Kristiansand, Norway Hartlepool, UK |
7,000+ | 3,500,000+ | 500+ |
| Historical Seas Tall Ships Regatta 2010 9 May – 7 June |
50 | Volos, Greece Varna, Bulgaria Istanbul, Turkey Lavrion, Greece |
2,500+ | 2,000,000+ | 350+ |
| Garibaldi Tall Ships Regatta 2010 8 April – 19 April |
20 | Genoa, Italy Trapani (Sicily), Italy |
1550+ | 1,400,000+ | 200+ |
| North Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2010 7 – 19 August |
50 | Hartlepool, UK Ijmuiden, Netherlands |
4,000+ | 4,000,000+ | 400+ |
| Other major events are planned up to four years in advance, in the example of our main European event, the following venues and timings are already confirmed: | |||||
| The Tall Ships Races 2011 Western Approaches 30 June – 8 August |
110+ | Waterford, Ireland Greenock, UK Lerwick, UK Stavanger, Norway Halmstad, Sweden |
8,000+ | 3,000,000+ | 500+ |
| The Tall Ships Races 2012 Iberian Peninsula 5 July – 26 August |
110+ | Saint Malo, France Lisbon, Portugal Cadiz, Spain A Coruna, Spain Dublin, Ireland |
8,000+ | 4,000,000+ | 600+ |
| The Tall Ships Races 2013 Baltic Sea Dates tba |
130+ | Arhus, Denmark Helsinki, Finland Riga, Latvia Szczecin, Poland |
7,000+ | 4,500,000+ | 600+ |
