Relive The Tall Ships Races 2025
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Orsa Maggiore was built in 1994, and is used by the Italian Navy for training cadets and officers. In 1996/1998 she became the Italian Navy’s first yacht to sail around the world twice, and in 1997 set a record in crossing Brisbane (Australia) – Noumea (New Caledonia) taking just 3 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes […]
Levitha is the first of a series of 5 sailing vessels type Azzuro 53. Built in 2007, in aluminium, on behalf of Bertrand Cudennec, founder of the sailmaker “Incidence”, she is a very performing cruise vessel. Levitha is named after a Greek Island where she once had a very memorable port of call! After having […]
The design and build of Tunas Samudera was jointly funded by the British and Malaysian governments. She was handed over to the Malaysian Navy in 1989 in a joint ceremony by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Majesty Yan Di-Pertuan Agong. The ship is operated as a sail training vessel by the Royal Malaysian […]
Grossherzogin Elisabeth was built in 1909 as a trading schooner called San Antonio. In 1936, their rig was dismantled and her diesel engine was replaced with a stronger one. She then traded as a motor coaster until 1971 when she was sold to German owners who refitted the rig and reconstructed her to the sail […]
Stella Polare was commissioned in 1964 and launched in September 1965. It was built as a training vessel for the cadets of the Italian Naval Academy at Livorno. It soon revealed itself to be an excellent racer, winning many trophies and participating in several Tall Ships Races.
Esprit is a cold moulded wooden boat with a modern schooner rig, gaff fore and Bermuda main. She was built at the Bremer Bootsbau Vegesack GmbH (BBV) Shipyard in Bremen in 1995 and honoured in 1997 for her work promoting international understanding sailing with 50:50 German and English crew, winning the Cutty Sark Trophy. Since […]
Vahine is a legendary Nautors Swan 65. She is the first ever series-built vessel to win the famous Whitbread Round the World Race. She is fast and is a very safe vessel. S/Y Vahine sails about 42,000 nautical miles a year, spending the wintertime in Caribbean waters. She sails home to Finland for the summer […]
Tokka-Lotta II was designed by a Finnish designer Matti Pulli to serve as a Sea Scout training vessel. Her type is MP42 even though she is the only one of her kind. Her wooden hull was carved by Osmo Tätilä, otherwise the yacht was largely built using voluntary work. As an example of her dedicated […]
Having begun life as a cargo ship transporting sugar from the West Indies as well as cocoa and coffee from Brazil and French Guiana to Nantes in France, the tall ship Belem is now over 120 years old, with a history that also includes becoming a private yacht for Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster […]
Ryvingen is a pilot boat built in 1918 for sail and engine. She was pilot boat number 4, and this is why she has the number 4 in her mainsail together with a red vertical stripe. The red stripe is the symbol for a pilot boat, so she can be easily recognized. She got her […]
“The Bark “EUROPA,” built in 1911, is a well-known Tall Ship. Since 1994, she has taken part in Tall Ship Races all over the World. EUROPA travels the oceans, visits Antarctica from December until March each year, and participates in the Tall Ships Races during the summer. She is a ship that really sails, with […]
Construction of Westvind started in March 1913. Shipwright Anders Mattsson built her as a gaff ketch in Kungsviken on the isle Orust on the Swedish west coast. The order came from the fishing team Vestvind of Kalvsund in the Gothenburg northern archipelago. At delivery in 1914, she was equipped with a 20 hk Ideal engine, […]
Gretel is a family boat used mostly for cruising but sometimes also for commercial activities. Quite often we sail having 3 generations of family members onboard in the crew. Winter homeport is Tallinn Kakumäe, during summer days the boat is mostly in Finland to enjoy the archipelagos and little friendly marinas of Finland.