Race Report 4: Provisional Results and Triumphant Arrivals

All ships taking part in the North Sea Tall Ships

waiting to welcome them and the crews.

It’ been a successful and

sometimes challenging voyage across the North Sea, with the entire fleet

travelling over 600 nautical miles in excellent time. We’re expecting

18 vessels (representing 10 different flag states) to arrive in

Gothenburg by Saturday (3 September). A great weekend of celebrations,

events and fun are promised in the beautiful second city of Sweden, with

around 660 crew members and trainees arriving to join in with the

festivities.

The early arrivals have already enjoyed a warm and

hospitable Scandinavian welcome ahead of schedule, following fair winds

and favourable conditions during the race from Blyth, UK. The rest of

the fleet is due to arrive later today (Friday 2 September) and tomorrow

(Saturday 3 September), in time for the midday Saturday deadline.

äóìIt

has been an interesting race with favourable winds the whole way. This

has enabled all ships to finish ahead of the latest finish time which

was to be 2300 tonight. Although the winds were from a good direction

throughout the race, the seas have been challenging; particularly so in

the approaches to the Skaggerak with wave heights up to 2.5 metres and

quite disturbed seas.äó

Mike Bowles, Race Director, Sail Training International.

Provisional Race Results

Class A

1. Shtandart (Russia)
2. Christian Radich (Norway)
3. Oosterschelde (The Netherlands)

Class B

1. Vega Gamleby(Sweden)
2. Maybe (UK)
3. Brabander (Lithuania)

Class C and D

1. Black Diamond of Durham(UK)
2. Urania (The Netherlands)
3. Challenger 3 (UK)

Full provisional race results have been published and can be seen here.

Exact

final race placings are all subject to confirmation. We’ll publish the

final results once the STI Race Committee has checked written race

declaration forms.

Welcome to Gothenburg

There’ an air of

excitement and anticipation in cultured and creative Gothenburg, as the

ships, crew members, trainees, and spectators get ready for the event

to kick off at 10:00 tomorrow (Saturday 4 September). This is only the

second time that the North Sea Tall Ships Regatta has been held in six

yearsäó_ and we’re continuing to celebrate the Diamond Anniversary of the

first Tall Ships Race, with original pa