Race report 6: Gigi takes line honours

Class D vessel Gigi (UK) took line honours in the early hours of this morning (Thursday 10 July) – to be the first vessel to cross the finish line in The Tall Ships Races 2014.  She crossed with a corrected time of two days, eleven hours and 24 minutes – this currently places her in sixth position overall – though these are still provisional results.

Christian Radich, Tecla and Wilhelmstad are also back in top three placings on corrected time in Classes A, B and C respectively.

Paul Blshop, Race Director, Sail Training International said, “Last night the Race Committee decided to bring the Time Limit forward to 1200 UCT/GMTtoday for the Class A vessels and for the other classes 1230 B Class, 1245 C Class, 1300 D Class. 

“The Tall Ships fleet has had a challenging time tacking against strong headwinds over the past couple of days and have made slow progress, so advancing the time limit should ensure all vessels arrive in Fredrikstad before midday on Saturday. Those vessels that have not crossed the Finish Line by the new Time Limit will pass their positions to Race Control and will still qualify for a placing in the final results under Sail Training International’ Finish at Sea formula. The racing has been very close so we could find that there are changes in the top placings.äó  

Fredrikstad is expecting some wonderful weather and thousands of visitors for their port event.

Fredrikstad last hosted a Tall Ships Race in 2005 and promises a social and cultural programme to give every crew member and visitors the ‘experience of a lifetime.

The Tall Ship Races 2014 in Fredrikstad co-insides with the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Norway’ Constitution and independence.

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Current positions by class are: