The 2014 Tall Ships Races and Regattas: by numbers
Sail Training International (STI) has put The Tall Ships
Races and Regattas firmly on the global stage as Europe’ largest, free family
festival.
Three very different, but hugely popular sail training events
were organised by the international, not-for-profit charity, STI, this year:
- The SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta
- The Tall Ships Races 2014
- The Falmouth-Royal Greenwich Regatta 2014
These spectacular events in the Black Sea, North Sea and English
Channel involved ten ports, across seven different countries and attracted vessels,
trainees and visitors from all over the world.
Six key facts and figures:
Fact 1: Over 9,000 people enjoyed a sail training experience
at an STI event this year.
With the help of permanent crew STI brought the sail
training experience to 9,115 young (and some older) people this year.
- The SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta attracted approximately
1,280 crew
- The Tall Ships Races 2014 delivered the sail training
experience to 6,685 crew
- The Falmouth-Royal Greenwich Regatta 2014 attracted
approximately 1,150 crew
Fact 2: We’ve welcomed over four million visitors
The ten ports hosting the three events were visited by approximately
4,382,000 visitors of all ages, from all over the world.
- The SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta in April and May
attracted around 1,361,000 visitors in total.
- The Tall Ships Races 2014 in July and August saw 1,675,000
people visiting its ports.
- The Falmouth-Royal Greenwich Regatta 2014 in August and
September attracted 230,000 visitors to Falmouth and 1,116,000 visitors to
Royal Greenwich.
Fact 3: We’ve seen over 150 registered Tall and Small Ships take
part in the three events
- The SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta in April and May saw 29
registered vessels visiting Varna in Bulgaria, Novorossiysk and Sochi in Russia
and Constanta in Romania
- The Tall Ships Races 2014 saw 78 registered vessels visiting
Harlingen, The Netherlands; Fredrikstad and Bergen in Norway and Esbjerg in
Denmark.
- The Falmouth-Royal Greenwich Regatta 2014 in August and
September saw 44 registered vessels in Falmouth and Royal Greenwich.
Fact 4: Over 1,000 international broadcast, print and online
media covered the events
Over a thousand international film crews, radio stations, journalists
and photographers covered the three events on international and national TV and
radio, magazines, newspapers and websites.
Between them they generated over 175,000 different news
articles and stories and thousands of breat