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ENTRIES OPEN for our 2016 diamond anniversary events

May 15, 2015

Tall Ships and crew are invited to take part in the 2016 Tall Ships Races and North Sea Tall Ships Regatta as part of our diamond anniversary celebrations.

It doesn’t matter who you are – if you are over 15 years old you, your employees, children, grandchildren or school all have the opportunity to sail on board the Tall Ships in these exciting events and be part of the Tall Ships Races prestigious history. The two events are:

The Tall Ships Races 2016

Antwerp, Belgium   Thursday 7 – Sunday 10 July 

Race 1

Lisbon, Portugal   Friday 22 – Monday 25 July 

Race 2

Cadiz, Spain   Thursday 28 – Sunday 31 July

Race 3

Race and cruise-in-company

A Coruna, Spain   Thursday 11 – Sunday 14 August

North Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2016 

Blyth, UK                                 Friday 26 – Monday 29 August 2016

Race (approximately 500 nautical miles)

Gothenburg, Sweden Saturday 3 – Tuesday 6 September 2016

Calling the Tall Ships fleet

Entry forms for vessels wanting to enter these two events can be downloaded here:

äó¢ The Tall Ships Races 2016 

äó¢ North Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2016 

Crew wanted

Once vessels have entered they will be looking for crews (also known as trainees) to help them sail the vessel during the races and cruises-in-company.  Keep up to date with vessels advertising for crew by visiting our Sail on Board page here, where we will list the vessels you could sail on.  It will be an adventure of a lifetime; no experience necessary and places available on small and tall ships.

About the races

The first Tall Ships’ Race in 1956 was a race of 20 of the world’s remaining Tall Ships. The race was from Torbay, UK to Lisbon, Portugal and was meant to be a last farewell to the era of great sailing ships. However, people from around the world loved the event so much the Sail Training International Race Committee formed a founding organisation and has since org

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The adventure starts here

Visit our sail on board site to go sail training