Fun and high jinks in crew parade

Under a baking hot sun the traditional crew parade made its noisy way along the banks of the Aurajoki river this afternoon, to the delight of the tens of thousands of people who had come to watch. 

Singing and dancing along the route, the trainees came to a halt at the Suomen Joutsen stage where the prize giving ceremony was to be held.  The grassy knoll in front of the stage was a mass of colour and high excitement as the 1000-strong crowd awaited the race results and other prizes, which were as follows:

Swimming competition, awarded by the 2011 Foundation

1^st  Mir (Sergey Khromikhin, Plankov Niekolai, Shibanov Maxim, Antomov Anton)

2^nd  Sedov (Artem Fomichev, Artem Smolentcev, Yurj Bezuglov, Vasilty Sewgee)

Best Dancing Crew in the Parade, awarded by the 2011 Foundation 

Thalassa (Netherlands)

Cook Longest at Sea, awarded by the 2011 Foundation

Przemek Stankiewicz, Camelot (Poland)

Most International Crew, awarded by Sail Training International 

Tecla (Netherlands)

Youngest Average Age Crew, awarded by Sail Training International

Theia (Finland)

Best Crew in the Crew Parade, awarded by Sail Training International

Elena (Russia)

Communications Prize for Race One:  4 Oceans’ Dream (Poland)

Race One results

Class A (on corrected time)

1^st Mir (Russia)

2^nd Kruzenshtern (Russia)

3^rd Gulden Leeuw (Netherlands)

Class B (on corrected time)

1st Helena (Finland)

2nd Tecla (Netherlands)

3rd  Brabander (Lithuania)

Class C (on corrected time)

1st  St Iv (Estonia)

2nd  4 Oceans’ Dream (Poland)

3rd  Camelot (Poland)

Class D (on corrected time)