The Tall Ships Races 2015 Kristiansand: and the winners are …

Crews of The Tall Ships Races 2015 were awarded at the prize giving ceremony in

Kristiansand, Norway yesterday (Sunday 26 July) following what was reported as ‘one of the very best’ crew parades and prize giving ceremonies.

Most spectacular arrival: Sorlandet (Norway)

Vessel furthest from home: Young

Endeavour (Australia) –

travelled 20,401.3 nautical miles

Best dressed vessel in port: Dar

Mlodziezy (Poland)

Environmental award: Alexander

von Humboldt (Germany)

The Foundation of

Environmental Education and Sail Training International established the Blue

Flag scheme for Tall Ships a few years ago. 

Its aim is to help protect our marine environment by setting standards

for how the Tall Ships fleet behaves while at sea and in port.

The Tall Ships

Races fleet is diverse in terms of size and type of vessels – but all vessels

have a direct responsibility to care for our planet as ambassadors for

sustainability.  All vessels in the fleet

registered by the Blue Flag scheme are assessed on how well they are continuing

to perform environmentally and this award goes to a vessel which is not only

designed to reduce its  impact to our

environment, at sea and ashore; it also has a well established environmental

culture and routines on board.

Best selfie: runner up: Amanda Brooker from Bark Europa (Netherlands)

Best selfie: Fryderyk Chopin (Poland)

More prizes will be awarded in Aalborg,

Denmark. Crews – please send your Tall Ships Races selfies to #tsrselfie

Inter sports relay award: third place: Shtandardt (Russia)

Inter sports relay award: second place:  Iskra  (Poland)

Inter sports relay award: first place: Colin Archer (Poland)

Oldest vessel in the cruise-in-company: Caroline

af Sandnes (Norway) Built in 1885.

Built as a sailing cargo ship 130 years

ago.  In 1998 her present owner bought

her and has spent 10 years restoring her into a fine sailing vessel.

Youngest crew: Jolie Brise (UK) – average age 19 years old

Most international crew: Guilden Leeuw (Netherlands) with 12

nationalities.

Australia, Belgium,

Brazil, Denmark, Ireland, France, Germany, Hungry, The Netherlands, Malta,

Oman, UK.

Best dressed crew in the parade Class B, C

and D: Ingo (Sweden)

Best dressed crew in the parade Class A: Guayas (Ecuador)