Tall Ship 2009 Fleet visits Bermuda for the Bermuda 400th Anniversary Celebrations
June 12 - 15, 2009
Sail training Tall Ships from around the world are invited to participate in The Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009, a spectacular odyssey around the North Atlantic Ocean of more than 7000 nautical miles following the traditional route taken by sailing ships of a by-gone age. Ships and crew can participate in the whole series, or just a part of it. Sailing in the Challenge will be exciting and competitive ... and host ports in mainland Spain, the Canary Islands, Bermuda, the US, Canada and Northern Ireland are already preparing a fabulous welcome for the fleet and trainee crews.
The fleet will gather in Vigo on the northwest corner of Spain (30 April - 3 May) for the start of the first race in the series, 900 nautical miles south-south-west to Tenerife in the Canary Islands (14 - 17 May).
From there, the fleet will race the 2,600 nautical miles westward to Bermuda (12 - 15 June) where the ships and crews will be the centrepiece of the island's celebrations of its 400th anniversary.
The fleet will then race to Charleston on the US east coast (25 - 29 June) before proceeding to Boston, Mass (8 - 13 July).
Then they will cruise a further 370 miles north-north-east to Halifax (16 - 20 July), where celebrations include the 250th anniversary of the Naval Port.
The final race will start on Monday 20 July, 2009 in Halifax Canada.
The crossing is about 2,350 nautical miles eastbound across the North Atlantic to Belfast, Northern Ireland (13 - 16 August) which will host the series grand finale celebrations.
The organization Sail Training International has its roots in the middle of the last century when the Sail Training International Race Committee was created to organise the first race of sail training Tall Ships in 1956. Today's Sail Training International was formed in early 2002 and granted charitable status in early 2003. All those involved in the creation of Sail Training International had been directors or members of the International Committee of the International Sail Training Association (a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Sail Training Association), which developed from the original Sail Training International Race committee to continue organising The Tall Ships' Races in Europe.
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Sail training Tall Ships from around the world are invited to participate in The Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009, a spectacular odyssey around the North Atlantic Ocean of more than 7000 nautical miles following the traditional route taken by sailing ships of a by-gone age. Ships and crew can participate in the whole series, or just a part of it. Sailing in the Challenge will be exciting and competitive ... and host ports in mainland Spain, the Canary Islands, Bermuda, the US, Canada and Northern Ireland are already preparing a fabulous welcome for the fleet and trainee crews.
The fleet will then race to Charleston on the US east coast (25 - 29 June) before proceeding to Boston, Mass (8 - 13 July).
The organization Sail Training International has its roots in the middle of the last century when the Sail Training International Race Committee was created to organise the first race of sail training Tall Ships in 1956. Today's Sail Training International was formed in early 2002 and granted charitable status in early 2003. All those involved in the creation of Sail Training International had been directors or members of the International Committee of the International Sail Training Association (a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Sail Training Association), which developed from the original Sail Training International Race committee to continue organising The Tall Ships' Races in Europe.
