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6 September 2016


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PARABÉNS Alexandria!!! FÉLICITATIONS knockando60!! HERZLICHEN GLÜCKWUNSCH rumskib!
Tall Ships Series 2016 Leaderboard

For some reason, every year, our Tall Ships Series seems to be over in the blink of an eye, yet while we are racing, oftentimes it feels as if we have been at sea for years! Our series this year was of four races- all in European waters. The Tall Ships Festivals started in Antwerp, but the need to avoid the dangers of shipping in the Channel meant that the first race started off Torbay in the W of England. Here, an RNLI crewmember took some memorable images that Sailonline has permission to use. Arriving in Lisbon, Portugal, after one of the longest distance tall ships races our racers had this to say the Antwerp-Lisbon Results blogpost.

Bidding au revoir to our Clipper ships – the fastest tall ship in our fleet – and after vittling our Class A Tall Ships we set off for the short hop round the coast to Cadiz in Spain. A short distance but the the Lisbon-Cadiz Results blogpost revealed what a close-run race it was with only THREE MINUTES separating the podium! Just incredible!

Again in Cadiz we swapped ships, this time taking our Full Riggers on a lengthy, in time and distance, haul up the Iberian coast to A Coruna. This was a tough race, taking far longer than anticipated, but serving as a salutary reminder of why ships back in history would wait for favourable winds – proving once again that Sailonline is a tremendous way to understand the evolution of sailing. Our Cadiz-A Coruna Results blogpost gives a sense of what was involved.

Saying goodbye to Spain, SOLers then headed north to the NE coast of England and Blyth, Northumberland, for a classic race across the North Sea to Gothenburg in Sweden. The choice of 90m Barques was perfect, the wx was completely favourable and our fourth and final race gave a perfect round-up to our season. Read the North Sea Regatta Results blogpost to see how it sailed.

Throughout the entire series, only one SOLer reached the podium in more than one race. For the first time, with that one exception, each podium was made up of different racers. This was very unusual, but perhaps gives an indication that more SOLers are really learning the skill and science of sailing navigation. It is, after all, what we are designed for!

Many congratulation to the podium for their success in The Tall Ships Series 2016 and to Sail Training International for another successful season of European Tall Ships racing and thank you for continuing your association with our virtual races.

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