Cllr John Halligan, Mayor of Waterford, Ireland, has sent a message of goodwill to his counterpart Cllr Naomi Long, Lord Mayor of Belfast ahead of the city’s hosting of Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge from Thursday-Sunday, August 13-16.
Cllr Halligan said the event has a particular resonance for Waterford following the city’s successful hosting of The Tall [...]
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Steve Jackson of White Watch on board Rona II reports on their arrival in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland:
“We arrived in Ballycastle at around 2300 last night and swiftly moored up, and enjoyed a celebratory drink to toast our achievement.
“Rest and recuperation has today started in earnest, a lie in till 1000 was enjoyed and much needed by all. [...]
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Any trainee or crew member who sailed on any part of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge between Vigo and Belfast are invited to enter the Sail Training International Photographic Competition.
There are two categories:
i) Trainees at Work on Deck, and
ii) Trainees Having Fun.
All shortlisted entries will appear on the Sail Training International picture gallery www.sailtraininginternational.org, and [...]
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Jet Sluik of the Dutch vessel Tecla reports on another day crossing the Atlantic:
“Today we saw sun! And it was a cleaning day! Due to the waves we had to skip a few cleaning days, but now with all the hatches open we could throw all the dirty, wet stuff out and clean the boat, [...]
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Here is the latest report from the crew on Rona II:
“I think the first thing to say is… WE HAVE FINISHED THE RACE! We set sail roughly 16 days and 1 hour ago and we suspect that we will be first in class. But we have just reached Ballycastle in Northern Ireland and are looking [...]
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Overnight one more vessel crossed the finish line off Tory Island, off the north coast of Northern Ireland. The Portuguese Class A ship Sagres crossed the finish line at 21.27 last night and headed to Bangor, where she is now anchored. She is due to stay there until Monday 10 August when she will sail to Belfast. [...]
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The crew of Jolie Brise have had an adventurous 24 hours sustaining some damage on board, but all are well. They explain:
“On Tuesday we were finally hit by gale force 8 winds, which led to massive 50-60 foot waves, making steering and life on board very difficult. Fortunately, because we were going downwind we were [...]
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Matthew Maple, the ASTA intern sailing on board Europa, has sent in the following report:
“We are nearly there, less than 240 miles left to the finish line, and Ireland! Yesterday alone, in our twenty-four hour run, we saw 219 miles of ocean pass by our stern – 219 miles! A record for the Europa since she left Cape [...]
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Jet Sluik of the Dutch vessel Tecla, has sent in the following update as they head towards Belfast:
“Winds have decreased and with them the waves. So we set the mainsail with two reefs in it this morning and took the reefs out this afternoon and changed the small jib, for the big jib.
“The weather is [...]
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Rona II, from the UK, is the latest vessel to cross the finish line, which she did today at 13.07 GMT. She is now heading into Ballycastle for a few days to dry out and replenish their stores. The Portuguese Class A ship Sagres is now just 70 nautical miles from the finish line and [...]
