1987 *CUTTY SARK TALL SHIPS RACE 88* (ALAND MARITIME MUSEUM) FINLAND POSTCARD!

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1987 ~THE CUTTY SARK TALL SHIPS RACE 88~ OFFICIAL CARRIER ... SAIL MARIEHAMN (VIKING LINE) ... (LARGE: 5 13/16" X 4 1/4") GRAPHIC POSTCARD ... {PURPLE COLOR} "POMMERN POSTAD OMBARD" (POSTED ON BOARD) POSTMARK ... "VIKING LINE" ADVERTISING VIGNETTE ... 2.10k SCOTT# 1582 "WATERBIRDS" (SWEDEN) STAMP!
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Tall Ships Races
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Italian tall ship
Amerigo Vespucci
in
New York
Harbor, 1976.
The Tall Ships Races
are races for
sail training
"tall ships"
(
sailing ships
). The races are designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of sailing. The races are held annually in European waters and consists of two racing legs of several hundred
nautical miles
, and a "cruise in company" between the legs. Over one half of the crew of each ship participating in the races must consist of young people.
Between 1973 and 2003 the races were known as
The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races
, having been sponsored by
Cutty Sark whisky
. From 2004 to 2010 the races were supported by
the City
,
Province
and
Port of Antwerp
. The sponsor of the Tall Ships Races 2010–2014 was the city of
Szczecin
.
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Tall ships
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edit
]
By the 21st century, "tall ship" is often used generically for large, classic, sailing vessels, but is also a technically defined term by Sail Training International. The definitions are subject to various technicalities, but by 2011 there are only two size classes, class A is square-rigged vessels and all other vessels over 40 m
LOA
, and classes B/C/D are 9.14 m to under 40 m LOA. Participating vessels are manned by a largely cadet or trainee crew who are partaking in
sail training
, 50 percent of which must be aged between 15–25 years of age and who do not need any previous experience. Thus,
tall ship
does not describe a specific type of sailing vessel, but rather a monohull sailing vessel of at least 9.4 metres (30 ft) that is conducting sail training and education under sail voyages. Participating ships range from yachts to the large
square-rigged
sail training ships run by charities, schools and navies of many countries.
Race
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After World War II, tall ships were a dying breed, having lost out to steam-powered ships several decades before. It was a retired solicitor from London, Bernard Morgan, who first dreamed up the idea of bringing young cadets and seamen under training together from around the world to participate in a friendly competition. The Portuguese Ambassador to the UK,
Pedro Teotónio Pereira
, was a big supporter of this original idea and believed that such a race would bring together the youth of the world's seafaring peoples. These two figures started discussions in 1953 and three years later they saw their vision become a reality.
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The first Tall Ships' race was held in 1956. It was a race of 20 of the world's remaining large sailing ships. The race was from
Torquay
,
Devon
to
Lisbon
, and was meant to be a last farewell to the era of the great sailing ships. Public interest was so intense, however, that race organizers founded the Sail Training International association to direct the planning of future events. Since then Tall Ships' Races have occurred annually in various parts of the world, with millions of spectators. Today, the race attracts more than a hundred ships, among these some of the largest sailing ships in existence, like the Portuguese
Sagres
. The 50th Anniversary Tall Ships' Races took place during July and August 2006 and was started by the patron,
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
, who also started the first race in 1956.
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