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Boating and Sailing News 26 Jul

Måløy, Norway – Around 3,000 sailors, more than half of them between the ages of 15 and 25, and seventy classic sailing ships and yachts have been crossing the North Sea on the first leg of the 2008 Tall Ships Race. The first across the line will likely be the rather modern ketch Alba Explorer, with the thoroughly un-modern tall ship Christian Radich hot on her heels and in first place overall.

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Having been toured by some 500,000 Liverpudlians and visitors, the large fleet left Liverpool in a spectacular parade of sail before they gathered for a start off the Northern Irish coast. Fresh SE breezes have powered the fleet since the start on July 23, and given the classics a chance to plow the waves of the North Sea as some did over a century ago.

Split into four classes, the vessels range from classic square riggers to traditional yachts, and race requirements are for at least 50% “young people” to comprise the crew. Since for many this jaunt across the notorious North Sea is a first time sailing experience, the term “green crew” may be doubly apt. Of course, mal de mer is quickly forgotten, while the more serious disease they've been exposed to is incurable: the sailing bug.

-YC for YachtPals.com

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Tall Ships' Race Liverpool to Måløy Position Report

**Tall Ships Race Interim Position Report 26/07/2008 17:00:00**
Vessel Name	Position OA	Position Class	Class	Lat	Long	Elapsed
CHRISTIAN RADICH	1	1	A	61.58N	02.07E	03 02 54 47
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT	2	2	A	61.43N	02.39W	03 02 45 00
STATSRAAD LEHMKUHL	3	3	A	61.31N	01.14E	03 02 48 31
SORLANDET	4	4	A	61.34N	00.31E	03 02 47 00
STINA MARI	5	1	B	60.31N	01.39W	03 02 30 00
STAVROS S NIARCHOS	6	5	A	60.54N	01.42W	03 02 45 00
MIR	7	6	A	62.21N	02.21E	03 02 50 11
ASGARD II	8	7	A	60.31N	01.41W	03 02 45 00
DAR MLODZIEZY	9	8	A	62.31N	02.07E	03 02 57 57
JOLIE BRISE	10	2	B	61.02N	02.22W	03 02 30 00
MORGENSTER	11	9	A	60.49N	02.24W	03 02 45 00
FAR BARCELONA	12	3	B	60.22N	02.20W	03 02 30 00
CAPITAN MIRANDA	13	10	A	61.35N	02.08W	03 02 52 20
ETOILE	14	4	B	60.50N	00.53W	03 02 30 00
CONSTANTIA	15	5	B	60.09N	02.27W	03 02 30 00
GREATER MANCHESTER CHALLENGE	16	6	B	60.39N	01.32W	03 02 30 00
MORNING STAR OF REVELATION	17	7	B	60.03N	02.15W	03 02 30 00
JENS KROGH	18	8	B	59.37N	02.38W	03 02 30 00
RUPEL	19	9	B	60.26N	02.32W	03 02 30 00
ALBA EXPLORER	20	1	C	61.25N	03.12E	03 02 15 00
EENDRACHT	21	11	A	61.26N	00.09W	03 02 57 33
BLACK DIAMOND OF DURHAM	22	2	C	60.34N	01.34W	03 02 15 00
SPANIEL	23	3	C	61.11N	02.31E	03 02 15 00
WESTWARD HO	24	10	B	60.17N	02.52W	03 02 30 00
OCEAN SPIRIT OF MORAY	25	4	C	61.14N	02.07E	03 02 15 00
LIETUVA	26	1	D	61.10N	02.30E	03 02 00 00
MOOSK	27	11	B	59.18N	04.29W	03 02 30 00
POGORIA	28	12	A	60.35N	01.59W	03 02 45 00
ROYALIST	29	13	A	59.49N	03.31W	03 02 45 00
RONA II	30	2	D	61.22N	00.58E	03 02 00 00
URANIA	31	3	D	60.41N	01.06E	03 02 00 00
CLYDE CHALLENGER	32	5	C	60.40N	01.11E	03 02 15 00
SVANHILD	33	12	B	59.39N	03.18W	03 02 30 00
AKELA	34	4	D	60.52N	01.43E	03 02 00 00
ST BARBARA V	35	5	D	60.09N	00.20W	03 02 00 00
ANTWERP FLYER	36	6	C	61.25N	01.03E	03 02 15 00
DASHER	37	6	D	60.43N	01.28E	03 02 00 00
GEDANIA	38	7	C	59.40N	02.41W	03 02 15 00
SHABAB OMAN	39	14	A	60.01N	03.44W	03 02 49 05
WILLIWAW	40	8	C	59.28N	03.41W	03 02 15 00
SPIRIT OF FAIRBRIDGE	41	13	B	59.23N	04.23W	03 02 30 00
ROALD AMUNDSEN	42	15	A	59.14N	06.09W	03 02 45 00
PELICAN OF LONDON	43	16	A	58.43N	04.56W	03 02 49 18
LORD NELSON	44	17	A	58.51N	05.05W	03 02 56 37
ESPRIT	45	9	C	59.51N	01.54W	03 02 15 00
ASSARAIN II	46	7	D	60.55N	00.50W	03 02 00 00
CUAUHTEMOC	47	18	A	58.46N	05.11W	03 02 57 47
GLACIERE OF LIVERPOOL			B	Did Not Start
HEBE III			D	Retired
JOHN LAING			C	Did Not Start
LEADER			B	Retired
NITRON			Z	Did Not Start
KALIAKRA			Z	Accompanying

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On July 27th, 2008 YachtPals says:

Alba Explorer of the UK crossed the finish line in Norway at 03:27 GMT. Unlike the moderate winds crossing the North Sea, winds close to the Norwegian coast are light, causing many of the Tall Ships and yachts to taking longer than expected to reach the finish line.

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Tall Ships Race Update - Norway

On July 29th, 2008 YachtPals says:

More than half of the yachts and ships competing in the Tall Ships' Race have arrived in Maløy, where the small fishing town of Maløy Norway is about to be doubled in size with the arrival of the fleet.

Overall on corrected time Jolie Brise (UK) is in first place with Stina Mari (Norway) in second and Christian Radich (Norway) in third. Behind Christian Radich in Class A is Mir (Russia) with Alexander von Humboldt (Germany) in third. However, there are a number of other Class A vessels yet to cross the finish line so this may change.

**Tall Ships' Race Interim Position Report 29/07/2008 06:00:00**
Vessel Name	Position OA	Position Class	Class	Lat	Long	Elapsed
JOLIE BRISE	1	1	B	Finished		28/07/2008-05:26:05
STINA MARI	2	2	B	Finished		29/07/2008-02:24:30
CHRISTIAN RADICH	3	1	A	Finished		28/07/2008-09:24:56
MIR	4	2	A	Finished		27/07/2008-13:58:02
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT	5	3	A	62.17N	02.48E	05 15 45 00
DAR MLODZIEZY	6	4	A	Finished		27/07/2008-20:45:22
ASGARD II	7	5	A	61.50N	03.58E	05 15 45 00
ALBA EXPLORER	8	1	C	Finished		27/07/2008-03:27:12
SORLANDET	9	6	A	Finished		29/07/2008-01:13:23
MORGENSTER	10	7	A	Finished		29/07/2008-05:24:00
STAVROS S NIARCHOS	11	8	A	61.38N	03.41E	05 15 45 00
STATSRAAD LEHMKUHL	12	9	A	61.49N	04.36E	05 15 48 31
FAR BARCELONA	13	3	B	61.38N	03.35E	05 15 30 00
CONSTANTIA	14	4	B	61.28N	03.31E	05 15 30 00
BLACK DIAMOND OF DURHAM	15	2	C	Finished		28/07/2008-19:40:28
MORNING STAR OF REVELATION	16	5	B	61.50N	02.58E	05 15 30 00
ETOILE	17	6	B	Finished		28/07/2008-23:52:16
GREATER MANCHESTER CHALLENGE	18	7	B	61.46N	04.18E	05 15 30 00
ROYALIST	19	10	A	62.04N	01.26E	05 15 45 00
RUPEL	20	8	B	61.40N	03.06E	05 15 30 00
CAPITAN MIRANDA	21	11	A	61.46N	03.54E	05 15 52 20
SPANIEL	22	3	C	Finished		27/07/2008-18:02:40
ASSARAIN II	23	1	D	Finished		28/07/2008-10:39:40
LIETUVA	24	2	D	Finished		27/07/2008-17:31:30
WESTWARD HO	25	9	B	61.51N	02.23E	05 15 30 00
OCEAN SPIRIT OF MORAY	26	4	C	Finished		28/07/2008-00:03:33
MOOSK	27	10	B	61.36N	02.23W	05 15 30 00
ST BARBARA V	28	3	D	Finished		28/07/2008-15:57:19
SHABAB OMAN	29	12	A	61.41N	02.01E	05 15 49 05
AKELA	30	4	D	Finished		27/07/2008-23:03:44
EENDRACHT	31	13	A	Finished		29/07/2008-03:00:57
DASHER	32	5	D	Finished		27/07/2008-23:51:30
POGORIA	33	14	A	61.36N	03.10E	05 15 45 00
RONA II	34	6	D	Finished		28/07/2008-13:26:25
URANIA	35	7	D	Finished		28/07/2008-13:26:48
CLYDE CHALLENGER	36	5	C	Finished		28/07/2008-14:19:37
ANTWERP FLYER	37	6	C	Finished		28/07/2008-04:54:45
GEDANIA	38	7	C	61.28N	01.21E	05 15 15 00
ESPRIT	39	8	C	Finished		28/07/2008-18:46:48
SPIRIT OF FAIRBRIDGE	40	11	B	60.59N	00.53W	05 15 30 00
PELICAN OF LONDON	41	15	A	60.23N	02.37W	05 15 49 18
LORD NELSON	42	16	A	60.35N	03.07W	05 15 56 37
CUAUHTEMOC	43	17	A	60.54N	03.23W	05 15 57 47
WILLIWAW			C	Retired
GLACIERE OF LIVERPOOL			B	Did Not Start
HEBE III			D	Retired
JENS KROGH			B	Retired
KALIAKRA			Z	Accompanying
LEADER			B	Retired
NITRON			Z	Did Not Start
ROALD AMUNDSEN			A	Retired
SVANHILD			B	Retired
JOHN LAING			C	Did Not Start

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Tall Ships Race

On August 2nd, 2008 YachtPals says:

The first race of The Tall Ships’ Races has been won by Jolie Brise from the UK! Toby Marris, the captain of Jolie Brise, said that his tactics had simply been to sail the shortest distance which meant taking some narrow passages. Behind Jolie Brise in Class B, was the Norwegian Stina Mari, with the French vessel Etoile in third.

The winner of Class A was the Norwegian tall ship Christian Radich. In second place was Mir of Russia, with Dar Mlodziezy of Poland in third place.

The UK vessel Alba Explorer won class C, and was also the first vessel to finish the race in three days 12 hours. In second place was Black Diamond of Durham of the UK, with Spaniel of Latvia in third.

Assarain II from the UK, whose skipper is just 22 years old, won class D. In second place was Lietuva of Lithuania, and in third was St Barbara V of the UK.

Many other prizes have been handed out at the Tall Ships Races, in addition to the class prizes.

Most spectacular entrance into Maløy, which was awarded to Cuauhtemoc (Mexico)
Most creative crew in the Crew Parade was won by Morgenster (Netherlands)
Most stylish crew in the crew parade, which was also won by Cuauhtemoc
Vessel with thte most nationalities on board (with 12 different nationalities) was won by Morgenster (Netherlands)
Vessel with the youngest crew (average age of 18 years and 11 months) was won by Moosk (UK)
Oldest vessel in the fleet was won by Far Barcelona (Spain)
Youngest Captain in the fleet was won by Clare Thorpe of Assarain II (Captains' Daughters) who is 22 years, nine months and 27 days
Oldest Captain in the fleet was won by Egil Simonsen of Westward Ho (UK)
Vessel that had travelled the furthest to take part in The Tall Ships' Races 2008, at 6, 121 miles, was Capitan Miranda (Uruguay)
Sail Training International Communications Prize was awarded to Asgard II (Ireland)
The Cook Longest at Sea was awarded to Wendy Laing on Lord Nelson (UK)
Line honours - for the first vessel to cross the finish line - was awarded to Alba Explorer (UK)
The first vessel overall on corrected time was won by Jolie Brise (UK)

The town of Måløy is now filled to the brim with sailing crews enjoying their shore time before the next Tall Ships' Race. News of the events in Måløy coming soon.