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Tall Ships Races to Return to Lerwick in the Shetland Islands in 2023 11th May 2021 The prestigious Tall Ships Races are set to return to Lerwick Harbour in 2023 Credit: Ryan Leith Lerwick has been selected for the third time to be a host port for the spectacular Tall Ships Races. Sail Training International, the operator of the Tall Ships Races, has today (Tuesday 11 May) announced the selected host ports for the 2023 series, with the Races expected to visit Lerwick, the only Scottish location, from 26-29 July. The isles previously hosted the event in 1999 and 2011. Shetland Islands Counci...

The situation remains fluid for the tal ships event THE future of the Tall Ships 2021 event in Falmouth remains in the balance with the situation across Europe constantly changing because of Covid, the organisers have said today. For the moment the event is still going ahead but the worsening situation with Covid in Europe means that there is no guarantee that it will not be cancelled. A statement issued by the Falmouth Tall Ships organisers this afternoon regarding the Magellan-Elcano series scheduled for August 2021 said: "As there is a continually fluid situation across Europe, and a...

UK’s Sail Training Sector on ‘Knife Edge’, Industry Body Warns 14th February 2021 Jubilee Sailing Trust’s SV Tenacious at the Cowes Small Ships Race in 2018 Credit: Max Mudie/ASTO While plans are in the offing for a phased restart of tall shipsail training and other outdoor learning activities in the UK after Easter, the sector remains on a “knife edge”. That’s the message from Andy Robinson, chief executive of the Institute for Outdoor Learning, who as Marine Industry News reports has pilloried the British Government’s guidance amid continued pandemic restrictions as “cat...

Yachting Monthly 0shares Liferafts are reassuring, but should only to be used as an absolute last resort. James Stevens explores the main scenarios that could lead to abandoning ship, and what to do if the worst happens Climbing into a liferaft is no easy option and should only ever be an absolute last resort. Credit: Graham Snook/YM Having to abandon ship into a liferaft is the biggest decision a skipper has to make. Current thinking about this was greatly influenced  by the 1979 Fastnet Race Inquiry Report written by the RYA and RORC. The race fleet encountered...