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Hanse Sail 2022 in Rostock
In Rostock they speak of "return to old strength" and self-confidently designate themselves as "the largest traditional sailing event in the world". ...
41st Rumregatta Flensburg 2022
The sailing ships return. There are events again. We had to wait two years for it. Now the 41st Rumregatta took place in Flensburg, with everything what goes with it ...
Maritime Days 2021 in Bremerhaven
The Maritime Days 2021 took place in Bremerhaven in August under special conditions. What was planned as the Lütte Sail 2021 (Small Sail) and finally had to be canceled ...
Hanse Sail 2021 in Rostock
A small Hanse Sail took place in Rostock in August. Finally watching sailing ships again! We have waited for this a long time. Optimistically different, that was an official motto. ...
Rumregatta in Flensburg
Every year on the Saturday after Ascension Day at 11 a.m. a loud gun shot sounds in the bay of Flensburg. Everyone who looks at the water then sees more than 100 gaff-rigged traditional saiöing ships ...
Hajkutter Festival og Regatta from Nysted to Rostock
Words have got around that the operators of Hajkutters on the German and Danish Baltic Sea coasts have been celebrating a special kind of family reunion for several years in Nysted. There are of course the ships ...
Hanse Sail Rostock
Every year on the 2nd weekend in August, more than 100 sailing ships arrive in Rostock to celebrate a maritime festival with up to one million visitors on the river Warnow over four days. ...
Kuiper-Brandarisrace
Brandaris is the name of the lighthouse on the Dutch North Sea island of Terschelling. It is also the oldest lighthouse in the Netherlands and he gave his name ...
Klipperrace Enkhuizen
Since 1975 the Enkhuizer Watersportvereniging "Almere" and the Commissie Enkhuizer Klipperrace organise a regatta for Dutch klippers and similar sailing ships. The starting point ...
Zeesenboot regatta Bodstedt
The regatta for Zeesenboots in Bodstedt, which is always held on the first weekend in September, is the oldest and, based on the number of participating Zeesenboots, ...
Fischerregatta Althagen
At the end of the series of Zeesenboot events in various ports in the Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain, the Fischerregatta takes place every year on the third weekend in September in Althagen. ...
Fêtes maritimes internationales de Brest
Since 1992, the French city of Brest has been hosting an international maritime festival of superlatives every four years. On seven days in July always around the French national holiday, ...
Temps fête Douarnenez
The small fishing town of Douarnenez on the Breton coast hosts a maritime summer festival every two years since 1986. Mainly regional traditional sailing ships ...
Smack & Barge Races
The east coast of England is home of the Essex Smacks, former fishing boats used to catch oysters. A characteristic of the cutter or ketch rigged boats is a ...
Festivals of medieval sailing ships
The fact that the Hanseatic city of Wismar is very keen to present its maritime past and present is something that anyone can see who visits one of the annual ...
The Tall Ships Races
The Tall Ships Races - from 1973 to 2003 under the name Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races - are a long-distance regatta for sailing ships with mostly young crews up to 25 years of age. ...
Sail Bremerhaven
Every five years the port city of Bremerhaven celebrates the Sail Bremerhaven. This major maritime event takes place alongside a line starting at the ...