Boston, Massachusetts, is the latest city to sign up as a host port for the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009, joining five already under contract outside the USA. Other ports in the USA are expected to sign soon. The Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge is organised by Sail Training International in collaboration with the American Sail Training Association.
“Boston was a host port for our last race around the North Atlantic at the turn of the millennium, Tall Ships 2000. Then, the fleet attracted five million visitors to the city and the organisers there tell us they plan to beat this number in 2009,” said Paul Bishop, head of Sail Training International's Race Directorate. “The other host ports have been working for some time on plans to make 2009 a memorable experience for the fleet and trainee crews. For those wishing to take part, ships and trainee crews, our website for the event www.tallshipsraces.com/atlanticchallenge will be launched in early November.”
“Boston is the first US port to contract with us for this international Challenge series, and we expect to be able to announce two more in the next few weeks,” said Mike Rauworth, Chairman of the American Sail Training Association. “ASTA is pleased to be engaged with Sail Training International in this project, to promote sail training for young people and Tall Ships internationally.”
“We look forward to a fruitful collaboration with the organisers and participants of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge,” said Patrick B. Moscaritolo, President and Chairman, Sail Boston Inc. “Historically, the Tall Ships have been the single most successful event to generate economic impact for our region from visitors and locals alike. “Boston is a world-class destination, and the arrival of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge fleet will only strengthen this positioning.”
The Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge will start in Vigo, Spain (30 April - 3 May). From there the fleet will race to Tenerife in the Canary Islands (14 - 17 May), en route to Bermuda (12 - 15 June) where the vessels and crews will be the centrepiece of the island's celebrations of the 400th anniversary of permanent settlement. The fleet will then cruise in company up the US east coast to Boston (8 - 13 July) and then to Halifax, Canada (16 - 19 July) before racing again across the Atlantic to finish in Belfast, Northern Ireland (13 - 16 August).
For further information, please contact:
Corinne Hitching,
Media and Publications Manager
Sail Training International
Email: corinne.hitching@sailtraininginternational.org
Tel: +44 2392 586367, Fax: +44 2392 584661
The Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009 is organised by Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge Limited, a wholly owned company of Sail Training International, in collaboration with the American Sail Training Association. Host ports in the USA are contracted to the American Sail Training Association, those in other countries to Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge Limited.
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