Official Race

Vessels taking part in the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009 will travel over 7,000 nautical miles around the North Atlantic Ocean. The race follows the traditional trading route of sailing ships over the centuries.

Tall Ships official race map

 

Host ports:

  • Vigo, Spain (30 April - 3 May)
  • Tenerife, Canary Islands (14 - 17 May)
  • Bermuda (12 - 15 June)
  • Charleston, USA (25 - 29 June)
  • Boston, USA(8 - 13 July)
  • Halifax, Canada (16 - 20 July)
  • Belfast (13 - 16 August)

 

Follow the race:

 

The fleet’s progress on the race can be seen via the fleet tracking 


The list of all the vessels positions on corrected time can be viewed in the Vessel Positions Update

 

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Did you know?

Mary McAleese President of Ireland is not the only state president to have been born in Belfast – Chaim Herzog, 6th President of Israel from 1983 to 1993 was born at Clifton Park Avenue the son of a Belfast Rabbi.