This year The Tall Ships’ Races have been held in two places simultaneously - both in the Baltic and in the Mediterranean. The rally in the South of Europe was of the same format as the one in the North.
The vessels and their crews met in Spanish Alicante on 4 July, which was their starting point for Barcelona. On 12-15 July, in the capital city of Catalonia, they celebrated the holiday of sea and wind. After a friendly race French Tulon was the host to the fleet. Finally, on 28 July, young sailors were guests of Italian Genoa, the host to the finale.
The tallest ships that showed up at the South shores of Europe were: Russian Mir (109 m), Italian Amerigo Vespucci (104 m) and Argentina Libertad (102 m). In the Mediterranean part of the rally Polish Pogoria was one of the contestants. All in all, 40 vessels from 14 countries with 4000 on board sailed the Mediterranean TTSR (including Italy, Spain, Poland, Portugal, etc). Class C Idea Due of Italy won the general classification.
