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Weymouth, UK, to Corunna, Spain and Oporto, Portugal, to St.-Malo, France The first two overall places in the two races held by the Sail Training Association of the UK were divided between such different types of vessels as Duet (a small gaff yawl of 1912 vintage) , Ocean Venture (a fairly new staysai l schooner) , Henryk Rutkowski (a fifty-year-old brigantine) and Oskard (a modern Bemrndan cutter). Entries have stood up to the test of time since the first race in 1956, when it was generally thought that it wou ld be the last occasion on which such a number of big PHOTO: TH AD KOZA square riggers would be seen under sai I together. In that year there were four big square riggers and two large schooners. This year Class A consisted of eleven square riggers and two schooners. Class B and C brought the fleet total to over 60 sai l! For the first race, winds were light and did not faSailing ships head out of Weymouth at the beginning of the vor the square riggers (es- 1994 Tall Ships Races. pecially the large ones) so thatRoyalist-a l 10-ton brig-onJy gained 30th place overall to lead Class A. Duet, the eighty-year-old yawl , was placed first overall on handicap and was followed by about half the yacht fleet. Kruzenshtern (ex-Padua) , the four-masted bark built in 1926, led the large vessels into 39th place. The German schooner Johan Smidt led the four-strong entry in Class B while Duet, Oskard and Grenada were the winners in the three divisions of Class C. The cook of the brig Astrid (built 191 8) was awarded the butcher's cleaver for being the most important man on the ship which spent the longest time at sea. The fleet spent a few days in Corunna and then had a "Cruise-in-Company" to Oporto with many inter-ship crew exchanges before racing from there back to St.Malo in the English Channel. In this second race the Polish brigantine Henryk Rutkowski was overall winner on corrected time with her captain-Janusz Zbierajewski-gaining the Captain 's Prize and the big Polish full-rigged ship Dar Mlodziezy (12th place) leading in the rest of Class A. The Sail Training Association 's two topsail schooners--Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller-gained l st and 2nd places in Class B which , sadly, only consisted of three vessels. Morning Star ofRevelation, Ocean Venture and Corsaro 11 took first places in the three divisions of Class C and the cook of the brigantine Spirit ofWinestead took the well deserved cook's prize. Contrary to many yachtsmen's views, it is interesting to observe that even in these conditions of mainJy light contrary winds the big schooners-Creoula and Eendracht II-did not fare well against the square riggers, large or smalI. Creoula finished last of the fleet and Eendracht II was so far behind that she had to give up so that she could -MORIN SCOTT motor in to take part in the shore festivities .
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• l October-31 December, The Explorers, examines the the British, French, Spanish and Russian explorers that reached the Pacific Northwest. (Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Ave., Vancouver BC V6J 1A3) • 10 February-29 June 1995 Hampton Roads at War: The Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, a 50th anniversary photography exhibit. (The Mariners ' Museum, lOOMuseumDrive,Newport News VA 23606)
• 15 October-22 March 1995 Nantucket and the China Trade, examines the history of trade between China and northeastern ports. (South Street Seaport Museum, 207 Front Street, New York NY 10038) • 19 November through September 1995, Rhythm of the Oars: Stories of Rowing in America, tells the story of the American rowing traditon. (Mystic Seaport Museum, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic CT 06355) SEA HISTORY 71, AUTUMN 1994