June 27-July 2, 2001 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Harbour Parade of Lights Inc.

Five-day festival, including tall ship races, pirate festival, War of 1812 tall ship invasion, 5th Annual Toronto Harbour Parade of lights, and a parade of sail.
Write to: 260 King St. East Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario M5A 4l5, Canada
Telephone: +1 (416) 941-1041 ext. 224 (Voice); +1 (416) 941-8989 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

June 28-August 13, 2001 - Great Lakes

Tall Ships Challenge® Race Series
The American Sail Training Association is organizing this series of sail-training races combined with visits to selected ports in the Great Lakes region.
For information: Steve Baker, American Sail Training Association (ASTA), P.O. Box 1459, 559 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island 02840 USA
Telephone: +1 401-846-1775 (Voice); +1 401-849-5400 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

June 28-July 2, 2001 - Kingston, Ontario, Canada

The Kingston Tall Ships Challenge ®.
The Kingston Tall Ships Challenge ® will bring 20-30 tall ships to the city from June 28 to July 2, Canada Day!

Write to: Kingston Tall Ships Challenge ®, Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, 53 Younge Street, Kingston, ONT K7M 6G4 Canada
Telephone: +1 (613) 544-2250 or +1 (866) 253-6918 (Voice); +1 (613) 544-4776 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

July 5-8, 2001 - Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada

Tall Ships Challenge® Port Colborne
The City of Port Colborne welcomes visitors to this international event.
Write to: Attention: Tall Ships Challenge, City of Port Colborne, 66 Charlotte Street, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada L3K 3C8
Telephone: +1 (888) PORT-FUN [767-8386] (Voice); +1 (905) 835-2969 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

July 11-16, 2001 - Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Cleveland Harborfest presents Tall Ships Challenge®
The historic ships range in size from 72 to 198 feet. Several of the ships are replica vessels from the War of 1812. Ships will be docked at Cuyahoga County Port Authority Dock 32, located directly behind Cleveland Browns Stadium and next to North Coast Harbor.
Write to: Cleveland Harborfest, c/o IMG, 1360 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, USA
Telephone: +1 (216) 556-0666 (Voice); +1 (216) 522-1145 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

July 18-22, 2001 - Detroit, Michigan, USA

Detroit Tricentennial
The tall-ship festival will be held in concert with the tricentennial celebrations of the City of Detroit. A Parade of Sail will occur on Sunday, July 22, 2001.
Please contact David Choate to register your vessel.
Write to: David Choate, c/o Conventures,Inc., One Design Center Place, Boston, MA 02210 or to [email protected].
Telephone: +1 617-439-7700 (Voice); +1 617-439-7701 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

July 22-28, 2001 - Florida Keys, Florida, USA

Reef Awareness Week
Daily events to celebrate coral reefs, including a buoy-splicing party for mariners to prepare lines for the reef-mooring buoys that provide an easy alternative to anchoring on the living coral reef. Join us for this and other activities. Official; site at http://www.reefrelief.org.
Write to: DeeVon Quirolo, Executive Director, Reef Relief, P.O. Box 430, Key West, FL 33041 USA
Telephone: +1 (305) 294-3100; +1 (305) 293-9515 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

July 26-29, 2001 - Norrköping, Sweden

Sail Norrköping
NBaltic Sail will start in Norrköping, continue to Karlskrona and Rostock, and ending in Gdansk/Helsingor.
Write to: Sail Norrköping, P.O. Box 2182, Norrköping, Sweden
Telephone: +46 1112 5521 (Voice); +46 1112 5568 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

July 26-30, 2001 - Bay City, Michigan USA

Tall Ship Celebration: Bay City
15 visiting ships as part of the American Sail Training Association's Tall Ships Challenge® Race Series. A community-wide maritime festival celebrating the community's rich ship-building and maritime history. Bay City's extensive waterfront park system will host the fleet and three full days of free family fun including a folk-music festival,
Write to: Tall Ship Celebration: Bay City, Bay Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Saginaw Street, Bay City, MI 48708 USA
Telephone: +1 (888) BAY-TOWN [229-8696] (Voice); +1 (517) 893-7016 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

August 2-5, 2001 - Karlskrona, Sweden

Baltic Sail Karlskrona 2001
Write to: Tony Danielsson, Evenemangssamordnare, Karlskrona kommun, SE-371 21 Karlskrona, Sweden
Telephone: +46 455 30 32 48 (Voice); +46 709 30 32 48 (Mobile)
Email: [email protected]

August 7-15, 2001 - Dundee, Scotland

Discovery 100
Centennial celebrations of the launch of the Royal Research Ship Discovery. Join the Tall Ships Race 2001 from Esjberg to Dundee. Free berthing, crew change facilities, full social programme, public access to ships and corporate entertaining opportunities. Depart Dundee on 15th August in good time for IFOS Portsmouth, England.
Write to: Alan Rankin, Dundee Heritage Trust, West Hendersons Wynd., Dundee DD1 5BT United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 1382 225282 (Voice); +44 (0) 1382 221612 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

August 7-October 4, 2001 - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Sea Trek 2001
A reenactment of the historic migration of Mormon converts to the United States from Europe 150 years ago. The voyagers will visit major port cities in Sweden, Norway, Germany, and England, drop down to the Canary Islands, use the east-west trade winds for the trans-Altantic crossing, and arrive in New York City on October 4.

Telephone: +1 (801) 932-7990 (Voice); +1 (801) 932-7999 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]
Latest News Release

August 7-9, 2001 - Esbjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sea Trek 2001
Telephone: +1 (801) 932-7990 (Voice); +1 (801) 932-7999 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]
Latest News Release

August 9-12, 2001 - Rostock, Germany

Hanse Sail Rostock
A number of big and small traditional sailing ships and yachts are plotting a course for the Hanseatic city port and the passenger quay in Warnemünde.
Write to: Büro Hanse Sail, Warnowufer 65, D-18057 Rostock, Germany
Telephone: +49 381 208 5226 (Voice); +49 381 208 5223 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

August 9-13, 2001 - Muskegon, Michigan, USA

Tall Ship Challenge® Muskegon 2001
Over 20 , ketches, schooners, brigantines, barquentines, and caravels will be on Muskegon Lake. Included in the fleet will be a replica of Columbus' 15th century caravel, the Niña, the beautiful Baltimore Clipper replica, Pride of Baltimore II, and the Thames River sailing barge Amara Zee. Not only will the ships be available for tours, but the Amara Zee will offer live evening performances on the deck of the ship itself! The Tall Ships Challenge® Race Series is organized by the American Sail Training Association.
Write to: Tall Ships Challenge® Muskegon, 610 W. Western Avenue, Muskegon, Michigan 49440 USA
Telephone: +1 (800) 250-WAVE [9283] (Voice); +1 (231) 724-1398 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

August 16-19, 2001 - Gdansk, Poland

Sail Gdansk
Write to: City Hall of Gdansk, Nowe Ogrody Street 8/12, Gdansk, Poland
Telephone: +4858 306 4491 (Voice); +4858 306 4491 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

August 16-19, 2001 - Helsingor, Denmark

Baltic Sail Helsingor
Write to: Baltic Sail Helsingor, Havnepladsen 3, Helsingor, Denmark
Telephone: +45 49211333 (Voice); +45 49211577 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

August 24-27, 2001 - Portsmouth, England

International Festival of the Sea 2001
Write to: David Redfern, The Parade, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth UK
Telephone: +44 01275 34 28 35 (Voice)
Email: [email protected]

September 21-23, 2001 - New London, Connecticut, USA

Boats, Books & Brushes
A maritime arts festival featuring authors, artists, films and tall-ship race (2nd Annual New London Schooner Challenge).
Write to: Sail New London, 75 Crystal Avenue, New London, CT 06320
Telephone: +1 (978) 239-8729 (Voice); +1 (978) 887-3010 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

October 17-21, 2001 - Baltimore, Maryland, USA to Norfolk, Virginia, USA

The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race (127-NM Benefit Schooner Race)
Write to: Kathy Hill, PO Box 8155, Norfolk, VA 23503-8155, USA
Telephone and Fax: +1 (757) 480-RACE
Email: [email protected]

November 5, 2001 - Tacoma, Washington, USA

The fleet of tall ships will visit the West Coast in 2002
Write to: David Domkoski, Tacoma Public Library, 1102 Tacoma Avenue S., Tacoma, Washington 98402
Telephone: +1 (253) 591-5688 (Voice)
Email: [email protected]

November 10-11, 2001 - Rockport, Texas, USA

Music of the Sea Festival
Music provided by the Barquentones, Gordon Bok, AllenWayne Damron, Glen Road, Dan Milner, Bob Conroy, William Pint and Felicia Dale, Ian Robb and Greg Brown, Steve Roys, and Don Sineti.
Write to: Allison Lakin, Texas Maritime Museum, 1202 Navigation Circle, Rockport, TX 78382 USA
Telephone: +1 (361) 729-1271; +1 (361) 790-5943 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]

November 12, 2001 - Vallejo, California, USA

California Maritime Academy
An hour-long discussion and presentation by renown author/photographer Thad Koza about the tall-ship fleet and events of 2002 on the West Coast.
Write to: Carl Phillips, Calfiornia Maritime Academy, 200 maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo, CA 94590 USA
Telephone: +1 (707) 654-1093 (Voice)
Email: [email protected]

November 13, 2001 - Newport Beach, California, USA

Newport Harbor Maritime Museum
One-hour presentation about the fleet of tall ships that will visit the West Coast .
Write to: Newport Harbor Maritime Museum, 1714 W. Balboa Blvd., Newport Beach, CA 92660
Telephone: +1 (714) 673-3377 (Voice)

November 15, 2001 - Oxnard, California, USA

Ventura County Maritime Museum
Write to: Ventura County Maritime Museum, 2731 S. Victoria Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93935 USA
Telephone: +1 (805) 984-6260 (Voice)
Email: [email protected]

June 6-June 30, 2002 - Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

Americas' Sail 2002
Tall Ship Event beginning in Curacao on June 6th, to Jamaica, departing there on June 18th, finishing in Tampa, Florida, USA, on June 30th.
Write to: Rev. William F. Wendler, Americas' Sail, 11 Oak Lane, Glen Cove, New York 11542, USA
Telephone: +1 (516)671-0534 (Voice); +1 (516)674-3617 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.americassail.com

August 15-19, 2002 - Seattle, Washington, USA

Tall Ship Challenge®


Newspaper article: "Fleet of Tall Ships Will Sail to Seattle,"