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ASTO SMALL SHIPS RACES
8th-11th August 2009
Since 2002 the Association of Sail Training Associations has organised the Small Ships Races which is a youth event open to monohull sailing vessels up to 120ft in length. The inaugural race from Weymouth to St.Malo was deemed to be a tremendous success by all involved and since then host ports have included Ipswich, Delfzijl, Glasgow, Belfast and Cowes. In 2009 Riverside Inverclyde, one of the partners in Sail Inverclyde Limited is sponsoring the Small Ships Race between Greenock and Belfast.
Participating vessels have to be a minimum of 7.3m (24 ft) at the waterline and half of those on board during the races must be between 14 and 25 years old.
It is hoped the event will attract up to 20 entries from organisations such as the Ocean Youth Trust, Sea Scouts, Fairbridge and the Swan Trust. The timing of the race has been planned to ensure that the small Ships fleet arrives in Belfast in time for the arrival of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
To date 18 Small Ships have registered.
They are as follows:
Alba Explorer - Length: 22m Draft: 3.1m Crew 17
Alba Venturer - Length: 21.14m Draft: 2.47m Crew 19
Challenger 1 - Length: 22m Draft: 3m Crew: 18
Challenger 2 - Length: 22m Draft: 3m Crew: 18
Cushag of Mann - Length: 9.2m Draft: 1m Crew: 6
Dipper - Length: 11.6m Draft: 1.9m Crew: 8
Faramir - Length: 22.3m Draft: 2.5m Crew: 18
Greater Manchester Challenger - Length: 23m Draft: 2.7m Crew: 18
Hippo of Hamble - Length: 25m Draft: 2.7m Crew: 9
Lord Rank - Length: 20.5m Draft: 2.8m Crew: 17
Merrilyn - Length: 19m Draft: 2.6m Crew: 16
New Moon - Length: 10m Draft: 2m Crew: 8
Spirit of Fairbridge - Length: 28m Draft: 3.4m Crew: _
Swan - Length: 20.6m Draft: 2.7m Crew: 17
TS City Liveryman - Length: 11m Draft: 1.8m Crew: 7
TS Vigalent - Length: 11m Draft: 1.8m Crew: 7
Yahtzee - Length: 12.7m Draft: 1.7m Crew: 8
The programme for the ASTO Small Ships Race is as follows:
Saturday 8th August:
Berthing at Victoria Harbour Greenock 12.00 - 18.00
Sunday 9th August
Crew activities ashore 09.00 - 17.00
Monday 10th August
Local Race on the Clyde 11.00 - 17.00 start/finish off Greenock Esplanade
Tuesday 11th August
Parade to start line off Ashton, Gourock starting 12.00
Start of Passage Race start 14.30
Each of the partners in Sail Inverclyde Limited is sponsoring crew members to sail with the Ocean Youth Trust Scotland. For some of these 11 young people it will their first sailing experience and also their first opportunity to participate in a Tall Ships event.
For further port information contact Riverside Inverclyde
tel: 01475 883104 or e.mail:
info@riversideinverclyde.com
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