About Regatta

This August in Klaipeda will start the spectacular sailing event - The Culture Tall Ships Regatta 2011. After the success of the Tall Ships Races 2009, this year Klaipeda once again preparing for a fleet of sail.

International Sail Training Organization (Sail Training International) organizing this unusual regatta to mark the Finnish city Turku as the European Capital of Culture 2011. The Culture 2011 Tall Ships Regatta will be held after the Tall Ships Races 2011 and extend the Tall Ships festival season until September.

Klaipeda (Lithuania) and Gdynia (Poland) agreed to combine forces with the Turku (Finland) and held the races in two phases: Tall Ships Regatta will start in Klaipeda, from where the fleet will race to Turku and then to Gdynia.

The Culture Tall Ships Regatta 2011

Klaipeda: August 18 (Thursday) - 21 (Sunday)

First race

Turku, Finland: August 26-28

Second race

Gdynia, Poland September 2-5