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in this video I'm going to show you tall
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sailing ships and talk to you about the
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incredible tall ships racers hi I'm Gary
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beverage of tips for travelers the tall
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ships races is a massive annual sailing
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event in Europe attracting 100 ships
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hundreds of thousands spectators and
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creating a huge spectacle the 800 year
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old Turku in finland has hosted the
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ships on multiple occasions and this is
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where I saw the event and ships for the
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very first time the banks of the river
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aura which runs through the city is a
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perfect venue to see the ships as the
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almost 100 ships of all sizes fill every
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inch of the banks on both sides making a
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magnificent sight and a very manageable
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way to see them all so much so that over
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half a million people come to Turku to
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see them when they're visiting the Tall
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Ships race itself started as a small 20
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ship race in 1956 it was a romantic
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celebration and was seen as a farewell
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to the few remaining large sailing ships
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in the world but it captured the public
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imagination and has grown to become this
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important phenomena selling European
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waters every year it's God has become
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not only to celebrate the grand tall
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ships but to encourage and train young
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people to get involved with sailing and
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to build cross country friendships and
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understanding at least half the crew of
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every ship must be youngsters aged
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between 15 and 25 the annual race is now
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organized by the sail training
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International Organization this was
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formed after the initial races to
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coordinate and promote the event every
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year the ships sail in different regions
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of European waters with two racing legs
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of several hundred nautical miles they
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stopped in various ports for
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celebrations events parties and marches
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it was called the cutty sark Tall Ships
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races for 30 years between 1973 and 2003
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after Cutty Sark whisky that was the
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sponsor it's a fabulous event and the
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ships as you can see are quite
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remarkable cities like Turku hosting
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them arrange concerts events and fairs
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when there are in town and I recommend
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you keep an eye on when the tour ships
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races are run each year in July and do
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try and visit one of the cities like
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Turco when they're in town it's an
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experience you will enjoy your love
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you'll cherish well hopefully you have
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found that helpful as you can probably
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tell from the video the tall ships and
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the tall ships races was an amazing
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something I strongly recommend that you
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try and experience it happens every
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single year somewhere in Europe so just
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take a look for tall ships races find
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out when they're happening and seriously
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plan to spend some time seeing them if
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