From the 8th of July to the 14th of August, 2016 the Russian Geographical Society has been holding the All-Russian contest for participation in the SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta. We are announcing the names of the winners of this creative competition. They will become the part of the team of the sailboats «Mir» and «Nadezhda» (according to the choice of the organizers of the regatta) for the time of their passage from the 17th to the 25th of September between Novorossiysk and Sochi (considering parking in ports).
We congratulate the winners and are wishing them a tailwind!
1.Voropaeva Irina
2. Gorbunova Elena
3. Ershova Ksenia
4. Daria Zhirnova
5. Ivanova Lubov
6. Litvinov Vladimir
7. Nabiullina Rezeda
8. Nikiforova Alexandra
9. Pereyaslavtseva Maria
10. PrusakovaMaria
11. Solovyev Vladimir
SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta 2016 will be held from the 8th of September to the 4th of October, 2016. Its participants are sailing vessels of not less than 30 feet (about 9.2 meters) length, - will pass from Romanian Constanta to Novorossiysk, then from Novorossiysk to Sochi, and then to the Bulgarian port of Varna. According to the words of the General Director of the Sail Training International (STI) Gwyn Brown, the race between two Russian ports – Sochi and Novorossiysk will be the first in history of Tall Ships competition.
There will take part three-masted ships «Mir» and «Nadezhda» among others on the Russian side in the regatta. They are the constant participants of the international sailing competitions, thus, the participants are titled: «Mir» became the only vessel in the history of regattas training vessels of STI Tall Ships Races, having won the main prize twice – The Big Silver Plate (in 2003 and in 2004). Besides, it is currently recognized as the fastest sailing ship of the planet. Both «Mir» and «Nadezhda» were built in 1980-s at the Gdansk shipyard as training ships for the Soviet - now Russian - fleet.