Sail Training International is a registered charity (not for profit organisation) with worldwide membership and activities. With the purpose of developing and educating young people of all nationalities, cultures, religions and social backgrounds through the sail training experience.
To achieve this goal, a range of activities and services are programmed every year. These include conferences and seminars, races and other events for sail training Tall Ships, publications and DVD presentations, international research and the Class A Tall Ships Forum (for the operators of big square-rigged sail training ships). Their members are the national sail training organisations of Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK and USA.
The Tall Ships’ Races summer series are organised annually for young people in European waters, as well as other events in Europe and elsewhere in the world, including the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge - the next of which will be held in 2009. The member national organisations also organise regular races and cruises for sail training ‘Tall Ships’ and ‘Small Ships’ in North America, Europe and elsewhere in the world.
