Four ports within the Baltic Sea, in Denmark, Finland, Latvia and Poland, have been selected to host The Tall Ships Races 2013, race organisers Sail Training International have just announced.

The start port will be Arhus, Denmark where the fleet will gather and all race formalities will be undertaken. From there the fleet will race to the capital city of Helsinki, Finland and then cruise-in-company to Riga in Lativa and then race once again to Szczecin in Poland. This combination of ports will take the fleet around the Baltic Sea, always a popular venue for the event and likely to attract a large fleet.

Firm dates have yet to be agreed, but it is likely the start from Arhus will be in early July, with the finish in Szczecin in early August.

Christer Samuelsson, for Sail Training International, said: “We are delighted to be visiting four ports that have all hosted the event in the past. In particular it is wonderful to have a capital city amongst those ports and Helsinki, with the Finnish archipelago nearby, will be an excellent port for the start of the cruise in company. As always there were many good ports bidding to host the Race Series in 2013 but these four ports offered the best combination.”

The port of Szczecin in Poland, has just been announced as being the Presenting Sponsor for The Tall Ships Races from 2010-2013. Hosting the event in their final year will be a culmination of their sponsorship and is sure to be a large and popular event.

Dates and more detail on planned arrangements will be announced later.

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