Sail Training International

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The organization organizes various activities such as regattas, seminars or conferences on the subject of "Sail Training". Sail Training International is best known for organizing the Tall Ships' Races, which are now followed and/or attended by hundreds of thousands of onlookers each year.

The Tall Ships Races

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Sail Training International runs the annual Tall Ships' Races<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in Europe and the north Atlantic which attract a fleet of up to 130 sail training vessels and draws millions of visitors to European ports.<ref>Butcher, 2014, section "What is a Tall Ship?"</ref><ref>Template:In lang Eerste aanmelding Tall Ships Races 2014, De Telegraaf, 7 June 2013</ref><ref>Template:In lang Tall Ships Race in 2018 weer naar Harlingen, De Telegraaf, 13 November 2014</ref><ref>Thousands see tall ships celebrate end of the race, The Daily Telegraph, 19 August 2002</ref>

Other activities

Besides organising the Tall Ships' Races, STI is a provider of races and events, conferences and seminars, publications, research and services for the international sail training community.<ref name=prweb /> In 2014 they launched an International Sail Endorsement Scheme together with the Nautical Institute.<ref>New International Sail Endorsement Scheme Launched, The Maritime Executive, 25 November 2014</ref>

History

In 1956, the Sail Training International Race Committee (STIRC) was formed in the United Kingdom to organize a unique international tall ships' regatta. Due to the popularity of the regatta with the public and participating vessels, the first regatta evolved into the regular Tall Ships' Races (1973–2003 under the name Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Races), which continued to be organized by the STIRC. It was later succeeded by the British Sail Training Association or the International Sail Training Association (ISTA), a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Sail Training Association, whose role was to continue to organize the Tall Ships' Races.

Today's Sail Training International was formed in 2002 by the 20 Sail Training Associations and organizations that exist around the world and promote the idea of Sail Training nationwide, to transfer ISTA's duties to a new and independent organization – one owned and controlled by the STAs of the various states.[4] Sail Training International took over ISTA's property, employees and contracts with regatta and event ports a few months after its formation.<ref name="welt" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Rowe12">Rowe, p. 12</ref><ref>A Brief History of Tall Ships America, Tall Ships America, viewed on 2 December 2014</ref>

Co-founding National Sail Training Organizations were those of Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Since 2003 Sail Training International has been recognized as a non-profit organization.

Members

Members of STI are the national sail training associations of: Template:Div col

• Australia (Tall Ships Australia and New Zealand) Australian Sail Training Association merged with Sail Training Association New Zealand to form TANZ in 2017<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Belgium (Sail Training Association Belgium)<ref>Sail Training Association Belgium- Retrieved 23 December 2014</ref>
• Bermuda (Sail Training Association Bermuda)<ref>Template:Webarchive- Retrieved 23 December 2014</ref>
• Canada (Canadian Sail Training Association)<ref>Canadian Sail Training Association Template:Webarchive- Retrieved 23 December 2014</ref>
• China (China Sail Training Association)<ref>China Sail Training Association- Retrieved 23 December 2014</ref>
• Czech Republic (probationary member)
• Croatia (probationary member)
• Denmark
• Estonia (probationary member)
• Finland
• France (Amis des Grands Voiliers)<ref>AGF</ref>
• Germany<ref name=welt />
• Greece
• Hungary (probationary member)
• India
• Ireland<ref>Sail Training Ireland</ref>
• Italy
• Japan (probationary member)
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Netherlands
• New Zealand (Tall Ships Australia and New Zealand)
• Norway
• Poland<ref name=welt />
• Portugal
• South Africa
• Spain
• Sweden
• Turkey
• United Kingdom (Association of Sail Training Organisations)
• United States of America (American Sail Training Association)

Honours

In 2007 Sail Training International was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in promoting international understanding and friendship.<ref name=prweb /><ref name=Rowe12 /><ref>Nobel Peace Prize nominations flood in ahead of Feb. 1 deadline, USA Today, 31 January 2007</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

See also

• List of large sailing vessels

Literature

• Template:Aut Tall Ships Today: Their remarkable story, Adlard Coles Trade, 2014, Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN
• Template:Aut Tall Ships Handbook, Amberley, 2014, Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN

External links

• Sail Training International website