‘Christian Radich’ wins first stage of Tall Ships’ Race
Posted by African Press International on July 30, 2008
The Norwegian sailing vessel Christian Radich has cruised to victory in the first stage of the Tall Ships Race from Liverpool to Mly on Norway’s west coast.
The Oslo-based sailing vessel Christian Radich was built in 1937 as a training ship. This week she won the first stage of the annual Tall Ships’ Race. PHOTO: SCANPIX |
The Oslo-based three-masted vessel was the first to cross the finish line at Mly on Monday, but the various handicaps assigned to the other vessels in the race made it earlier unclear whether Christian Radich would actually be the winner.
Einar Corwin, director of the foundation controlling the graceful full-rigger, said the victory was important both for the ship and her crew.
The Russian vessel Mir came in second, followed by the German vessel Alexander von Humboldt.
The two other Norwegian tall ships sailing in the annual race Srlandet of Kristiansand and Statsraad Lehmkuhl of Bergen ended in sixth and ninth place respectively.
The vessels will remain in the harbor at Mly until Monday, when they’ll continue down the coast to Bergen. From there the second phase of the Tall Ships’ Race will begin on August 12, to Den Helder in the Netherlands.
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