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UP FRONTThursday 20 August 2015

Tall Ships Arrive in Amsterdam for Sail Maritime Festival

Columbian tall ship ARC Gloria is escorted by small boats as it arrives to participate in SAIL Amsterdam 2015, a five-yearly festival celebrating the Dutch capital’s
maritime history that is expected to draw some 2 million visitors, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. The 9th edition of the nautical event runs
until Sunday, Aug. 23 on and around the IJ river.

(AP Photo/Cris Toala Olivares)

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Spectators take pictures as Russian tall ship the Sedov arrives in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, to participate
flotilla of hundreds of tall in SAIL Amsterdam 2015, a five-yearly festival celebrating the Dutch capital’s maritime history.
ships and other boats of all
shapes and sizes has sailed (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
from the North Sea into
Amsterdam for a five-day
festival celebrating the
Dutch capital’s maritime
history.
Sail 2015 started Wednes-
day with the clipper Stad
Amsterdam surrounded by
throngs of small pleasure
boats leading a convoy of
vessels along the North Sea
Canal into the heart of the
harbor area close to Am-
sterdam’s central railroad
station.
Thousands of people
packed the waterfront
in Amsterdam where the
ships moored and lined the
canal leading to the city to
watch their arrival, some
with their crew members
standing in the rigging.
The festival lasts until Sun-
day and organizers say it is
expected to draw some 2
million visitors.q