This is the biggest student sailing event in Europe, in which teams from a number of Dutch universities race each other on traditionally rigged tall ships. This year ‘the Race’, as it is popularly known, will include a Wageningen team. The team is made up of 22 students who will be sailing the Oban, a 39-metre German lugger. A total of 500 students take part in the sailing race. The ships sail from the Rotterdam marina towards a Dutch or Belgian harbour. Then, weather permitting, they cross the North Sea to England, returning to finish the race at Ijmuiden.
Classic tall ships race
Hoist the sails! In the week of 2 April, the annual Race of the Classics will take place again.