Sunny weather, blue skies and an offshore breeze greeted the race start, off Blyth, for the 2016 North Sea Regatta, destination Gothenburg.
Danish schooner, Skonnerten Jylland
Danish schooner, Skonnerten Jylland
Danish schooner, Skonnerten Jylland
Danish schooner, Skonnerten Jylland
Polish schooner, Kapitan Borchardt
Polish schooner, Kapitan Borchardt
Lithuanian gaff schooner, Brabander
Lithuanian gaff schooner, Brabander
Lithuanian gaff schooner, Brabander
Lithuanian gaff schooner, Brabander
Swedish topsail schooner Vega Gamleby
Swedish topsail schooner Vega Gamleby
Dutch topsail schooner Oosterschelde
Dutch topsail schooner Oosterschelde
Lithuanian gaff schooner, Brabander and German schooner, Johann Smidt
Dutch topsail schooner Oosterschelde
Dutch topsail schooner Oosterschelde
Dutch topsail schooner Oosterschelde
Dutch clipper brig, Morgenster
Dutch clipper brig, Morgenster
Dutch clipper brig, Morgenster
Dutch clipper brig, Morgenster
Dutch clipper brig, Morgenster
Dutch clipper brig, Morgenster
Dutch clipper brig, Morgenster
Dutch clipper brig, Morgenster
Norwegian full rigger, Christian Radich
Norwegian full rigger, Christian Radich
Norwegian full rigger, Christian Radich
Norwegian full rigger, Christian Radich
Norwegian full rigger, Christian Radich and Dutch clipper brig Morgenster
Polish brig, Fryderyk Chopin
Polish brig, Fryderyk Chopin
Polish brig, Fryderyk Chopin
Polish brig, Fryderyk Chopin
Polish brig, Fryderyk Chopin
Polish brig, Fryderyk Chopin
Polish brig, Fryderyk Chopin
Polish brig, Fryderyk Chopin
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Russian frigate Shtandart
Barquentine, Thalassa, Holland
German schooner, Johann Smidt
German schooner, Johann Smidt
German schooner, Johann Smidt
German schooner, Johann Smidt
Swan, gaff ketch, Great Britain
Swan, gaff ketch, Great Britain
Black Diamond, Great Britain
Challenger 3, Great Britain
Challenger 3, Great Britain
Maybe, Great Britain. On route to Gothenburg in the last of the light
