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Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

in the

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. Tall ships from all over the world visit the city to moor in its eastern harbour. The 2020 event was cancelled due to the

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History

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The event was organised in 1975 to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam, under the name 'Sail Amsterdam 700'. This led to the establishment of the ''Stichting Sail Amsterdam'' (SSA, ''Foundation Sail Amsterdam'').

1975

More than 850 ships from 21 countries participated in the inaugural SAIL Amsterdam. The tjalk ''Stockpaerdt'' participated in the event on inception.

1980

SAIL Amsterdam 1980 had approximately 1,000 sailing ships from multiple countries. Participants included the Soviet Union's '' Kruzenshtern'', Poland's ''

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'', '' Sea Cloud'' from the Bahamas, Germany's '' Gorch Fock'', and the ''

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''.

1985

The Netherlands commemorated SAIL Amsterdam 1985 with an issue of three stamps.

1990

SAIL Amsterdam 1990 opened on 9 August. During the 1990 event, a limited number of visitors were permitted to stay onboard some of the sailing vessels.

1995

SAIL Amsterdam 1995 took place from 10 August to 14 August. As many as 3 million attendees were expected.

2000

The ''

Stad Amsterdam The ''Stad Amsterdam'' (''City of Amsterdam'') is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Shipyard. The ship was designed by Gerard Dijkstra who modelled her after the mid-19th century frigate '' ...

'', a 250-foot, three-masted clipper ship, was christened during SAIL Amsterdam 2000.

2005

SAIL Amsterdam 2005 was held from 17 to 22 August, the 7th occurrence of the festival. The event was expected to attract 2 to 3 million visitors. The official number of tall ships which participated was 21 but in total over 50 ships with at least 3 masts were present. There were also several

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s, hundreds of classical sail- and steamships and some modern marine ships. For the first time several modern yachts and a submarine were present. The tall ships were moored in the IJhaven (IJ harbour) and in Amsterdam North (across 't IJ) and the Varend Erfgoed boats were moored in the Oosterdok nearby, where one can also find the

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) with its replica of a

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(VOC) ship, which is permanently moored there. The main ships, in the order of the official walking-route were (with length and nation of origin): *'' STS Sedov'' (117m, ) (arrived later, on Friday) *'' Tenacious'' (65 m, ) *'' Amerigo Vespucci'' (104 m, ) *''

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'' (109 m, ) *'' Kruzenshtern'' (114 m, ) *''

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'' (76 m, the ) (the Flagship) *'' Sørlandet'' (64 m, ) *''

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'' (50 m, the ) *'' Eendracht'' (59 m, the ) *'' Sagres'' (89 m, ) *''

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'' (62m, ) *''

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'' (63 m, ) *'' Khersones'' (110 m, ) *'' Pogoria'' (49 m, ) *''

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Dar Młodzieży ''Dar Młodzieży'' ( pl, Gift of the Youth) is a Polish sail training ship designed by Zygmunt Choreń. A prototype of a class of six, the following five slightly-differing units were built subsequently by the same shipyard for the merchant fleet ...

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, a popular type of ship in the Netherlands in the Middle Ages) *''

Statsraad Lehmkuhl ''Statsraad Lehmkuhl'' is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in Bergen, Norway and contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a school ship for the ...

'' (98 m, ) *'' Mircea'' (81 m, ) *''

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'' (63 m, ) *'' Tarangini'' (54 m, ) *''

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'' (52m, ) pieremachochel version of Prins Willem

Smaller events included an exposition of yacht building and a parade of carnavalesque floating creations. The event cost around €7.5 million to stage which was financed by sponsorship and trading activity. On the first day, the ships gather in the

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at IJmuiden for the ''Sail In'' or ''Parade of Sail'' through the

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to Amsterdam, led by the event's flagship. In 2005 that was the ''Stad Amsterdam'', which was supposed to reach Amsterdam first, but she ran aground with the Dutch crown prince Willem Alexander aboard and the ''Statsraad Lehmkuhl'' then preceded her.

2010

SAIL Amsterdam 2010 was held from 19 August until 23 August that year.

2015

SAIL Amsterdam 2015 was held from 19 August to 23 August 2015. * List of sailing ships participating in Sail Amsterdam 2015

2020

SAIL Amsterdam was scheduled to be he held from 12 August to 16 August 2020, but was cancelled after the Dutch government banned organized events until 1 September 2020 due to the

. The organization decided it was unrealistic to postpone the event, as it was impossible to say if such a mass event could be organised safely in 2021.

2025

SAIL Amsterdam 2025 will be the tenth occurrence of SAIL Amsterdam, and the first one since 2015 as the 2020 event was cancelled. It will be one of the main events in celebrations to mark 750 years of the city of Amsterdam. It will also be 50 years since the first occurrence of SAIL Amsterdam was held.

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