A missing Swiss Sailing Activity
There is however one field in which Switzerland is conspicuous by its absence: the Tall Ships' races and events. Every year, the World's most beautiful Sailboats meet in Rouen, Brest, Antwerp, Genoa, Lisbon, in American ports ... for the Tall Ship's Race (Ex-Cutty Sark Race), or for other meetings, thereby promoting the colours of their country in front of crowds of up to one million visitors in each port. Over a hundred Tall Ships, representing more than twenty countries (some of them very far away and not so rich, such as India, Indonesia, the old East-block countries, etc.), are attending. Switzerland, despite the fact that it owns the largest freshwater sailboats, including a 52 m long Galley, is not represented! The aim of this project is to repair this shortcoming by creating a Swiss Tall Ship, so that it may take part to the world's Tall Ships' meetings, bearing high the colours of Switzerland.