Tall Ships Race to the Bay Area

Tall Ships Race to San Francisco, photo by Willie Waw.

Topsail Ketch Hawaiian Chieftain, Schooner Zodiac and Barque Europa prepare for a light-air start to the race from Cape Flattery in Washington down the Pacific Coast to San Francisco in the 2002 Tall Ships Challenge Series.

These vessels were built in 1989, 1924 and 1911, respectively -- all are very active in sail training and have many types of voyages.

The Europa is currently sailing from Cape Town to the Azores en route to her home port in the Netherlands.