The 2024 Falmouth Classics fleet continues to grow in numbers as the 14 -16 June draws close. The three races and two parades will include vessels from ports and harbours from the Fal to the River Blackwater in Essex, together with some very welcome entries from France.
The event is attracting a variety of beautiful and varied sailing craft including pilot cutters, the distinctive Falmouth working boats, other ex-working craft, classic Bermudan and gaff rigged racers and cruisers together with open boats and sailing gigs. Many having been built before 1950. The fleet, both when moored and sailing, will create a spectacle of times past and a cloud of white, cream and tan sails will fill the Carrick Roads both on race and parade days.
In addition to trophies and glassware, great prizes await the winners of the three races provided by Teamac, Noble Masts and Mustos, whilst parade winners will enjoy a bottle of Hattiers rum.
On shore the Falmouth International Shanty Festival will also be under way over the three days with eighty groups, the largest number ever. Performing in pubs, clubs and spaces around the town.
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