\u2018Sometimes we crew members feel just like rock stars,\u2019 said Marcus Seidl, captain of the Stadsraad Lemkuhl from Norway. The quote appeared in the Leeuwarder Courant on Friday and probably sums up what many tall ship skippers experience. Rock stars on gigantic stages. That was exactly what the Sail In Parade embodied on Friday afternoon. And the crowd, numbering many thousands, revelled in it. Packed together on the dyke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a highlight of every Sail. And the Sail In Parade certainly didn\u2019t disappoint in the 70th-anniversary edition of the Tall Ships Races either. In fact, carried by a gentle swell, they sailed into the harbour. To name but a few: Thalassa, Morgenster, Royalist, S\u00f8rlandet and the 100-metre-long Stadsraad Lemkuhl. The fleet\u2019s showpiece.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In most cases, the party was on board too. The young crew of the Kapitan Glowacki danced the Polonaise, and no, that\u2019s not the same as our <\/em>polonaise. A sense of joy and, presumably, relief \u2013 the sea had been rough, with wind force 8 and gusts reaching 9 \u2013 took hold of the young crew. And everyone watching from the shore understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first day of Sail Harlingen was blessed with good weather. No rain, temperatures of around 20 degrees, and sunshine that prevailed over the clouds throughout the day. Spectators and trainees mingled at the event site, which offered entertainment at De Stroming, De Deining, De Piratenkaai and De Blauwe Kop. Friday drew to a close there, with live performances by The Legends We\u2019ve Lost and The Naked Koala. The latter was a spectacle making its debut in the Netherlands and only its second appearance worldwide. Members of the band played from the mast of the tall ship S\u00f8rlandet! After The Naked Koala, DJ Two Below Zero, together with laser king Beamshow Bram, created another great party atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday, day two. With the Crew Parade in the city centre, the Royal Netherlands Navy Roadshow and Sven Hammond. And the rock stars on their floating stages? They\u2019ll be staying there for a while yet\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2018Soms voelen we ons als bemanning net rocksterren’, aldus Marcus Seidl, de kapitein van de Stadsraad Lemkuhl uit Noorwegen. Het citaat stond vrijdag in de Leeuwarder Courant en verwoordt vermoedelijk wat veel tall ships-schippers ervaren. Rocksterren op reusachtige podia. Dat was precies wat de Sail In Parade vrijdagmiddag belichaamde. En het publiek genoot met vele […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nieuws"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10631,"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10630\/revisions\/10631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harlingensail.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}