The Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta, originating in Royal Greenwich, England, stops in Boston June 17 to 22.
> 7,000 — Distance in nautical miles the Rendez-Vouz 2017 Tall Ships Regatta will cover
> 0 — Number of other US cities the Tall Ships will visit this time around
> 6,238 — Length in feet of the fleet if placed end to end, the rough equivalent of 8 Prudential Towers
> 150 years — Age of the Canadian Confederation, which the race celebrates
> 1911 — Year the oldest vessel in the fleet, Europa, was built, in the Netherlands
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> 56 — Number of Tall Ships expected for Sail Boston 2017
> 37 — Number of vessels from the United States
> 380 — Length in feet of the largest vessel (Union, from Peru), which has the largest crew (250)
> 14 — Number of countries represented in the fleet
> 7 million — Number of people who saw the Tall Ships in 2000, the last time a full complement of the vessels visited Boston
> $120 million — Approximate amount spent by Tall Ships visitors in 2000
QUOTABLE MOVIE MOMENT:
“I’m sailing! I’m sailing! I’m sailing! I’m sailing! I sail! I’m a sailor!” — Bill Murray as Bob Wiley in What About Bob? (1991)
Sources: Sail Boston; Rendez-Vous 2017; Boston Globe, WBUR