(20 Aug 2025)
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Amsterdam, Netherlands – 20 August 2025
1. Various of boats and ships sailing and crowded in Amsterdam
2. Wide of sailors climbing the rigging of a tall ship
3. Various of tall ships and boats
4. Two individuals standing on the rigging of a tall ship
5. Pan of tall ships and boats in canal
6. Various of people on tall ships and boats
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Janssen, Head of Communication, Sail 2025:
"This is the first time in 10 years indeed because the last edition was canceled due to COVID, and we do realize that we have to connect with a whole new audience, a whole new generation who doesn’t have any idea what Sail is."
8. Various of tall ships and boats
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nanke Cui, local resident:
“I’ve been here, I’ve lived here for 10 years actually, and I’ve never seen this parade before, and it’s greatly surprising to me that there has been all of this for the last years, and I have never seen it before."
10. Various of tall ships and boats
STORYLINE:
Crowds packed vantage points along a major canal Wednesday to watch a flotilla of hundreds of historic ships sail into Amsterdam at the start of a five-day festival celebrating the Dutch capital’s maritime history.
Ships from all over the world, many with their masts and rigging decorated with flags, sailed from the North Sea coastal town of IJmuiden on an hours-long journey up the North Sea Canal and into Amsterdam’s IJ waterway for SAIL 2025, the first edition in a decade.
A puff of orange smoke erupted into the sky and ships’ horns sounded as the replica three-masted clipper Stad Amsterdam passed through a lock to mark the official start of the event. Each ship is greeted with two cannon shots and its country’s national anthem as it enters the harbor.
Hundreds of smaller boats with onlookers packed the waterways to sail alongside the visiting vessels.
The event, which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors, is held every five years. The 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Local resident, Nanke Cui, told the Associated Press that she was attending the event for the first time.
"I’ve lived here for 10 years actually, and I’ve never seen this parade before." she said
The Head of Communication for Sail, Chris Janssen acknowledged that, due to the cancellation, the event would have to resonate with a new generation.
"We do realize that we have to connect with a whole new audience, a whole new generation who doesn’t have any idea what Sail is." he said.
Wednesday’s parade culminates in an evening fireworks display. The ships will remain in Amsterdam, many open for visitors, through the weekend.
The first event was first held in 1975 to celebrate Amsterdam’s 700th anniversary and this year’s edition coincides with the city’s 750th birthday.
AP video shot by Aleks Furtula and Ahmad Seir Nassiri
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