Author: BOUWMAN, J.H. - J.H.J. VAN DOORN & J.P.M. SEIGNETTE (EDITORS),
Title: Programma Amsterdam Sail [19]80.
Description: Amsterdam, Stichting Sail Amsterdam, 1980. large 8°., orig. coloured and illustrated wrappers, stapled. 41pp. Many col. ills. of visiting tall ships of which some full-page, coloured centre-fold. plate illustrating the windjammer Gorch Fock with orig. order-card for the poster still present, some black/white ills, detailed day-to-day programme with time-table, plan in text illustrating moorings of ships with key, list of all competing ships from various nationalities, also supplying technical data as tonnage, number of crew, length and model of ships, information on Cutty Sark Tall Ships races in 1980, with two route-charts in text, related sponsoring adverts., of which coloured, name-lists of various organizing committees and sponsors at end. Colourful publication on the event of Sail Amsterdam 1980, in which a great number of tall ships visit Amsterdam harbour, 4 august - 12 august 1980. The event was organized for the first time in 1975 to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam municipality under the name Sail Amsterdam 700. At that time interest in Tall ships, which had sunk to a low since the 1930s, when the last commercial tall ships had been constructed, was starting to rise. The success of Sail Amsterdam 700 led to the establisment of the Foundation Sail Amsterdam. Sail Amsterdam is one of the biggest and most popular maritime events of the world. Good copy. (a little bit of dog-earing).

Keywords: maritime event amsterdam sail tall ships windjammer sail history cultural heritage manifestation