VI Petersburg sailing week has started. 65 yachts and more than 300 sportsmen from Northern capital and some other cities take part in a regatta which was founded by the sailing union of city on Neva in 1898. From five stages two were held with storm weather in the Neva bay. Now seafarers compete in 150-mile race. They should overcome the planned route in the Vyborg gulf, to make a short stop in ancient Vyborg, and then to take a direction to Saint Petersburg and on Sunday to finish in its water area.

Event source: regnum.ru

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