We hoist our sails for today’s Geo Quiz. Tall ships crossed the North Atlantic this summer as part of the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge.

The annual event promotes international friendship and introduces volunteer crews to the art of sailing.

The topsail schooners and brigantines set sail from Spain and dropped anchor in the Canary Islands, and Bermuda along the way, covering a distance of 7,000 nautical miles in all.

But just 13 racing tall ships sailed the final leg from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Belfast, Northern Ireland. So for our quiz — we just want you to estimate the distance, in nautical miles please from Halifax to Belfast.

One of the sailors who made the crossing abroad the Dutch tall ship Tecla says the crossing required all hands on deck:

“There were big waves and there was rough weather, but the ship was built for the rough fisheries in the early 1900’s so she behaved excellent, just excellent.”

Well here we go with the answer.

The Captain of the Tall Ships Europa estimates its 2,350 nautical miles across the Atlantic from Halifax to Belfast. Hundreds of thousands of spectators turned out for the spectacle as the ships sailed to the port of Belfast.

Tall Ship expert Dave Lawrenson, reporter Mariana Schroeder watching the tall ships in Belfast

Mariana Schroeder squeezed in among the crowds on the docks and sent us an audio postcard:

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