All five Finnish sailing ships taking part in the annual race from Australia to England, with cargoes of grain, have now arrived at Falmouth. Their times for the 6,000-mile voyage were:
Pommern 2,376 tons 94 days Passat 3,137 tons 94 days L'Avenir 2,754 tons 95 days Lawhill 2,816 tons 106 days Viking 2,670 tons 103 days "The Passat. and the Pommern are, therefore, the joint winners of the race.
All five vessels experienced abnormally fne weather during the voyage.
On board L'Avenir were three Englishwomen, who are learning navigation, Capt. Erickson stated that they had taken their turn at the wheel and ies loft and furled and unfurled ba All five ships are registered at the *Finnish port of Mariehamn.
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