Recaps are never an easy task. Firstly, because they present a time that has already passed, and it’s difficult to bid farewell to our guests from different parts of the world. Without a doubt, we prefer welcoming them. On the other hand, it’s the perfect opportunity to present how significant an undertaking it was to prepare for the regatta finale of The Tall Ships Races and how successful it was.

Stalls, zones, avenues, fairs, and amusement parks were set up on both sides of the Oder, from the square near the Adam Mickiewicz monument to the Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy Square (plac Wielkiej Orkiestry Świątecznej Pomocy). If we were to arrange all of these elements in a straight line, we’d have an almost 6 km long distance with 4 different stages. All of it was filled with attractions for the whole family, from morning until late at night. The attendance proved that both locals and tourists were satisfied with the events, and they still have a huge desire to experience the maritime atmosphere. Melodies from the departing vessels will echo across the water for a long time to come, and the memory of the concerts and other attractions will stay with us forever.

Nevertheless, the things we’ve seen during these last five days are the culmination of multiple years of work by many people. To realize this kind of event in an attractive, comfortable, and safe way for both the exhibitors and the artists, as well as guests on land and the sailors, required a lot of work and detailed planning.

The experience and dedication of the urban services are appreciated in many other ports, and STI once more trusted Szczecin with organizing the biggest sailing event in Europe. Once again, we can say that The Tall Ships Races ended successfully.

We’d like to thank every crew, artist, and animator. Thanks to them, it was an incredible time for our visitors. However, we cannot overlook the technical services and municipal units, without which this event could not take place.

All of the municipal companies of Szczecin did a tremendous amount of work during The Tall Ships Races. Like ninjas, their employees appeared at individual locations unnoticed and solved problems that arose during these last days.

Let's summarize in numbers the final of The Tall Ships Races 2024 regatta:

• 1.3 million visitors passed through the event site from Thursday to Sunday
• 70,000 liters of water provided for ships and stage services
• 40,000 steps per day on average were walked by Liaison Officers
• 34,566 characters, 4792 words, 526 lines, 15 pages - news on the event site
• 30,000 steps per day on average were traveled by the staff of the Exhibitors' Office and Press Office
• 10,000 photos were taken by press office photo reporters
• 10,000 liters of tap water secured for crews along the parade route
• 10,000 meters of cables
• 7,600 entry passes
• 6,036 sandwiches for the crews
• 6,000 tie wraps
• 3,198 donuts for the crews
• 3,108 blueberry cakes for the crews
• 1,850 kilometers, or the distance between Szczecin and Croatia passed by 40 people working on behalf of ŻSTW
• 1,816 printed ID badges
• 1,600 sailors
• 1,512 bread loafs for crews
• 1,200 people passed through the Sports Zone
• 1,000 sunglasses distributed at the Visit Szczecin booth
• 800 crews visited the Crew Center
• 250 booths
• 250 journalists
• 230 ZDiTM employees at information and checkpoints
• 150 units in the port
• 100 electrical switchboards
• 70 liaison officers and volunteers
• 70 km traveled by scooter around the event area
• 65 soldiers involved in construction of pontoon bridges
• 65 sailboats
• 55 artists
• 50 tents with a total area of 1250 m²
• 50 event technical staff on duty during the ŻSTW assemblies
• 20 technical event staff on continuous duty
• 15 interventions of ZWiK services
• 8 TB of data (photos and videos), which is 500 USB flash drives, each of 16 GB
• 7 beer taverns
• 6 technical vehicles of the ŻSTW
• 6 water fountains
• 5 aggregates with a total power of 0.5 MW
• 4 music stages
• 3 water curtains
• 3 hours average sleep for Liaison Officers
• 2 children's zones
• 2 pontoon bridges
• 2 amusement parks