VANESSA Mori, the commercial director at Sail Training International, is currently visiting Shetland for the Tall Ships Races. She spoke to Shetland News about the charity behind the events and her own experiences at sea. Mori previously worked in the publishing industry before.
THE BIGGEST tall ship to visit Lerwick this year, Bima Suci from Indonesia, is home to more than 100 crew and almost 80 cadets in training. She belongs to the Indonesian Navy and is just five years old. The barque and her crew are currently on a seven month-long tour of the.
A COUPLE who recently moved to Shetland are starting up a new Japan-inspired café in the premises that used to be Emma-Louise’s Coffee Shop. Terence Tsao and Emilu Hasegawa moved to the isles from Portsmouth earlier this year. Now they are preparing to launch their new café.
THE LERWICK Tall Ships is here - and that means the four-day feast of live music is about to begin. There is pretty much something for everyone from Wednesday to Saturday, from traditional tunes to rowdy rock and metal, classic covers to country. The four visiting headliners.
LERWICK was awash with colour as more than 1,300 Tall Ships crew members walked through the town on Wednesday afternoon. The crew parade kicked off at Victoria Pier at 4pm, and it carried on through to the main stage at Holmsgarth for an opening ceremony. One crew member.