Shtandart is not allowed to participate in the festival in Brest. This is the decision of the prefect of the Finistere district, and the crew received this information when we were already on the way to Brest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why? We immediately reached out to our friends, sharing the information with as many people as possible. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We are eternally grateful for the immediate response<\/strong>, for the words of support, for<\/strong> the petition to the European Consul<\/strong>, which has already received more than 2000 signatures (support the Shtandart and leave your signature \u2013 https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/help-preserve-the-piece-of-world-s-cultural-heritage-frigate-shtandart<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n We filed a lawsuit asking for the cancellation of this decision<\/strong>. Last 15 years Shtandart has been sailing only in Europe. When demanded by french authorities, the ship changed the flag and received registration in the Cook Islands. Despite this, the court\u2019s decision was negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are especially grateful to our friends from the Belem and other sailing ships<\/strong>, who showed their support and proposed to sail towards Brest together. If not all the way to the port, then at least part of the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was very valuable for us and gave us very strong emotions. To be together with other sailing ships at this difficult time, to see their support, to hear the greetings of other crews and the bells and signal horns of ships and small boats. And at the same time we received a lot of messages, letters, comments and posts of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The European Commission has changed the sanctions for sea vessels to include replicas of historical ships. Based on this, the prefect of the province of Finistere banned the entry of the sailing ship Shtandart to Brest.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n