Crowds descend on Aberdeen to celebrate Tall Ships Race

Business leaders say trade has more than doubled as people turned out to see the historic vessels.

Hundreds of thousands of people descended on Aberdeen over the weekend to celebrate the Tall Ships Races.

The wet weather didn’t dampen spirits and business leaders say trade has more than doubled as people turned out to see the historic vessels.

Tomorrow is the final day of the races, and the 49 ships will sail out of the historic Aberdeen harbour during the parade of sail, setting off on the way to Norway.

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