preparations La Grace joined the Mediterranean Tall Ships Regatta 2013 in Barcelona. She participated in its two legs between Barcelona, Toulon and La Spezia. First race between Barcelona and Toulon from 21 to 27 September was riddled by a lack of favourable wind. La Grace finished this race after 50 hours and 47 minutes of sail, well after most other participants. However, due to handicap assigned to her by the race directorate the final time was adjusted to 23 hours and 9 minutes which placed La Grace to the third position in Category A (which includes all square – rigged vessels and all other vessel more than 40 metres Length Overall, regardless of rig. Second race from Toulon to La Spezia taking place between 30 September and 7 October began similarly as the first one - by a lack of wind. However, as the conditions changed and the whole area was hit by a stormy weather, the previous selection of route proved to be a good one. La Grace arrived to La Spezia on Thursday 3 October at 6:17 AM. Following a day of uncertainty caused by a decision of the race directorate to end the competition prematurely due to safety reasons the crew began celebrating their victory both in Category A and in the whole Mediterranean Tall Ships Regatta 2013. References External links Unofficial website containing large amount of information and visual materials (in Czech) Current location of the boat, updated every ten minutes Website of the Mediterranean Tall Ships Regatta 2013 Sailing ships of the Czech Republic Replica ships Individual sailing vessels Brigs 2010 ships