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====Sailing and rowing==== [[File:Gull-Duluth-Superior.jpg|thumb|Sailboat in Duluth harbor]] Duluth has both a [[yacht]] and [[rowing]] club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Duluth Boat Club |url=https://www.duluthboatclub.com/ |access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref> Since 1969, the Trans Superior Race has run every other year from [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario]], to Duluth. At a distance of almost {{convert|390|mi|km|abbr=on}}, it is said to be "the world's longest known freshwater sailboat race".{{Clarify|date=February 2022|reason=One of the two sources cited says it is "one of the longest" races}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2009 |title=The Trans Superior Race: Sailing from the Sault to Duluth |url=https://www.lakesuperior.com/the-lake/maritime/313-trans-superior-race-sailing-sault-to-duluth/ |access-date=February 6, 2022 |website=Lake Superior Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the Trans Superior International Yacht Race |url=https://www.transsuperior.com/the-race |access-date=February 6, 2022 |website=Trans Superior |archive-date=February 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206215032/https://www.transsuperior.com/the-race |url-status=dead }}</ref> Duluth has been holding the Tall Ships festivals since 2008. The events are held every three years, and estimates of 250,000 have crowded the shoreline during each event to watch the vintage ships enter the harbor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harlow |first=Tim |title=Tall Ships festival moves from Duluth to Two Harbors for 2022 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/tall-ships-festival-moves-duluth-214000707.html |access-date=February 8, 2022 |website=Yahoo News|date=November 29, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sailing Lake Superior on General Patton's yacht |url=https://www.startribune.com/sailing-lake-superior-on-general-patton-s-yacht/397021621/?refresh=true |access-date=February 6, 2022 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harlow |first=Tim |title=Tall Ships festival moves from Duluth to Two Harbors for 2022 |url=https://www.msn.com/en-US/news/tripideas/tall-ships-festival-moves-from-duluth-to-two-harbors-for-2022/ar-AARh3qB |access-date=February 6, 2022 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>
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