The ship with the red sails is the Swedish brig 'Tre Krunur' on rehearsal for the annual celebration school graduates 'Scarlet Sails' in St.Petersburg, Russia, on the evening Neva (June 21, 2018), the most massive and famous event during the 'White Nights Festival' every summer.
In the past, cotton sails used to be waxed for protection from rot and mildew. In the sun, the wax with the naturally iron rich soils, turned red. The only modern sail that is red today is normally a storm sail, for visibility at sea.
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