After a great season so far, it was time for what would probably be the biggest challenge of the year: the 635 nm RORC Baltic Sea Race. It was our first properly long race as a double-handed crew, but we felt comfortable with the boat, our new sail inventory, and with each other. Gotland Runt […]
If you’ve sailed Gotland Runt, you know that Almagrundet means you’re nearly done. Finish, Sandhamn, beer, Värdshusbiff and some well-deserved sleep. Twenty years of conditioning. The Baltic Sea Race course put that exact mark a third of the way into the course. With 430 nm of heavy upwind and tight reaching still to go. So […]
Dags för det enda “riktiga” 600-distans-race vi har i våra krokar. Tycker man har lyckats få till en bra fleet i år, även om man saknar mångha bra team från finland och baltikum. Snacket går om att det i dessa länder blivit lite av en principsak att inte segla IRC vilket är synd. Att man […]
It’s great to see RORC involved in a 600′ offshore race in the Baltic, and I hope we’ll see this event grow over time. I’m not sure what the expectations were, but it’s a decent fleet for a first-time event this far outside the normal sailing calendar for the IRC fleet. Below are some of […]