Autumn winds and cloudy weather called for video recording. Video footage is from one race on Friday when the wind was above 15 m/s and increasing. Results of the regatta.
M32 Scandinavian series first time organized in Scandinavia 2014 and now in 2015 first time visiting Helsinki. Other race locations are Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Stockholm. Photos are from the really nice racing on Friday in a steady wind and no rain. For more info and a lot of photos and video see the M24 series webpage at www.m24series.com.
Formula 18 catamarans Finnish Championships organized by Suomalainen Pursiseura (SPS).
First race day Friday was rainy in the morning but late in the afternoon the sun was partly shining. Wind was decreasing, but the SPS race committee managed to organize three races in the varying wind. Saturday was a perfect race sailing day with good wind and just some random clouds. Really sporty racing throughout the day. RESULTS from the SPS webpage.
Photos from Saturday
Photos from Friday (please...
The funniest and greatest wooden boat event in Finland organized by Suomenlinnan Pursiseura. This year already the 31st time almost 200 yachts racing along the shores of Helsinki. The light wind and sunny weather guaranteed that people enjoyed both racing on the sea and after sail in the Suomenlinna harbour. Totally 246 photos, but anyhow couldn't get you all.
If you are looking for a specific yacht it might be more comfortable to search direct in the Flickr Album.
ORC Club, IRC and Business LYS classes start photos in the traditional offshore race organized by Koivusaaren Pursiseura (KoPu). Good wind and sunny warm weather for the brave sailors heading to Tallinn, but one silly cloud above the start area disturbing the photographing.
Sinebrychoff Challenge organized by NJK and sponsored by Sinebrychoff. Annual challenge race for 6mR yachts, where winner of the 3 morning races meets last years champion in one-on-one races in the afternoon. Again the last year winner “Sara af Hangö” was successful in defeating the championship with a 2-0 result against a new challenger, F46 Astree from HSS with Ossi Paija at helm. Congratulations to the winners Henrik Tenström, Markus Mannström, Sten Erik Molander, Manni Borg and Sebastian...
Espoon Pursiseura organized the Lightning Europeans and Finnish Nationals from 5th to 9th of August 2015 in Espoo. Results at EPS webpage.
Sailpix has the honor to present Antti Tassberg, the first guest photographer ever, showing photos on the Sailpix webpage. I got familiar with Antti for two years ago at the 8mR Worlds in Helsinki. Other photos from Antti can be viewed at his Flickr webpage. Big thanks to Antti!
Three days of sailing in sunny weather at Esbo Segelförening, Pentala. Photos, where tried to catch every single sailor, are from Sunday.
Gold fleet (61 photos)
Silver fleet (90 photos)
Cadets (80 photos)
Results: Gold/Silver fleet and Kadett
First day at the Finnish Championships with altogether 25 yachts competing at the Ytterskär race area. Quite perfect sailing conditions and one of the warmest days of summer.
Results at HSK race pages.
Lohjan Purjehtijat organized a ranking race weekend at lake Lohjanjärvi for three laser classes (Standard, Radial, 4,7), Melges 24, Snipe and RS-X raceboard. On Sunday the wind was quite strong (around 10 m/s) and every now and then also the sun was shining. This was also the first ever Sailpix photo session on a lake.
Results from Lohjan purjehtijat webpage.