Category: Fleet Race

Fleet racing with non-classic boats

First 36.7 World Cup 2017, HSK

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First 36.7 Finland and Helsingfors Segelklubb (HSK) organizing the First 36.7 World Cup in Helsinki. First sailing day was delayed by the strong Northern wind causing some issues for the race committee getting the race course marked, but after the course had been set the sailing started in 10 m/s wind in nice sunshine. Photos […]
First 36.7 Finland and Helsingfors Segelklubb (HSK) organizing the First 36.7 World Cup in Helsinki. First sailing day was delayed by the strong Northern wind causing some issues for the race committee getting the race course marked, but after the course had been set the sailing started in 10 m/s wind in nice sunshine. Photos are from the first and second race.    

8mR World Championships 2017, KNY

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Sailpix.fi goes Norway to 8mR World Championships for the whole week 14th to 19th of August 2017. To get updates on what’s happening on Sailpix.fi, please follow Sailpix on Facebook. RACE RESULTS Videos from the Worlds Day 5 Hard wind and only half of the fleet going out. Silja breaks her rig on the way […]
Sailpix.fi goes Norway to 8mR World Championships for the whole week 14th to 19th of August 2017. To get updates on what's happening on Sailpix.fi, please follow Sailpix on Facebook. RACE RESULTS Videos from the Worlds Day 5 Hard wind and only half of the fleet going out. Silja breaks her rig on the way out and Sira in the second start. Photos are quite few as I was recording video in the second race. Day 5 - all   Day 4 After a well deserved lay day it was time for some...

Sinebrychoff Challenge 2017, NJK

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Sinebrychoff Challenge had after many years a new defender of the trophy. MayBe VI had the previous year beated Sara af Hangö. First time in the new history of this race the qualification race could not be sailed before the lunch because of the fog. The race committee decided that the challenger will be the […]
Sinebrychoff Challenge had after many years a new defender of the trophy. MayBe VI had the previous year beated Sara af Hangö. First time in the new history of this race the qualification race could not be sailed before the lunch because of the fog. The race committee decided that the challenger will be the winner of a single race after the lunch. Sara af Hangö won that race and sailed in the final, but MayBe VI was able to defeat the title successfully. Photos are from the foggy morning,...

Melges World Championships 2017

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Melges 24 World Championships organised by Helsingfors Segelklubb from the 31st of July to 4th of August 2017. I had the honor and pleasure to photograph these World class sailors during Thursday the 3rd in a strong 12-14 m/s wind and clear and sunny weather, woohoo!! Please have patience, because the best downwind spinnaker photos […]
Melges 24 World Championships organised by Helsingfors Segelklubb from the 31st of July to 4th of August 2017. I had the honor and pleasure to photograph these World class sailors during Thursday the 3rd in a strong 12-14 m/s wind and clear and sunny weather, woohoo!! Please have patience, because the best downwind spinnaker photos are at the end. Pure sailing pleasure. I was trying to get as many teams as possible photographed, therefore so many (156) photos. My apologies to all teams who are...

Hanko Regatta 2017

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After a 3 week windy period it was time again for Finland’s greatest annual race sailing regatta in Hanko. Weak wind and clear sunny weather kept the sailors long days on the sea, so it was real aftersail party after all sailing days. Not so much actionful photos in the mix of 76 sailing photos, […]
After a 3 week windy period it was time again for Finland's greatest annual race sailing regatta in Hanko. Weak wind and clear sunny weather kept the sailors long days on the sea, so it was real aftersail party after all sailing days. Not so much actionful photos in the mix of 76 sailing photos, but the better feeling on the pier. List of all Hanko Regatta photos 2006-2017.   The aftersail photos are from Saturday with 6mR yacht Boré III celebrating her 80 years and from the traditional...

Audi Dinghy Regatta 2017, HSF

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Europe and Zoom8 class dinghies weekend regatta organized by Hangö Segelförening (HSF). Photos (52) are from Sunday with more wind than on Saturday, but unfortunately also some clouds. Many individual photos of the junior sailors.   If you were sailing at this Audi Dinghy Regatta, you can get the photo of yourself FOR FREE in full resolution […]
Europe and Zoom8 class dinghies weekend regatta organized by Hangö Segelförening (HSF). Photos (52) are from Sunday with more wind than on Saturday, but unfortunately also some clouds. Many individual photos of the junior sailors.   If you were sailing at this Audi Dinghy Regatta, you can get the photo of yourself FOR FREE in full resolution by sending your info in the form below. Your email address will not be used for anything else.  

WB Sails Round the Buyous 2017, HSK

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Traditional windward leeward race organized by Helsingfors Segelklubb (HSK) sailed in light wind and clear sunshine. Winner of the bigger ORC A class was Tea Ekengren / Swan 45 “Blue Nights”, followed by Vesa Särkikangas / Sinergia 40 “Adela” and Jani Lehti / Next 37 “Mercedes-AMG”. Winner of the ORC B class was Joonas Sandholm […]
Traditional windward leeward race organized by Helsingfors Segelklubb (HSK) sailed in light wind and clear sunshine. Winner of the bigger ORC A class was Tea Ekengren / Swan 45 "Blue Nights", followed by Vesa Särkikangas / Sinergia 40 "Adela" and Jani Lehti / Next 37 "Mercedes-AMG". Winner of the ORC B class was Joonas Sandholm / First 36.7 "Arwen". Also worth mentioning is the new yacht type Farr 52 "Audi e-tron" in Finland, making it's debut in Sailpix photos.  All results (pdf download). ORC...

Krångel Star Challenge 2017, ESS

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Second year for the Krångel Star Challenge organized by Ekenäs Segelsällskap (ESS). 10 boats sailed 9 races in excellent conditions with light to medium breeze. The Classic winner (over all 6th place) was Anders Hedman & Kustaa Lahtinen with Old Gipsy (FIN 4378) an Old Greenwich built boat from 1961. The over all winner was Stefan […]
Second year for the Krångel Star Challenge organized by Ekenäs Segelsällskap (ESS). 10 boats sailed 9 races in excellent conditions with light to medium breeze. The Classic winner (over all 6th place) was Anders Hedman & Kustaa Lahtinen with Old Gipsy (FIN 4378) an Old Greenwich built boat from 1961. The over all winner was Stefan Winqvist and Olle Tötterman (FIN 8073, Courage). 4 Classic boats participated. Special thanks to Ken Thilman for the boat ride during photographing.

Koivusaari Spring Regatta 2017, NJK

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The traditional opener of the dinghy race sailing season in Helsinki. Dinghy classes Laser Standard, laser radial, laser 4.7, Europe, Zoom8 sailing in clear sunny spring weather with weak to medium wind. The 80 photos are from Sunday afternoon from second and third race.   Results are available at NJK:s homepage The second half of […]
The traditional opener of the dinghy race sailing season in Helsinki. Dinghy classes Laser Standard, laser radial, laser 4.7, Europe, Zoom8 sailing in clear sunny spring weather with weak to medium wind. The 80 photos are from Sunday afternoon from second and third race.   Results are available at NJK:s homepage The second half of the slideshow contains plenty of individual photos of the sailors. If you find yourself in any of the photos you can get the photo FOR FREE in full...