Category: Photos

Hanko Regatta 2014 Sunday

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The final day at the Hanko Regatta was sunny and windy. Because of the hard wind 6mR and 8mR classes did not sail on race course D at all on Sunday, so final results are based on Friday races only for 6mR and 8mR. 5m class results are based on results from Friday and Saturday. […]
The final day at the Hanko Regatta was sunny and windy. Because of the hard wind 6mR and 8mR classes did not sail on race course D at all on Sunday, so final results are based on Friday races only for 6mR and 8mR. 5m class results are based on results from Friday and Saturday. All other classes were out enjoying the sunny but demanding sailing conditions. All results are available at the Hangoregattan.fi webpage. 27 photos from LYS classes start 78 photos from race course C (606, Hai,...

Hanko Regatta 2014 Saturday

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The Saturday morning was foggy so the race committee postponed the start. After noon AP flag came down and all boats headed to the race courses. Quite soon the half of the boats returned as there was no wind or it was too foggy. Just F18 catamarans started and on another course also other smaller boats. […]
The Saturday morning was foggy so the race committee postponed the start. After noon AP flag came down and all boats headed to the race courses. Quite soon the half of the boats returned as there was no wind or it was too foggy. Just F18 catamarans started and on another course also other smaller boats. Photos are from F18 race before it was stopped and from the main pier in the harbor where people were enjoying each others company on the Saturday afternoon.     List of...

Helsinki Regatta 2014

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Helsinki Regatta was sailed on Saturday in light wind and sunny weather. On Sunday a rain front with hard wind had reached Helsinki from South-West and caused some issues to the organizers. Of six planned races on three different courses only two races were sailed. The 80 photos are from the dinghy course with 505, […]
Helsinki Regatta was sailed on Saturday in light wind and sunny weather. On Sunday a rain front with hard wind had reached Helsinki from South-West and caused some issues to the organizers. Of six planned races on three different courses only two races were sailed. The 80 photos are from the dinghy course with 505, 470, Snipe, Finn, Laser Standard, Europe and Laser radial dinghies.   Older Helsinki Regatta photos: 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007.

Sailpix 10 years

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Hi all fans and friends of Sailpix. Today, 19th of June 2014, is Sailpix 10 years anniversary. Queen Christina Nations Cup organized by Esbo Segelförening in 2004 was the first race sailing photography session which I count to my systematic photographing of race sailing. In other words the start of Sailpix. See below slideshow. I […]
Hi all fans and friends of Sailpix. Today, 19th of June 2014, is Sailpix 10 years anniversary. Queen Christina Nations Cup organized by Esbo Segelförening in 2004 was the first race sailing photography session which I count to my systematic photographing of race sailing. In other words the start of Sailpix. See below slideshow. I used my brand new Olympus Camedia C760UZ camera, which was a 3 Megapixel camera with 10x zoom and focal length equivalent to 42-420 mm in 35mm format. At that time...

Melges Finnish Championship 2014, EMK

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The Melges 24 Finnish National Champion 2014 is “Lenny” EST790 helmed by Tonu Toniste. Lenny won five races of eight and ended at 10 points followed by “Fundanything.com” with 16 points and at third place “Navy Sailing” with 18 points. Photographs are from Saturday first and second race in good wind where the downwind speed […]
The Melges 24 Finnish National Champion 2014 is "Lenny" EST790 helmed by Tonu Toniste. Lenny won five races of eight and ended at 10 points followed by "Fundanything.com" with 16 points and at third place "Navy Sailing" with 18 points. Photographs are from Saturday first and second race in good wind where the downwind speed of the boats got at it's best up to 18 knots.  Really sorry I didn't get photos of "Lenny - the winner" in downwind action. Didn't have the possibility to follow the races the...

Audi Dinghy Regatta 2014, HSF

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Audi Dinghy Regatta organized by Hangö Segelförening in the most southern city of Finland. For the Laser 4,7 class the planned National Championship status was cancelled because of too few registered sailors. So for all classes including also Laser standard, Laser radial, Europe, and Zoom it was a normal ranking regatta. Totally 58 dinghy sailors […]
Audi Dinghy Regatta organized by Hangö Segelförening in the most southern city of Finland. For the Laser 4,7 class the planned National Championship status was cancelled because of too few registered sailors. So for all classes including also Laser standard, Laser radial, Europe, and Zoom it was a normal ranking regatta. Totally 58 dinghy sailors were sailing two days in light wind and weather varying between sunny and cloudy. The 154 photos are from Saturday two first races.

WB Sails Round the Buoys 2014, HSK

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The traditional  “WB Sails” race in the Finnish Offshore Ranking series with three races on windward/leeward race course. Totally 30 yachts, divided in 5 different classes including an own class for the X-99, were racing in the quite light, but shifting wind. Photos are from race 1 and 2. Results: IRC, ORC1, ORC2, ORC3, X-99 […]
The traditional  "WB Sails" race in the Finnish Offshore Ranking series with three races on windward/leeward race course. Totally 30 yachts, divided in 5 different classes including an own class for the X-99, were racing in the quite light, but shifting wind. Photos are from race 1 and 2. Results: IRC, ORC1, ORC2, ORC3, X-99 First race (99 photos)   Second race (51 photos)  

J80 Open Spring Cup 2014, NJK

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High level 3 days match race regatta at NJK Match Race Center in Helsinki with world top ranked sailors. Heat, sun and light wind. 70 photos from last round robins on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. Results: 1. Björn Hansen, SWE (#3 ISAF ranking) 2. Joachim Aschenbrenner, DEN (# 14 ISAF ranking) 3. Camilla Ulrikkeholm, […]
High level 3 days match race regatta at NJK Match Race Center in Helsinki with world top ranked sailors. Heat, sun and light wind. 70 photos from last round robins on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. Results: 1. Björn Hansen, SWE (#3 ISAF ranking) 2. Joachim Aschenbrenner, DEN (# 14 ISAF ranking) 3. Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN (women #1 ISAF ranking) 4. Reuben Corbett, NZL (#15 ISAF ranking) All results