Solo-Tune-Up-Race Marstrand

An opportunity to warm up and tune-up solo! Anders Bergvall organizes a 25NM solo race just outside Marstrand, including after sail dinner. Event details on Facebook here If you are addicted to solo sailing or want to try it out on the Swedish West Coast, you don’t want to missContinue Reading

Lerkil Archipelago Shorthanded Race

Finally all stars align and we will for the first time participate to Lerkil Archipelago Shorthanded Race. Open to both double and single handed crews it is one of the few (perhaps only) shorthanded race during spring. The race starts and ends at Lerkil and takes place in coastal watersContinue Reading

Öckerö Shorthanded Race J/80 Downwind

And with Öckerö Shorthanded Race 2023 behind us, the racing season is closed. As usual tough competition. All the usual suspects plus all others sailors who usually race with good results along the coast. All boats are very well sailed and in spite of the camaraderie and banter ashore, allContinue Reading

Once again, we participated to Robline Skagen Race. Check out the reports from previous years with us (2020, 2021, 2022) In the past years, it had come to represent a relatively important event for the double-handed community in the area. However this year, DH attendance faltered and at one point,Continue Reading

Vinga lighthouse

The registration for Gothenburg Lighthouses Solo Race is now open. At its 4rd edition, the race brings together like minded singlehandlers, both veterans and first-timers, around some of Gothenburg iconic lighthouses. For those who sleep over at Björkö on the previous day, it has become tradition to get together forContinue Reading

Once again time for Pantaenius Bohusracet. And once again a airy affair. Very airy. In fact airier than the previous year (check out my report here). As the date approached and we monitored the forecasts, a deep depression started forming on the North Sea, generating gale force winds for aContinue Reading

Veloce starting midsummer solo challenge 2023

What a race. Right, Challenge. Thing is, part of the beauty of sailing is knowing and feeling that you are efficiently harnessing nature. If another sailor is doing it better, your relative efficiency is diminished. Focus, re-trim and re-assess. In a way you are racing something all the time. Anyway,Continue Reading

We have been wanting to sail to sail Pater Noster Race for a few years, without success. Finally the stars aligned and we made it there. Last Saturday, we sailed Pater Noster Race 2023 in perfect conditions. Shining sun, light to medium breeze from the South-West. A great way toContinue Reading

A long awaited race. Stora Oset Race opened our racing season. In spite of a low attendance, at merely 10 boats, Stora Oset offered beautiful conditions and an interesting race. Light air, forecasted to die out later during the day. And yet, the racing committee decided to go for theContinue Reading