After a season racing with barely any wind, finally a strong breeze, big waves and a lot of fun where Robline Skagen Race 2020 thema! Because of the uncertainty in entering Danish waters under Covid-19 times, Robline Skagen Race 2020 regatta consisted of one single race along the Swedish coast.Continue Reading
With only 2 days to go to Robline Skagen Race, it is now high time to resgister! Manifest, rules and registration on SS Fram website http://ssfram.com/anmalan_FSERobline.html Due to Covid19 pandemic, this year’s course does not stretch to Denmark. It is however about 36NM along the Swedish West Coast, of whichContinue Reading
Gothenburg Lighthouses Solo Race, in its 2020 version, was born about two weeks ago. As it happened, Vegvisir Race was suddenly cancelled and our planned long transport sail turned out as a non-sailing weekend. Unacceptable. And already negotiated at home. It couldn’t go to waste. Not finding any regatta whereContinue Reading
Tjörn Runt 2020 took place last weekend as usual on the 3rd Saturday of August, this year with an important change for us. Th arranging club has introduced a double-handed class, finally! Interestingly enough, 39 out of 220 competing boats participated in the double-handed class and thus, the largest startingContinue Reading
Last weekend I had the chance to participate to the Swedish Club Championship of International One Design class hosted by IOD flee Sweden in Almösund. I had already sailed some of these boats previously and since one team was short of bowman and spinnaker trim, I gladly jumped in atContinue Reading
Pantaenius Bohusracet 2020 thema was light or no wind at all. We know we are underpowered upwind without the overlapping genoa for which the boat is designed, but we counted on broad reach and downwind to exploit the new light spi, which, after our Offshore training has proven itself. WeContinue Reading
Looking back at 2019, we have done great progress in preparing the boat for shorthanded sailing, in spite of a reduced sail kit (main, medium jib, spinnaker AP). Stripping loads of “un-needed” clutter paid dividends in simplicity, ease of handling and weight. Race finish bottom had a terrific impact onContinue Reading
1. Sailed not aggressively enough for lack of confidence. In all of the 3 of the 4 major races we have not sailed at full potential, reducing sail to avoid messing up the taking a reef when it would get airy, or not deploying appropriate downwind sail area to avoidContinue Reading
The sailing club SXK organizes regularly distance races in Sweden, usually one in spring, one in autumn and a final one in winter for the brave ones. These regattas are called 24-timmars although they can be 12, 24, 48, 72, 96 or 120 hours sailing, however 24 hours is oneContinue Reading