One of our favourite races! Pantaenius Bohusracet 2022 becomes host for the Double-Handed Swedish Championship. Our previous sailing reports (2020, 2021) The race will take place between 30 June and 3 July 2022. The requirements for participating to the championship are: membership to Svenska havskappseglingen förbundet (Swedish Offshore Racing Association)Continue Reading
In July it was announced that Baltic 500, the Dark Edition, would take place on the first week of October. I could neither transfer Veloce to Strande, Germany, nor find “crew” able to take a week off so late in the season. That’s when I figured that Niclas Holmberg, whoContinue Reading
Öckerö Shorthanded Race is one of the most fun races in our local waters. It attracts many of the best sailors along the coast and it sells out within a few hours from opening registration in spring. It consists of 2 distance races between 20 and 30 NM, taking placeContinue Reading
Last weekend we participated for the second time to Robline Skagen Race. And for the first time along the original route to Skagen and back. This edition, the 22nd, came with 20th anniversary celebration. 2 years delay, because of covid 19 restrictions. On Thursday I sailed alone to Framnäs, whereContinue Reading
Good news! Baltic 500 double-haded edition 2021 will take place, at a new date, in spite of the previous cancellation. 20.07.2021: as you know, we had to cancel the BALTIC 500 over the Ascension weekend. But since received a lot of positive fedback, we decided to offer an alterantive date.Continue Reading
Back from Pantaenious Bohusracet, Veloce is now safely in its berth. This year we had prepared well for this major doublehanded regatta and we gave it a real try. However, the gods of the wind abandoned us once again. Here is our report from last year. We alternated positions withinContinue Reading
Once again, restrictions due to Covid19 prevent us to race. We set out to meet up with other boats on the water just outside Marstrand and train doublehanded racing. The set up was simple, but intense: several starts, relatively short heats ’round the cans, but long enough to experiment! TheContinue Reading
If you are addicted to shorthanded sailing, look out for Fjällmans Shorthanded Cup series on the Swedish West Coast. The series consists of 4 regattas, Dubbelt Så Bra, Pantaenius Bohusracet, Robline Skagen Race and Öckerö Shorthanded Race. Check out my article for the published results 2020 and videos from someContinue Reading
The past weekend we sailed our first Öckerö Shorthanded Race in light air – trademark of sailing season 2020. A two days regatta with one distance race per day. For many it marks the end of the racing season. Race One Participants were divided in 3 groups based on theirContinue Reading
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