Welcome to Stockholm and the ÅF Offshore Race 2014
by Mats Olsson 6 Apr 2014 12:29 BST
29 June - 2 July 2014
AF Offshore Racevillage in Stockholm 201 © Oskar Kihlborg
Starting in downtown Stockholm on Sunday 29th of June and racing through the archipelago via Sandhamn and Round Gotland. Finish and prize giving ceremony at Sandhamn on Wednesday 2nd of July.
The Royal Swedish Yacht Club, KSSS, has a long tradition of arranging international regattas and offshore races. For more than a hundred years, Sandhamn has been Sweden's most famous sailing center and the Round Gotland Race, one of the biggest offshore races in the world, started here for the first time in 1937.
A couple of years ago we made a big change when renaming the race ÅF Offshore Race and moving it to the center of Stockholm. You are very welcome to join us as participant or spectator, ashore or in a boat somewhere along the course in the archipelago. The event area is open for the public and participants from Thursday June 26th.
We are looking forward welcoming many sailors to Stockholm and the ÅF Offshore Race. Offshore racers measured in ORC Int or SRS are welcome. ISAF Offshore Special Regulations, Category 3 Monohulls with life raft will apply. Safety check in Stockholm at the latest on Friday 29th of June is mandatory as well as AIS on every yacht.
Start in the center of Stockholm, close to Kastellholmen, via Sandhamn and round Gotland with finish in Sandhamn. Approximate length of course is 350 Nm.
Prizes
Perpetual trophies and KSSS prizes in each class. Official speed records: 14,38 knots for multihull and 10,88 for monohull, registered at ISAF World Sailing Speed Record Council www.sailspeedrecords.com
Classic Yachts
Classic Yachts are invited to race from Stockholm via Sandhamn to Visby and back on a course with an approximate length of 260 Nm.
Classic Yachts are defined as boats built before 31st of December 1967 and remaining mainly conformal to her original plans. Alternatively a replica built anytime, which is built in conformity with, or is a copy of an existing boat, or according to an original one off design prior to 31st of December 1967. Race Committee decides if a boat is allowed to enter as a Classic Yacht.
Further information and Notice of Race, please visit www.ksss.se.