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Baltic Offshore Week 2024 in Tallinn

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Baltic Offshore Week (BOW), within which the champions of the Estonian and Finnish offshore sailing ORC classes are determined, has been held more or less alternately on the northern and southern shores of the Gulf of Finland since 2008. This year’s regatta is organized by Kalev Yacht Club in cooperation with the Finnish Offshore Sailing Association and the Estonian Yachting Union. The Official Notice Board and Registration are in Manage2Sail.

Preliminary program:
Thursday 13th June
16:00-20:00 Registration + measurement checks

Friday 14th June
8:00-9:30 Registration
10:00 Skippers Meeting
12:00 First Warning Signal – up to 4 inshore races (w/l)

Saturday, 15th June
Offshore Race

Sunday, 16th June
Up to 3 Inshore Races

Races may be re-scheduled if required by weather forecast.
On Sunday June 16, 2024 last warning signal no later than 15:00.

Kalev Yacht Club

Welcome to Tallinn and Kalev Yacht Club!

Baltic Offshore Week 2023 final day & full results

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What a weekend behind for the Baltic Offshore Week 2023 sailors!

The weekend offered the fleet a mixture of no wind / light wind / heavy wind:-)

Especially the final day offered the fleet a fantastic weather in blasting downwind in over 20 knots of wind. Check out the extensive picture achive from both FB and IG

Top three boats in each class,
ORC A
1. Mercedes-Benz, FIN69996, GP42, Jani Lehti
2. Shadown, EST113, J-112E, Harles Liiv
3. Olympic, EST463, X-41 mod, Tiit Vihul

ORC B
1. Katariina II, EST646, Arcona 340, Alvar Tuulberg
2. Sugar, EST774, Italia9.98, Sandro Montefusco
3. Team Pro4u, SWE88, First 36.7 Mod, Patrik Forsgren

ORC C
1. Penelope, FIN10605, First 31.7, Perttu Rönkkö
2. Thetis, FIN10605, First 31.7. Perttu Monthan

Hello Helsinki & Baltic Offshore Week 2023

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The upcoming is just around the corner and heat is building up, both on the land and on waters 🙂

Competing boats – please read these 5 points before coming the harbour:

1.
On arrival please dock your boat according to the harbor plan as per Manage2Sail. Your designated place is the same the entire weekend

2.
Please note that the dock boxes shall NOT be straight on the main pontoon. They must be on the side pontoons

3.
You have to register the boat to the harbour masters office / cafeteria and after that you’ll get two(2) badges per boat to the gates and sauna

4.
Race office open for registration:
Thursday 15.5. from 5pm to 8pm
Friday 16.6. from 8am to 10am

Skippers meeting on 16.6. at 10am outside race office

5.
After the first day (=Friday 16th) of racing all boats SHALL bring their trackers for charging. Deadline is inside protest time.

And all boats shall come and get back the tracker on Saturday ( = 17th) morning

See you all at the harbour!

Welcome to BOW 2023, Helsinki Finland

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The 2023 edition of Baltic Offshore Week will be held in Finland. Base harbour will be MarinaBay Helsinki, see www.marinabay.fi
Each competing boat shall have their own designated place from Thursday to Sunday.

Preliminary program:
Thursday 15th June: Registration + after sail (updated 5th March)

Friday 16th June: Registration, racing + after sail

Saturday 17th June: Racing + after sail

Sunday 18th June: Racing + prize giving

Olympic and Team Pro4U take an early lead on Day One in Tallinn – BOW2022

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Four perfect inshore races held on Tallinn bay for the Baltic Offshore Week today. Steady westerly wind with velocity of 6-10 m/s kept the sailors and Race Committee happy and after starting at midday the race day was finished by 5 pm. 

Two boats were dominating the day, both winning three races out of four. 

Olympic (X-41 mod) with Tiit Vihul at the helm from Dago YC - photo Janis Spurdzins

Olympic (X-41 mod) with Tiit Vihul at the helm from Dago YC – photo Janis Spurdzins

In A Class Olympic (X-41 mod) with Tiit Vihul at the helm from Dago YC is leading the pack with 4 points followed by Premium (X-41 mod) with Tanel Tamm steering, being the only boat to beat Olympic in Race One. For third position the fight is fierce with 3 boats having equally 10 points, but at the moment the preliminary podium is completed by third X-41 Forte with Jaak Jõgi at the helm. 

BOW 2022 A Class Day One results

BOW 2022 A Class Day One results

Team Pro4U (First 36.7 Mod) with Patrik Forsgren at the helm from Sweden - photo ©Janis Spurdzins

Team Pro4U (First 36.7 Mod) with Patrik Forsgren at the helm from Sweden – photo ©Janis Spurdzins

In B Class Swedish Team Pro4U (First 36.7 Mod) with Patrik Forsgren  at the helm took three bullets and takes an early lead ahead of Aivar Tuulberg’s Katariina II (Arcona 340) with three points margin. Katariina II won the final race of the day and lies on the second position, while Directo (Italia 9.98) with Erik Melts steering is third with 10 points. Also in Class B three following boats, who are lying on fourth to sixth places, have equally 12 points – not far from third position. 

BOW 2022 B Class Day One results

BOW 2022 B Class Day One results

Full results

Tomorrow’s offshore race will take A class boats to 45 nM course, while smaller boats in Class B will have a 35nM course to sail.