A long offshore race has been scheduled for the second day of the Baltic Offshore Week 2022, but considering the weather conditions, PRO Madis Ausman composed the distance accordingly sending the boats of A class to the 45nM course, while smaller boats in Class B will had to sail a 35nM course.
Matilda 4 (J-112 E) of Juss Ojala – photo ยฉ Janis Spurdzins
The start was given at 11am to round the windward mark after 1 nm where the fleet hoisted their spinnakers and headed towards Aegna island and the furthermost mark, which for both classes was Tallinn Shoal Lighthouse from where they returned towards Tallinn until Keskmadala E buoy, from where Class A made a U-turn to round Uusmadala E-buoy to prolong their course by 10nm. The rest of the rounding marks where set already on the way to Tallinn, while the last to round was Katarina Quay E before finish. The forecast was pretty accurate about the weather and estimated time of the first finishers. As it was forecast, it started to rain at 11 am and entire course was sailed in rain.
Jani Lehtiโs GP 42 ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐จ-๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐ฏ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง took the Line Honours at 16:30:19.
Matild 4 (J-112 E) of Juss Ojala – photo ยฉ Janis Spurdzins
In class A the stronger winds favoured also smaller boats in the group. 2021 ORC C class World Champion ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ 4 (J-112E) with Juss Ojala at the helm was happy with the day saying that lots of downwind on the course gave them some advantage ahead of bigger X-41 boats, who were ahead of ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ 4 on Day One. The boat speed up to 11-12 knots was good enough to cross the finish line physically among the first boats in the group. Current overall leader ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ (X-41 mod) of Tiit Vihul took the second place today, 4 min 30 sec in corrected time behind. Just 14 seconds separated ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ (X-41) with Jaak Jรตgi at the helm from the second place.
X-41’s Olympic, Forte and Premium – photo ยฉ ยฉ Janis Spurdzins
Current overall leaderboard sees ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ leading with 5.8 points, followed by ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ช๐ข (X-41 mod) of Tanel Tamm with 12.6 points and ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ with 14.2 pts third.
Team Pro4U (First 36,7 Mod) of Patrik Forsgren – photo ยฉ Janis Spurdzins
In class B the, where ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค4๐ (First 36,7 Mod) of Patrik Forsgren from Sweden took another victory also from offshore race, tightens his overall leadership. Finishing neck and neck behind Aivar Tuulbergโs ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ (Arcona 340), swedes got a margin of 3 minutes and 17 seconds in corrected time in front of ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ . Third to complete Top 3 in todayโs race was ๐ผ๐ข๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ (First 36,7 mod) of Margus Zuravljov, 42 seconds behind Katariina II.
Team Pro4U and Katariina II neck and neck in the BOW2022 offshore race – photo ยฉ Janis Spurdzins
The feedback about today’s race from ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค4๐ was the following:
“๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ 3 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ 17 ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 5 ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต!”
With 4.4 points ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค4๐ is leading the championship, while ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ has 9.8 points and ๐ฟ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ค (Italia 9.98) with Erki Melts at the helm completes the preliminary Top 3 with 15.6 points.
Todayโs race was especially important since the scores had a multiplier of 1.4 and cannot be discarded from the overall score.
Tomorrow is the final day of the championship with up to three inshore races to be sailed yet. The first warning is scheduled for 11 am.