Baltic Offshore Week 2025

12.-15.6.2025 – HSK, Helsinki, Finland

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Reigning Champions and Rising Stars Shine at Baltic Offshore Week 2025

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Olympic and Katariina II are the Estonian and Finnish ORC Champions 2025

June 15 – Helsinki, Finland – written by Piret Salmistu – After three spectacular days of racing in the Gulf of Finland, the 2025 edition of the Baltic Offshore Week concluded with the crowning of new Estonian and Finnish national champions in ORC classes A and B. With fresh northerly winds, blue skies, and ideal sailing conditions following days of cold fronts and rain, the event offered a perfect test for top offshore teams preparing for the upcoming Garmin ORC World Championship in Tallinn.

The teams of Olympic and Katariina II © Jussi Nukari

Brisk Conditions and Full Race Schedule

The fleet enjoyed a complete program of eight races, including a mix of windward-leeward and constructed course races across Friday and Sunday, while an offshore race of 42+ nm was sailed on Saturday. Sunday brought the most demanding conditions, with average wind speeds around 15 knots and gusts reaching up to 24 knots, pushing teams to stay sharp in heavy downwind legs and tight tactical battles. As the Principal Race Officer, Andres Talts was pleased that the full race program was successfully completed.

Scoring was based on Performance Curve Scoring (PCS), using Constructed Course formats for windward-leeward races, while the offshore race was scored with the Weather Routing Scoring (WRS)–the methods also applied at the ORC World Championship.

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Baltic Offshore Week 2025 Underway in Helsinki

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The Baltic Offshore Week 2025, serving as both the Estonian and Finnish ORC National Championships, is officially underway in Helsinki. This year, the event is hosted by the Finnish side, with racing organized by Helsingfors Segelklubb (HSK) from June 12–15.

The competition features a mix of offshore and inshore races, scored using the ORC’s weather routing system for the offshore race and the ORC polar curve scoring for inshore courses.

A total of 22 teams are taking part—13 from Finland and 9 from Estonia—divided evenly between two classes: 11 boats in ORC A and 11 in ORC B.

Notice Board & Entries: Manage2Sail Event Page

Results & Scratch Sheets: ORC Results Page

Follow the race live: https://sportrec.eu/garmin-baltic-offshore-week-2014/

Mercedes-Benz ja Sugar on 2024 ORC avamerepurjetamise Eesti ja Soome meistrid

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14.-16. juunil peeti Tallinnas Kalevi Jahtklubis avamerepurjetamise ORC A ja B klasside Eesti ja Soome meistrivõistlused regati Baltic Offshore Week 2024 raames. Kolme võistluspäeva jooksul peeti kokku seitse võistlussõitu – kuus lühirajal ja pea kaksteist tundi kestnud avameresõit. A klassi kahe maa meistritiitli võitis Jani Lehti meeskond jahil Mercedes-Benz (GP 42) Soomest ja B klassi meistritiitel kuulub Eesti jahile Sugar (Italia 9.98 F), mille roolis Sandro Montefusco.

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Mercedes-Benz and Sugar are the 2024 ORC Champions of Estonia and Finland

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From June 14th to 16th, the ORC A and B class Offshore Sailing Championships of Estonia and Finland were held at Kalev Yacht Club in Tallinn, as part of the Baltic Offshore Week 2024 regatta. Seven races were held over three days of competition – six windward(leeward races and a nearly twelve-hour offshore race. The A class champion of both countries is the crew of Jani Lehti on the yacht Mercedes-Benz (GP 42) from Finland, while the B class championship title went to the Estonian yacht Sugar (Italia 9.98 F), helmed by Sandro Montefusco.

SUGAR Italia 9.98 F, leading the pack – Baltic Offshore Week 2024 © Gerli Tooming Photography

The Baltic Offshore Week has alternated between the northern and southern shores of the Gulf of Finland since 2008. This year’s regatta in Tallinn attracted 22 yachts from Estonia, Finland, and Sweden. Traditionally, this regatta has been highly competitive and is an important preparation for the upcoming ORC championship, which this year will be the ORC European Championship in Mariehamn, Åland, in August.

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Olympic EST463 and Team Pro4U SWE88 are the winners of the BOW2022

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 The results of three more inshore races were added to the final score of the Baltic Offshore Week 2022 today, making it total of 8 races completed. Great sunny day with westerly winds building up to 15 m/s with gusts and waves on Tallinn bay wasn’t the easiest to all teams, but the majority were fighting out there until the last finish.

However, it wasn’t necessary for two boats, who secured the victory of the championship with the first today’s inshore races sailed and the second discard coming into play.

𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 (X-41 mod) EST463 with Tiit Vihul at the helm © Janis Spurdzins

𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 (X-41 mod) EST463 with Tiit Vihul at the helm © Janis Spurdzins

We are talking about the team 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 (X-41 mod) EST463 with Tiit Vihul at the helm in Class A and 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙋𝙧𝙤4𝙐 (First 36,7 Mod) SWE88 steered by Patrik Forsgren in Class B.

Scoring second and first in today’s races, team 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 was using their possibility to secure the title with a race to spare and not to sail the last race, while 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙋𝙧𝙤4𝙐 was using a chance to race in that final race, to learn, practice and sail against the strongest ORC fleet in the Northern Europe, and to have their victory moment when crossing the finish line for the last time at the Baltic Offshore Week 2022.

“We are very happy to win Baltic Offshore Week for the third time,” said the helmsman of Olympic, Tiit Vihul, “but this time it was different because we have got to know our boat and its trim better with this race, and after ten years of sailing we are really finally figured out how to achieve great speed. If last year we were more or less equal to our competitors’ X-41 yachts, this time a little faster. So it is very good to move on from that base! The team did a very good job and made no tactical or technical mistakes, and it seems to me that we learned more this weekend than in the previous ten years. Strong winds are very suitable for us and contributed well to the speed of the boat. Today’s competition was of the highest level competition after last year’s World Championships, because most of the boats competing in our group were in the top ten at the World Championships. “

Video interview with Tiit Vihul

Both teams had a superior victory since 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 kept in their final scoreline 4 bullets and two second places, while 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙋𝙧𝙤4𝙐 discarded two seconds and their final score consisted from 6 bullets only. Excellent performance from both teams!!

“It was a very good and useful regatta for us with a lot of race practice in a lot of wind, especially today when we raced in around 25 knots gives a lot of new learnings and experiences,” said Peter Thorwid, Tactician of Pro4U.

Team member Emil Forsgren added that sailing here against so many strong Estonian boats is especially important for them. “It is good for us to compare how our home rides and settings this season have developed, competing here in the fierce competition. We have a couple of new team members, and for them it was a great training and an opportunity to learn from unusual conditions.” Main trimmer Sven Eriksson added that the waves here are different from what they are used to in Sweden, but it is especially good for training and attention to detail.

“We want to thank the Estonian hosts for an excellent regatta and everything around the races such as courses, results, information has been excellent. We hope that we will be able to come back to BOW another year,” said Team Pro4U.

Interview with Emil Forsgren and Sven Eriksson

𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙋𝙧𝙤4𝙐 (First 36,7 Mod) of Patrik Forsgren - © Janis Spurdzins

𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙋𝙧𝙤4𝙐 (First 36,7 Mod) of Patrik Forsgren – © Janis Spurdzins

At the same time the battle for the second and third final podium places was fierce in both classes.

In Class A, the winner of yesterday’s offshore race, Juss Ojala’s 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙖 4 (J-112E) scored 1-2-1 today – the best score of Class A – and jumped from the yesterday’s fourth to the second. The battle was fierce for completing the podium. 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙪𝙢 (X-41 mod) of Tanel Tamm, who was the second before the final day, scored 6-3-4, while 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚 (X-41) with Jaak Jõgi at the helm, being third in the morning, scored 3-5-2 today and outperformed 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙪𝙢 by 0.4 points in the final score to complete the A class podium.

A class podium of the Baltic Offshore Week 2022 © Janis Spurdzins

A class podium of the Baltic Offshore Week 2022 © Janis Spurdzins

In class B Aivar Tuulberg’s 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙄𝙄 (Arcona 340) kept his second place on the podium scoring 8-3-2 today, despite of having some technical problems in today’s races. 𝘼𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫 𝙏𝙤𝙮𝙤𝙩𝙖 𝙎𝙏 (First 36.7 Mod) of Margus Zuravljov had a great day today scoring 2-1-4 and while their main competitor for the third place was 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤 (Italia 9.98) with Erki Melts at the helm, who scored 4-6-2 today, 𝘼𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫 𝙏𝙤𝙮𝙤𝙩𝙖 𝙎𝙏 managed to jump to the final step of the podium instead of 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤.

B class podium of the Baltic Offshore Week 2022 © Janis Spurdzins

B class podium of the Baltic Offshore Week 2022 © Janis Spurdzins

With that being said, the following teams and crews were on the podium at the BALTIC OFFSHORE WEEK 2022 winning 2022 ORC Estonian and Finnish Championship titles, silver and bronze medals in Tallinn.

GROUP A
🏆🥇 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘 – EST 463 – 8.8 pts
Skipper: Tiit Vihul, Raul Vane, Ivo Kais, Indrek Ulla, Aivar Kaljumäe, Meelis Pielberg, Tanel Trööp, Tarmo Vesberg, Marko Manni, Raul Eesmäe, Raul Vinnal
🥈𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙖 4 – EST 112 – 13.4 pts
Skipper: Juss Ojala, Joachim Aschenbrenner, Arne Veske, Marek Harjak, Christopher Juul, Erki Teras, Robin Juul, Meinar Mäesalu, Marko Seier
🥉 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚 – EST 475 – 19.2 pts
Skipper: Jaak Jõgi, Marko Nüüd, Indrek Rajangu, Meelis Nurk, Kalev Vapper, Martin Kaal, Tammo Otsasoo, Ando Raud, Marti Hääl, Kalev Kaal, Veiko Nüüd

Baltic Offshore Week 2022 - A class results

Baltic Offshore Week 2022 – A class results


GROUP B

🏆🥇 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙋𝙧𝙤4𝙐 SWE 88 – 6.4 pts
Skipper: Patrik Forsgren, Anders Björk, Peter Thorwid, Sven Eriksson, Emil Forsgren, Krafft Zacharias, Emil Alnebeck, Pontus Dahl, Per Joakim Hoppe
🥈 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙄𝙄 EST 646 – 15.8 pts
Skipper: Aivar Tuulberg, Karl-Hannes Tagu, Lorenzo Bodini, Henri Tauts, Jaan Akermann, Peter Saraskin, August Luure, Peeter Kaju, Karl Kolk
🥉 𝘼𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫 𝙏𝙤𝙮𝙤𝙩𝙖 𝙎𝙏 EST 379 – 18.2 pts
Skipper: Margus Zuravljov, Rene Maajärv, Martti Kinkar, Margus Nõmmik, Olari Vokk, Lauri Luks, Anna Maria Sepp, Eva Jakunin

Baltic Offshore Week 2022 - B Class results

Baltic Offshore Week 2022 – B Class results

🙏🙏Thank you to all competitors for participating at the Baltic Offshore Week! It was a great weekend on the water and ashore!

Matilda 4 and Team Pro4U are the winners of the BOW2022 Offshore Race

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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 © Janis Spurdzins

Matilda 4 (J-112 E) of Juss Ojala – photo © 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 Lehti’s GP 42 𝙈𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙨-𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙯 𝙀𝙌 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 took the Line Honours at 16:30:19.

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Baltic Offshore Week 2021 – Save the dates June 18-20

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The already traditional open Finnish and Estonian ORC championships in offshore sailing will be held this year in Helsinki, Finland.

The race days are Friday 18.6. – Sunday 20.6.2021.

Madis Ausman, an International Race Officer, is responsible for the race management. Madis, familiar from many previous BOWs, is also involved in the organization of the ORC World Championship 2021 – Tallinn, Estonia.

The competition harbour is the Katajanokka guest marina, which is familiar from 2019. The intention is to get a decent race village with its ancillary services in the harbour area.

The organizing yacht club is the Xtra Stærk Ocean Racing Society, where everyone is familiar with Ari Peltomäki and Tomi Hakola.

The arrangements are made together with the Avomeripurjehtijat – Finnish Offshore Racing Association and the Estonian Yachting Union.

This year, BOW is the perfect place to hone your maneuvers and trims for the ORC Worlds. On the track there is an opportunity to fight not only with the top crews of Finland and Estonia, but also probably with a few ‘long-distance’ teams preparing for the World Championships.

And, of course, the championship medals of both countries will be awarded!

 Save the dates on the calendar and we will let you know when the registration at the Manage2Sail site will open soon!

Baltic Offshore Week 2021 - photo Gerli Tooming Photo

Baltic Offshore Week 2021 – photo Gerli Tooming Photo

 

Baltic Offshore Week 2018 produces Estonian and Finnish ORC Champions

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Every year since 2008 Baltic Offshore Week has been held on both shores of the Finnish Gulf of the Baltic, and this year the venue was Kalev Yacht Club in Tallinn, site of the 1980 Olympic Sailing Regatta. For three days a total of 47 offshore sailing teams – 26 from Finland, 21 from Estonia and one from Russia –competed in ORC A, B and C classes in three inshore races and one offshore 60-mile race. Continue reading →

Baltic Offshore Week 2018 – Pikk avamereetapp läbitud

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Summary (in Estonian) of the Offshore Course at the Baltic Offshore Week 2018 in Postimees – the biggest news portal of Estonia.

Täna algas Tallinnas suur võidusõit Eesti ja Soome avamerepurjetamise ORC klassi meistritiitlitele regati Baltic Offshore Week raames. Regati pikim osa – avameresõidu etapp – oli pikkusega 55-60 miili ning valdavalt reipas tuules see reedel ka purjetatud sai. 47 ORC klassi meeskonda Eestist, Soomest ja Venemaalt olid stardiliinil, neile lisaks 3 mitmekerelist alust Eestist.

ORC A klassis, kus võistlemas 18 jahti, läks võit jahile Sugar 2 (Pärnu JK), mille kapteniks Marjaliisa Umb. 20 osavõtjaga ORC B klassi kindel võit läks Aivar Tuulbergi meeskonnale jahil Katariina II (Pärnu JK). Mõlemal meeskonnal on ette näidata ORC Euroopa meistritiitel. 9 osavõtjaga ORC C klassi kiireim oli Perttu Rönkkö jaht Penelope (HSK).

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