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.
๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ (X-41 mod) EST463 with Tiit Vihul at the helm ยฉ Janis Spurdzins
We are talking about the team ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ (X-41 mod) EST463 with Tiit Vihul at the helm in Class A and ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค4๐ (First 36,7 Mod) SWE88 steered by Patrik Forsgren in Class B.
Scoring second and first in today’s races, team ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ was using their possibility to secure the title with a race to spare and not to sail the last race, while ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค4๐ 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 ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ kept in their final scoreline 4 bullets and two second places, while ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค4๐ 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,ย 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.โ Main trimmerย 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
๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐ค4๐ (First 36,7 Mod) of Patrik Forsgren – ยฉ 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 ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ 4 (J-112E) scored 1-2-1 today โ the best score of Class A โ and jumped from the yesterday’s fourth to the second. The battle was fierce for completing the podium. ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ช๐ข (X-41 mod) of Tanel Tamm, who was the second before the final day, scored 6-3-4, while ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ (X-41) with Jaak Jรตgi at the helm, being third in the morning, scored 3-5-2 today and outperformed ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ช๐ข by 0.4 points in the final score to complete the A class podium.
A class podium of the Baltic Offshore Week 2022 ยฉ Janis Spurdzins
In class B Aivar Tuulbergโs ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ (Arcona 340) kept his second place on the podium scoring 8-3-2 today, despite of having some technical problems in today’s races. ๐ผ๐ข๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ (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 ๐ฟ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ค (Italia 9.98) with Erki Melts at the helm, who scored 4-6-2 today, ๐ผ๐ข๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ managed to jump to the final step of the podium instead of ๐ฟ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ค.
B class podium of the Baltic Offshore Week 2022 ยฉ 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.
