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Images of Rolex Baltic Race Week, Day 5- Metre Rule classics

by Daniel Forster on 4 Jul 2011
On board Trivia (GER 10), 1937, 12mR, Wilfried Beeck (Hamburg, Germany)- Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com

Top international photographer, Daniel Forster, presents this outstanding galley, from the final day of racing, in Six, Eight and Twelve Metre yachts sailing at Rolex Baltic Race Week, being hosted at Flensburger Segelclub in cooperation with Kieler Yacht Club, Germany.

King Harald of Norway finished second in his class and fifth overall in the 8mR class.

Hollandia (NED 1), 2005, 8mR, Ruud van Hilst & Jos Fruytier (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)- Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Hollandia (NED 1), 2005, 8mR, Ruud van Hilst & Jos Fruytier (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)- Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Winners: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer:<br /> Sleipnir II (GER 17), 1935, 6mR, Andreas Krause (Kiel, Germany)<br /> Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark)<br /> Hollandia (NED 1), 2005, 8mR, Ruud van Hilst & Jos Fruytier (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)<br /> - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Winners: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer:
Sleipnir II (GER 17), 1935, 6mR, Andreas Krause (Kiel, Germany)
Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Hollandia (NED 1), 2005, 8mR, Ruud van Hilst & Jos Fruytier (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Sposa (GER H4), 1912, 8mR, Richard Gervé (Bodman, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Sposa (GER H4), 1912, 8mR, Richard Gervé (Bodman, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Vema III (N 11), 1933, 12mR, Skipsrederiet Vema III AS/Eric Svenkerud (Oslo, Norway)<br /> Magda VIII (E 4), 1908, 12mR, Framnæs AS (Sandefjord, Norway) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Vema III (N 11), 1933, 12mR, Skipsrederiet Vema III AS/Eric Svenkerud (Oslo, Norway)
Magda VIII (E 4), 1908, 12mR, Framnæs AS (Sandefjord, Norway) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Germania III (GER 9), 1935, 8mR, Bernhard Kolbe (Duisburg, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Germania III (GER 9), 1935, 8mR, Bernhard Kolbe (Duisburg, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Sira (NOR 33), 1938, 8mR, HM King Harald V of Norway (Oslo, Norway) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Sira (NOR 33), 1938, 8mR, HM King Harald V of Norway (Oslo, Norway) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Sagitta (FIN 2), 1912, 8mR, Timo Saalasti (Espoo, Finland) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Sagitta (FIN 2), 1912, 8mR, Timo Saalasti (Espoo, Finland) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Heti (E 3), 1912, 12mR, Freunde der SY Heti (Hamburg, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Heti (E 3), 1912, 12mR, Freunde der SY Heti (Hamburg, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Edit (H 3), 1911, 8mR, Wilhelm Wagner (Bodman, Germany)<br /> Astra II (RUS 4), 2007, 8mR, Alexey Rusetsky (St. Petersburg, Russia)<br /> Sposa (GER H4), 1912, 8mR, Richard Gervé (Bodman, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Edit (H 3), 1911, 8mR, Wilhelm Wagner (Bodman, Germany)
Astra II (RUS 4), 2007, 8mR, Alexey Rusetsky (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Sposa (GER H4), 1912, 8mR, Richard Gervé (Bodman, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com


Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com
Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day © Rolex/Daniel Forster http://www.regattanews.com

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