Stockholm Archipelago Raid - Sweden takes four day classic + Video
by Sail-World.com on 3 Sep 2016
Stockholm Archipelago Raid - image by Malcolm Hane SW
The Stockholm Archipelago Raid combines sailing orienteering, adventure and high level racing between the 36,000 islands that make up the the Stockholm archipelago!
The Raid is a mix of sport, nature and adventure in the perfect F18-playground; the stunning Stockholm Archipelago.
With its 36,000 rocks, skerries and islands it offers limitless possibilities for exceptional courses between the check points on islands, buoys, light houses or beaches with sailors completing up to 100 nautical miles during the Raid!
Australian skiff skipper and tertiary qualified videographer, Ollie Hartas of Hartas Productions compiled this video of the epic race, sailed in twin trapezing F-18 catamarans.
26 teams from Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, USA and Sweden were entered for the four day event.
Six teams are mixed and one is all-female which is a record number of women sailors. A mixed crew finished third and a second was fifth
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