Royal Swedish Yacht Club hosts Baltic Classic Masters 2016 at Sandhamn
KSSS, the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, will host the seventh edition of the Baltic Classic Masters Cup at Sandhamn, August 10-13, 2016 as part of Sandhamnsregattan Classic.
Sandhamn is one of Sweden’s best yacht-racing arenas and KSSS arranges both course yacht-racing and ocean racing at Sandhamn.
Sandön is a wonderful island, full of charm, in the archipelago and in the harbour of Sandhamn there are often many boats belonging to both tourists and racing teams.
The idea behind Baltic Classic Masters is to create a venue where classic yacht sailors and owners from different countries get together and have a good time, show off their beautiful yachts, form friendships across borders and test their racing skills in different courses and conditions.
Sail Yacht Society of Sweden is co-hosting the event this year and will be running a large part of the social program.
The Baltic Classic Master Cup trophy is over hundred years old and was set up in 2010 by GL Watson, the world’s oldest yacht design studio, as a tribute to Scandinavian yacht designers and classic yacht owners.
The Scandinavian Classic Yacht Trust launched the Baltic Classic Master Cup in 2010 and it has rejuvenated the Baltic classic racing tradition. The first winner of the cup was Ingmar Bergman who raced Itaka, a 10mR. Vadim Manukhin won the cup in 2011 with L6 Nika and Nils Forsfält on 95 sq m La Morena took the cup back to Sweden in 2012, Russian L6 Onega won in 2013, the 8mR Luna from Finland won in 2014 and in 2015 the Widstrand family took home the cup to Sweden again in 55 sq m gaff rigged Miranda.
All yachts racing Sandhamnsregattan Classic also compete for the Baltic Classic Masters. You do not sign up separately for the trophy.
The Baltic Classic Masters 2016 is run according to the SRS, the Swedish Sailing Federation’s Rating System. The purpose of the system is to provide boats of different kind an opportunity to race against each other. You need to apply for a rating certificate from the Swedish Sailing Federation http://www.svensksegling.se/Forbatagare/SRS/InformationinEnglish/).
Yachts from other countries than Sweden get the SRS rating certificate free of charge. However, you need to apply for the certificate at least a month in advance.
