For all sailors, whose intention is to take part in the Round Gotland Race and who have their home base in the south-westerly Baltic, we have planned a nice feeder-race, starting in Kiel.

With the kind support of the British Kiel Yacht Club (BKYC), the feeder-race will be started on 2nd July, 18:00 after having a barbecue in the marina to strengthen you for the night!

The race’s course will take you from the German coastline to the incredible Swedish summer nights, leaving Fehmarn and Bornholm to starboard, Oelland to port, Gotland to starboard to the finish line, right in front of the KSSS's clubhouse in Sandham.

The offshore regatta scene has changed dramatically during the last years. New formalities and numerous changes in measurement have internationally caused a lot of discussion. Fast yachts and sailing fun are booming. Against this background the German Offshore Owners Association together with hanseboot Boatshow, North Sails, Pantaenius yacht insurance and SGS invite to a free forum concerning the future in Offshore Yacht Racing.
We have been able to secure international experts and the naval architects Torsten Conradi, John Corby, Marc Mills and Simon Rogers as discussion partners for this workshop, who will elucidate various topics. In an open discussion the participants will be able to direct questions to the experts and discuss different points of view. Click here for the program. Please register for the event until the 1st February 2010 at the latest by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
We are looking forward to stimulating conversations with you!

12th February 2010:Annual Hamburg Senate prize giving in the Hamburg town hall.

The organizers of Warnemünder Woche have recently published the programme for the Bornholm/ hOO regatta. Races will start on SATURDAY, 3 July 2010, with the Warnemünde Cup, a middle-distance race on the Mecklenburg Bay. It will be followed by Up&Down Races on Sunday. The highlight of the series, the Round Bornholm long distance race, will be started on Monday, 5 July 2010. It is a long standing tradition of this third longest regatta of the Baltic IRC series, that the participants will have to decide by themselves whether they will round the island of Bornholm clockwise or anti-clockwise, which has always been a major tactical challenge. Due to the fact that the Baltic Sea mostly provides strong winds from either westerly or easterly directions the Round Bornholm Race has year by year proved to be a great challenge for the skills and endurance of participating crews in real offshore conditions. Furthermore the race record set by Klaus Murmanns former Baltic 56 "UCA" of 28 hours 37 minutes is still waiting to be broken.

GER 4070, Uijuijui, Rainbow 42, Friedrich Hausmann, HSC

Big Boat Challenge is organized by Kerteminde Yacht club as an invitation event for Big Boats, sized up to 60 feet.This new race concept was first time organized in 2009. The Event was a great success and we are pleased to announce the Big Boat Challenge 2010, in the days 22-23.may 2010. Big Boat Challenge includes 5 short course races on the Kerteminde Bay Area.Invitation will be send during January to the most active Big Boat teams in Germany and Scandinavia. Number of Boats will be limited to 50. After having received the first 40 registrations, the Race committee will award another 10 places to Teams on request. Big Boat Challenge 2010 is the first event in the new circuit Hanseboot IRC Baltic Open. Kerteminde Yacht Club looks forward to greeting skippers and crews in May and together celebrating the success of the Big Boat Challenge 2010.


DEN 19294, Visione, JV 41, Per Weiskvist, Kerteminde Sejlklub

In 2009, Lauri Tammik & Crew with their A40RC have proved to be the undisputable “King of Gulf of Finland”, winning the IRC class championships (Hanko), the Volvo Suursaari Race and the Helsinki-Tallinna Race!
We are really eager about his performance in the Baltic Circuit 2010!










EST 608, CHARISMA, A40RC, Lauri Tammik, Kalevi JK

Mark Mills (Naval Architect, Mills Design Ltd.):
"We are very proud of the Landmark 43, our latest high performance IRC Cruiser/Racer. The design builds on our unparalleled experience with winning-dual purpose IRC designs both custom and production to offer true performance cruising comfort and outstanding results on the race course. This design reflects not only our devotion to high performance design, but also our aesthetic drive to create dynamic high performance yachts of stunning visual appeal."

Evidence for Mark Mills' successful ideas is the ALEGRE. The IRC 68 Mini-Maxi has just won the 2009 Rolex Middle Sea Race overall!



NOR 12243, KRISTIN, Landmark 43, Dag Skarsgard, Asker

How does the Hanseboot Award Scoring work?

Shortly after the idea of the Baltic IRC Circuit was born, the basic principles of evaluating a scoring system had been defined. These are the following:

• Competitors are not forced to compete in every event of the Baltic IRC Circuit
• Only the two best results will be used to evaluate a ranking of the fleet (test the calculator)
• Additional points will be given for participating in races of foreign countries

The basic idea behind is, that we try to create a motivation for sailors to participate in races in different countries. This is the reason why we are implementing the additional points which will be given for visiting foreign races.

The organizers of Germany's longest and most exigent offshore race have confirmed their participation in the Hanseboot IRC Baltic Open 2010.

The fact that Pantaenius usually equips each of the 60 to 70 yachts with a bottle of "Skagen Rum" after the skippers meeting is evidence enough for the occasionally tough and “frosty” conditions.

The Pantaenius Round Skagen Race will start on Heligoland on 24th May, 2010.






GER 5970, HEXE, German Frers 81, Norbert Plambeck, Seglerveinigung Cuxhaven

The fastest german racing-yachts in the Baltic, the R&P 57 Schokakola (Uwe Lebens) and the Elliott 52 canting keel Outsider (Tilmar Hansen) have registered today for the Baltic IRC Circuit. The main events are Round Skagen, Round Fyn and Round Gotland, so they can expect extra points for racing in three countries.











GER 5676, Outsider, Elliott 52 canting, Tilmar Hansen, Kieler Yacht Club, Kiel