The Royal Swedish Yacht Club activities

THE ROYAL SWEDISH YACHT CLUB (KSSS) ACTIVITIES

Annual report 2017/2018

The Royal Swedish Yacht Club Board of Directors hereby present the Annual Report for the 2017-11-01 — 2018-10-31 fiscal year.

MEMBERS AND REGISTERED BOATS At the end of 2017 (fiscal year -ended 2018-10-31, the number of members and the registered boats in the boat register were entered as followed:

Senior Members, Paying

Senior Members, Fee Exempt

Senior Members with 10-year membership

Senior Members, Total

Junior Members, Paying

Junior Members, Permanent

Total Junior Members

Members, total

Sailboats, Registered

Motorboats, Registered

Registered Boats, Total 2017/2018 2016/2017

2 804

381

14 3 288

392

12

3 199 3 692

1 592

426 1 625

417

2 018 2 042

5 217

476

333

809 5 734

532

367

899

Since the last Annual Meeting the following Club Members have deceased: HKH Prins Henrik av Danmark, Carl Ahlgren, Olle Appelberg, Göran Axelsson (2016), Lisbeth Bergstedt, Kent Blom, Carl Bolinder, Carsten Bratt, Kurt Decker, Iris Dergalin Lenner, Sigvard Giulianetti, Per Holmberg, Janne Karlsson, Torbjörn Lindmark, Bengt Nilsson, Åke Ortmark, Stefan Qviberg, Ove Runeskär, Bo Rutberg, Gunnar Samuelsson, Gunnar Tellås and Birgitta Åkerlund.

THE ROYAL SWEDISH YACHT CLUB (KSSS) ACTIVITIES

Dear Members,

Your board had an active year. Following our annual meeting on 14 March 2018, the partially new board prepared for an exciting year ahead. We held five minuted meetings during the year, in addition to which, a large number of activities were conducted by respective committees and our strong administrative team. We also held our annual strategy meeting in September, during which we followed-up on our ongoing five-year strategy, as well as deciding to focus on three key areas: Members, Quality, and Sustainability. We look forward to taking our work in these areas forward in the coming year.

The year was exceptionally eventful, as has so often been the case in KSSS’ 188-year-long history. Our youth camps were well-attended and extremely popular. We held three confirmation camps on Långholmen, and no fewer than six youth sailing camps on Lökholmen. This was in addition to a large number of training activities held during spring and autumn in Saltsjöbaden and Ranängen. We also ran our hugely popular instructor camp, to which the number of applicants continues to rise year after year. We’re delighted that so many people want to be involved and contribute to the continued development of young people in sailing.

A new concept was tested last year, the “Långholm Camp”, through the Activity Committee. This is a shorter camp format to which we want to invite children who would perhaps not normally have the opportunity to attend camps or get to sail. The Junior Committee also took a robust and bold decision to bring forward the start date for registration for future camps to 15 November. This has been welcomed by parents who can now relax on New Year’s morning! Once again, interest in camps for 2019 and 2020 was strong, which was extremely pleasing.

There was also plenty of sail racing, both at home in Sweden and internationally. KSSS held 17 sail racing events during the season: everything from smaller events, major inshore races, to the ÅF Offshore Race and Sweden’s largest dinghy regatta, the KSSS Olympic Class Regatta (KSSS OCR), which last year was held in conjunction with the Junior Swedish Championship over two weekends. Both the ÅF Offshore Race and KSSS OCR/ Junior Swedish Championship broke entry records, but more importantly, we received enormously positive feedback from participants.

Traditionally, the club has organized cruising sailing in the Stockholm archipelago and there has been a lot of guests in our harbours. This was also the case with the new KSSS guest harbour at Telegrafholmen.

Our members also enjoyed international racing success. Everything from world and European championship medals, to several Nordic and Swedish titles were claimed for the Club. Meanwhile, at home, we won the Swedish Championship for Yacht Clubs (Allsvenskan Segling) yet again – for the second consecutive year and the third time in four years. An impressive performance from a team with great breadth, both in terms of age, a good mix of girls and boys, and some great sailing know-how.

Furthermore, our excellent elite team was out working

hard at a variety of international sail races. The team enjoyed a strong start to the spring with victory in the Sailing World Cup for our 470-team of Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström. The same team also later won European Championship, on top of which, Jesper Stålheim in the Laser picked up a European Championship bronze. At Kieler Woche in June, we had the pleasure of seeing Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström, Julia Gross and Hanna Klinga and Josefin Olsson on the podium. During the autumn, Josefin continued to show her true calibre with a silver at the Sailing World Cup in Japan.

We are now also seeing the next wave of slightly younger elite sailors making their mark internationally, such as our two Nacra 17 teams, and Vilma Bobeck and Malin Tengström in 49erFX who took a convincing gold at the Junior World Championships in September; and Johannes Petterson who became second-placed Junior at the Finn World Championship.

Lastly, we have the next level of budding sailors already at Optimist age. For example, KSSS took silver in the Optimist European Championship in team racing. Overall, our prospects look good both in the immediate future in the runup to the 2020 Olympics, and with new talents with their own Olympic dreams in the slightly longer term. I would encourage all members to be especially proud that we have the privilege of having such great sailing talents in our club!

We also organised a variety of social events for members, including a members’ mingle at the ÅF Offshore Race, Lökholmens dag (centenary), a club mingle at Klubbarnas Klubb, and a members’ mulled wine party.

We continue to work on development and improvement within the Club. We want to improve the quality of all our activities. We believe that our members, our stewards, our employees and our guests, whether they are sail racers, camp participants or marina guests, will appreciate this. This is how we will cement our position as one of the world’s leading sailing clubs. This will be achieved by maintaining special focus on members and through an expanded approach to sustainability. All this is in line with our values: Leadership, Inclusivity, Responsibility, and Tradition. We have also started our journey towards being a more digital club, even if tradition remains central.

You, our honourable members, are truly the beating heart of our what we do. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who contributed in so many different ways to the Club in the past year. All parents, all stewards, and those who have donated to various important causes, and other members who make themselves available and get involved in different aspects of our activities.

On the following pages, we provide a more detailed information about the past year along with messages from our committees.

I wish you an enjoyable read, and I look forward to seeing you during the 2019 season.

With warm regards, your chairman, Patrik Salén

“For the past in the future.”

After what felt like an unusually long winter, the most avid dinghy sailors got their training underway at the beginning of April. Ambitious and eager Optimist and Laser sailors have become an increasingly common sign of spring on Baggensfjärd, which is great to see. Spring and early summer is a busy period when most classes organise qualification rounds ahead of the coming year’s championships, so it’s important to start training following the winter break.

KSSS held regular training sessions throughout the year for Optimist, Laser Standard /Radial/4.7, Moth/Waszp, F18 and J/70, and during autumn we finally started training for the club’s new 29er sailors. This has been one of the Training Committee’s (TK) goals and we hope to attract more people to join this training group.

In May, the traditional national selection for the Optimist class was held over two weekends, from which the overall result determined the qualifiers for the summer’s championships. KSSS’ skilled and ambitious Optimist sailors performed strongly ensuring that three sailors from KSSS – Melker Brenton, Calle Lagerberg and Hugo Liljegren – qualified for the Optimist World Championships in Cyprus. Brenton enjoyed a highly successful championship and was the best-performing Swedish sailor with an extremely creditable tenth place.

Three of the seven Swedish sailors who qualified for the European Championships in the Netherlands to coincide with the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race were from KSSS. Oscar Löfgren, Lova Forssen and Ida Elfving had a fantastic week with thrilling and challenging sailing, as well as a visit to the race village and an inspection of the VOR boats.

KSSS also had a number of sailors who took part in the Junior Nordic Championships in Båstad in early August. Båstad laid on some glorious summer weather and a pleasant sea breeze even though this didn’t make an appearance until the late afternoon. Following tightly fought sailings, Maxine Hjort sneaked bronze in Optimist Girls. Several Laser Radial and 4.7 sailors also competed successfully, and Albert Norlen, Rasmus Granzin and Hedvig Liljegren left Båstad with medals. Some of our new 29er crews also took the opportunity of making competitive debuts, which provided many valuable experiences and some useful swimming practice…

For the second consecutive year, KSSS organised one of the qualifiers for the Stockholm Cup for regional Optimist sailors in Ranängen in June. This was a well-attended event with more than 100 competitors, a highly positive development. Winds were rather light in the morning, but when the wind did pick up there was some excellent sailing on the waters off Djursholm. Many thanks to all stewards who participated in this event that has become an annual regatta in the competition calendar.

In conjunction with the Stockholm Cup, we took the opportunity of organising a “girl camp” with the Swedish Optimist association in an attempt to encourage young female sailors to continue to train and compete. The camp was a great success and we’re working on holding a similar gathering in 2019.

The weekend after Midsummer saw the premier of our new “Lilla ÅF Offshore Race” that was organised in conjunction with the ÅF Offshore Race, with Skeppsholmen as its base. Our ambition and goal with this competition was to attract new and experienced Optimist sailors to a fun and slightly different competition. After a great deal of discussion over the length of the course, amongst other things, a course was

sailed around Skeppsholmen with the finish line being the Skeppsholmen bridge. The event was a hit with competitors and spectators, so we plan to develop this event and hope to see a slightly larger starting line-up in 2019.

It is encouraging to see that KSSS now has a larger group of Laser sailors than it has done for many years. Most younger sailors choose the Laser 4.7 class when Optimist dinghies start to become too small. We’re also seeing more clubs encouraging this group of sailors to try Laser 4.7, which has seen these classes attract growing numbers of sailors. Some grow faster than others, however, and take the next step to Laser Radial and Laser Standard. Normally, these different classes train together, which results in a high quality of training for sailors.

During the year, some of the club’s Laser Juniors have been out and about and experienced some international competition at some of the many championships that are organised for the various Laser classes. Competitions such as these offer excellent experience and it’s great for sailors to sail in large starting line-ups you see in international championships. Many sailors have put in fine performances, but I would like to single out Ludde Lindqvist who managed to be the Laser sailor who, after a tough qualifying stage during which who would represent Sweden in the Youth Sailing World Championships in Texas wasn’t decided until the final sailing. Ludde represented Sweden and KSSS extremely well and finished in 16th place of 58 starters, well done!

Several of our juniors were also included on teams that represented KSSS at Swedish Championships for Yacht Clubs (Allsvenskan Segling) during the year. KSSS has varied crews for the various races and it is encouraging to see how many young and old sailors got together to help bring home over-

all victory to KSSS once again! KSSS will continue to alternate crews, so keep an eye out for when information about registering for these two competitions is released.

Another variant of the club competition is the “5-klubbsregattan”, which is an event that alternates between KSSS, GKSS, NJK, KDY and NKS, and is for club teams composed of juniors from the various clubs. In 2018, KDY was host club, and the competitions were held in J/70 in Copenhagen. It was a windy regatta, but the KSSS team, made up of Hedvig Liljegren (helmsman), Sofia Levin Håkansson, Axel Hallqvist and Erik Lenander won! In 2019, GKSS is host club and naturally we’re aiming to have a KSSS crew competing.

The Optimist European Team Racing Championship in Lago di Ledro in northern Italy is held every year at the end of August. Teams comprise of four sailors, two boys and two girls, and in last year’s team both the selected girls, Lova Forssen and Ida Elfving, were from KSSS. The Swedish team fought bravely and came home with a bronze!!! Many congratulations!

KSSS/TK’s greatest challenge last year was, without doubt, organising the Junior Swedish Championship in Saltsjöbaden. This is a major regatta and to be able to host this event in the best way for the sailors, KSSS decided early on to organise the event so that one-man dinghies sailed during one weekend at the end of August/beginning of September, and two-men dinghies competed in their Junior Swedish Championship in conjunction with the KSSS Olympic Class Regatta the first weekend in October.

The Junior Swedish Championship for one-man dinghies was a great success, and we’ve received a lot of positive feedback from sailors, instructors, parents and stewards. During the weekend, Optimist Boys, Optimist Girls, Zoom8, E-dinghy, Laser Radial Boys and Girls, Laser 4.7 Boys and Girls as well as Kona classes sailed, which required four course areas positioned across Baggensfjärden.

To encourage and attract younger sailors, we also organised sailings for Opti11 class, i.e. Optimist sailors under 12 years of age, on the bay south of Restaurangholmen. This was a very pleasant event with comprehensive run-throughs on land to explain start procedures and more for budding sailors. Gerd Castenfors, who acted as sailing supervisor, together with several of our dinghy parents and some of our instructors, created an exemplary event that certainly left many participants motivated to continue to train and compete.

JSM for two-men boats, i.e. 29er and RS Feva, was organised in parallel with KSSS Olympic Class Regatta the first weekend of October. In recent years, this regatta has grown and for the majority of active dinghy classes is the last regatta of the autumn in Sweden. Once again, we had large numbers of guest sailors from Finland and Norway, which meant that for the second consecutive year we had more than 500 sailors registered in the various classes.

Once we had digested all that had happened and the facts from these two major dinghy regattas, as committee chairman and project leader for these events, one is extremely proud and happy about what KSSS can achieve when we work together. We managed to offer all our sailors and guests some outstanding sailing and pleasant social events in the marina, so a big thank you to all those who have been involved in these events, and many thanks to COOP that helped us with food and drink during the JSM1 and JSM2/OCR, which are vital to ensure sailors and stewards are in a great mood in and around the marina.

Below some facts that shed light on the scale of the effort required to host two fantastic events: – Approx. 220 stewards – Approx. 7,400m of marker cord dropped into the water and positioned to ensure rounding markers and boats were in the correct position – 68 rounding markers – 192 sinkers and anchors across five course areas – 3,800 evening meals served to sailors and stewards – 1,400 breakfasts served to sailors – Provided five hours’ live coverage – Olympic chef on site who provided advice on nutrition, including recipes to all competitors – 387 JSM participants plus 56 Opti 11 Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to all the dedicated instructors, parents and administrators who put so much time and energy into making it possible for our sailors to train and compete at home and around the world. Their dedication is crucial for our sailors to be able to develop in the ways that they do.

We’re now looking ahead and at the time of writing, planning for 2019 has already started to take shape.

Fredrik Liljegren Chairman, KSSS Training Committee

The Training Committee plans and operates competitive sailing in dinghy, board and multihulled classes, and manages its related matters. One of the Training Committee’s duties is to take care of matters related to the development of the Club’s elite sailors.

The Ocean Racing Committee (Havskappseglingskommittén in Swedish, HKK) continue its focus on offshore sailing. The competitors has, as before, been a mixture of sailors with a broad background (multi-hull, shorthand, Volvo Ocean race sailors etc), and highly experienced and highly qualified officials.

In 2018, the committee planned four regattas: the Sandhamn Open, the ÅF Inshore Race, the ÅF Offshore Race and Höstmixen.

Sandhamn Open is the Club’s first major regatta held out in Sandhamn. It offers sailors as well as officials the opportunity to review routines and material on sea courses. As in previous years, the event was organised in collaboration with the Inshore Racing Committee (Bankappseglingskommittén, BKK) that held inshore races for F18, J/70 and Fareast 28R, while HKK offered a combination of distance and inshore races for ORCi and SRS-class. For this time, we also welcomed short-handed crews.

As was the case in 2017, ORCi and SRS-class were offered some degree of choice. Twenty boats opted to sail longer distance courses starting on Friday night and finishing on Saturday afternoon. The winner was Kristoffer Straume in his Mumm 36 Shogun who was 14 minutes faster than Johan Bratt with Solong. In third place, as well as being the best-performing short-handed boat, was Pär Lindforss and Nadine Kugel (Team Mobline). Those who chose not to sail the distance course had the option of racing inshore on the Saturday. Of six boats in SRS, Richard Isby clinched victory with Mithril with a 2-1-1 series. In the ORCi, 13 boats were vying for victory, but twelve of them had to see themselves passed time after time by Patrik Forsgren’s Team Pro4u (1-1-1).

On Sunday, the SRS boats ran an inshore race in the waters off Sandhamn. The winner was Mikael Gustavsson on Arcona 340 Mizar. The ORCi boats had time for three races. Once again, Team Pro4u set the pace with three straight wins. A total of 39 boats raced ORCi/SRS during the weekend, which continues the positive growth in numbers in recent years, (26 boats in 2017 and 25 boats in 2016).

The year’s ÅF Offshore Race was a sail racing celebration with fantastic organisation on Skeppsholmen during the days prior to start, and in Sandhamn afterwards. KSSS has the benefit of being able to collect a large group of dedicated and capable volunteers to all our events, especially to the ÅF Offshore Race. The work performed by the administrative team and volunteers alike is inspirational and its results are obvious to all, by sailors as well as spectators.

The day before, the traditional ÅF Inshore Race was held in the waters adjacent to Stockholm Ström. There were 51 boats on the start line, with an International Folkboat (IF), the smallest, and a Germany Brenta 55 as the largest. We also had the pleasure of seeing a greater number of multihull boats on the start line. Victory went to trimaran Jena with Bertil Claeson at the helm. The top five were rounded off with an Sk95 from the early 1900s, a contemporary catamaran (Nacra F20), a family-crewed (Linjett 34), and a light sport-boat (Melges 24). No handicap system can ever be entirely perfect, but when you have such variety in the standings you’re well on your way. In addition to the 51 ÅFIR participants, there was some spectacular racing by six Club Swan 50s that sailed the Nord Stream Race in parallel.

ÅFOR got underway in fresh, mostly northerly breezes that rapidly brought the boats out through the Stockholm archipelago. Of the 249 registered boats, 239 were at the

start line. These included 51 foreign boats, most of which were from Finland (24) and Germany (14). The harsh conditions quickly claimed victims. Already at Korsö Hals five boats had been forced to discontinue, and a further 41 decided to discontinue in the next 24 hours. Of these, only one cited “rough weather” as the cause, with most boats pulling out due to material damage. It is encouraging to see the sailors feeling confident and well prepared for harsh weather. Material breaking is always unavoidable. Another positive was that there were no serious personal injuries.

In the ORCi rules, in class B+C, KSSS boat Du Soleil II (IMX 40) beat Foxy Lady from Norrköping (also an IMX 40). The Big Boat class (ORCi A) was won for the second consecutive year by Estonian Cookson 50 Furiosa with skipper Rolf Relander.

In SRS A, the Mumm 36s performed strongly again, and Goose II took the top spot ahead of K.Yote. In SRS B, it was Christer Cederblad’s Dehler 36 Shakira that won, beating a creditable performance from Johan Karlson on Arconda 340 Tiki Minos. Among the smallest boats in SRS C, Finngulf 33 La Dolce Vita with Per Lindstedt at the helm beat last year’s overall winner, Boj-Boj (Peter Forslund, Scampi). SRS Double-Handed was won by Arcona 430 Wilma with Klas Ionzon on Figoro second. Tutalör!

The battle for overall victory (SRS-class) was hard-fought. For some considerable time, it looked as though the first boat over the line, Furiosa, would take overall victory again this year, but Du Soleil II seized the advantage when they passed the finish line, just ahead of Goose II. The young crew on Goose were, following a recount, four minutes behind Du Soleil. This left Fredrik Hertzman and crew to claim their second ÅF Offshore Race overall victory, their first being back in 2007. 2018 was not an easy year for anyone, but perhaps it felt extra tough for multihull boats. Of ten starters, five made it to the finish with ÅFIR winner Bertil Claeson on Jena taking the honours. Even the classics saw their fields thinned. After eight of tvelve starting boats finished it could be confirmed that Refanut had broken Ballad’s four-year run of victories.

Unfortunately, the season’s concluding sail racing for HKK, Höstmixen, had to be cancelled due to a crowded sail racing calendar with competing races resulting in too few registrations. Things will be different in 2019!

The Fleet Sailing Committee plans and conducts fleet racing in the skerries of keelboats and handles issues in conjunction to the area. The Committee collaborates with other clubs both in Sweden and abroad and with the Government agencies who oversee fleet sailing.

The work of the Inshore Racing Committee (Bankappseglingskommitté in Swedish, BKK) centres on organising and developing KSSS keel boat regattas with the aim of being Sweden’s top inshore racing organiser and a leading organiser of international sailing events. We achieve this through a variety of activities, including:

Improving the quality of regatta organisation at sea and on land Regularly hosting Swedish and international championships Developing the skill sets of our officials Working proactively to increase the proportion of female yachtsmen and officials

For several years, the BKK has featured six regular regattas in its event programme, which starts in April and ends with the KSSS Club Championship in October. In addition, the committee co-organises single-class races at the Sandhamn Open with the Ocean Racing Committee (HKK). Towards the end of last year, the BKK and HKK formed a joint working group to develop a common sail racing programme, co-ordinate the roles of officials, and share policies on technologies and materials.

In many ways, 2018 was a record year for the BKK: we had greater numbers of participating boats, classes and yachtsmen at virtually all of our regattas than in previous years. In all, almost 900 sailors in 190 boats in 15 classes competed during the year, and some 100 officials made invaluable contributions to make our fantastic events possible.

The first regatta of the year was, as usual, the one-day “Vårrulle” regatta, which is also used as a training exercise for officials and sailing directors. Of the two starting classes – J/70 and Fareast 28R – only the latter succeeded in completing a sailing in light winds on the Baggensfjärden in the Stockholm archipelago.

The KSSS Saltsjöbadsregatta was held at the end of May. In its 104th year, this is one of the world’s oldest annual recurring regattas. For many years, the regatta has also been a meeting point for our older single-classes such as Dragon, Starboat, Neprunkryssare and Folkboat. Over the years, the re-

gatta has developed and now also welcomes Express class entrants.

This year’s regatta made an uncertain start in still conditions on Saturday morning, but in the afternoon a nice southerly early summer breeze picked up and the rest of the weekend offered the perfect mix of summer warmth and favourable winds.

The Sandhamn Open was held at the beginning of June, an event for which the BKK has long organised single-class inshore races. In 2018, F18, Fareast 28R and J/70 were the participating classes, with F18 and J/70 sailing a course via Svängen off Korsö, while Fareast 28R sailed the same course as the keel boats in the ORCi and SRS out at Revenge.

The climax of the summer for classic yachts since 2016 has been the Sandhamnsregattan by Bluewater, which last year drew 25 large wooden boats for three days’ sailing off Sandhamn. The regatta is also KSSS regatta for Swedish and international championships, and in 2018 it was time for the J/70 Nordic Championship with 22 competing boats from Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Thursday’s sailing had perfect conditions with sun and light winds, with the Classic boats competing in a distance course out to sea off Sandhamn, while the J/70s did a threelane race at Svängen. On Friday, it was so windy that all sailing was abandoned on safety grounds. Saturday’s final sailings were completed in gusts of up to 10-12m/s making for challenging conditions for Classic and J/70 yachtsmen. J/70 NoM competitors finished four lane sailings, and Classic competitors completed two distance sailings with the finish line at Kanholmsfjärden. As tradition dictates, the weekend was rounded off with a tremendous party and regatta dinner at the Sandhamn Seglarhotell.

Since 2016, the Indian Heat Regatta by Aruba has been the regatta that traditionally brings an end to the sail racing season in Stockholm for larger keel boats. In 2018, competitor numbers reached record-highs with 22 boats ranging in length from 33 to 50 feet. Race organisers decided that all boats were to start at the same time making for a crowded start and course, with skippers and crews forced to show their boat-handling skills in high winds. With gusts of up to 28-30 knots, starts, roundings and finishes were especially dramatic, leaving maintenance teams and sailmakers with plenty to do after the weekend had finished. In the regatta’s third year, KSSS and its sponsors have demonstrated that it is possible to offer extremely good sailing for large boats in expansive starting line-ups in Baggensfjärden, and an event that is only surpassed on land by ÅF Offshore Race Village. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsor, Aruba Networks, yachtsmen and officials were given breakfast and after-sail both days, as well as a subsidised regatta meal on Saturday.

BKK’s last major regatta of the year is Oktoberpokalen, co-organised with Sune Carlsson Varv, the highpoint of which is not, in fact, the sailing but the traditional “Oktoberfest” held in the Marina premises on Saturday evening. Large numbers of visitors, from Umeå, the west coast of Sweden, Denmark and Åland along with plenty of familiar names such as Max Salminen and Jesper Stålheim, testify to the high quality of the dinner and regatta.

The KSSS Club Championship on 20 October was going to have been sailed with J/70s for the first time, 10 teams had gathered at Sjövillan, but without a breath of wind to be had, there was for it but to kickback sailing-style with carat racing and goulash soup for lunch.

Now we’re looking forward to the 2019 racing season –

one that promises some new developments. The Vårrulle is changing its name to Spring Break and will be a training race as part of the training weekend for officials. The Saltsjöbadsregatta is adding another course and will include at least seven classes. The aim is to make the regatta the biggest spring event in Saltsjöbaden for young and old single-classes with some 400 yachtsmen in more than 100 boats.

Single-class racing at the Sandhamn Open is being phased out because the format of the entire regatta will be changed in 2019 into an ocean-going race for keel boats and multihulls. The Sandhamn Open will thereby be part of KSSS’ focus on large keel boats in 2019, with events such as the ÅF Offshore Race and the Swedish Open Offshore Championship during the Sandhamnsregattan, as well as participation by KSSS officials and yachtsmen in the ORC European Championship in Oxelösund. Single-class racing at the Sandhamn Open will return from 2020 in a championship format.

The Sandhamnsregattan will see the return of the Classic class for the fourth consecutive year, and this year’s regatta will be a dress rehearsal for 2020 when KSSS will host the classic 12m R boats that celebrate the 100-year anniversary since the class last participated in the Olympic Games in Belgium. We anticipate that the marina will be packed for the 2020 Sandhamnsregattan, so 2019 participants will have priority to register for the 2020 regatta.

The Swedish Open Offshore Championship will also be held during the Sandhamnsregattan with boats of the 3050 feet over three days. The regatta will be something of a pre-European Championship because the ORC European Championship will be held the following week in Oxelösund which is why we’re anticipating more boats from our Nordic neighbours.

Indian Heat Regatta by Aruba concludes the keel boat season in Saltsjöbaden and if participation continues to increase as it has done on recent years, there will be two starting groups and it’ll be more the merrier at Sjövillan and at home. Oktoberpokalen goes from strength to strength in co-operation with Carlsson Varv as interest in Starbåtar continues to grow. As a result of our, and the Carlsson family’s involvement in this class, and the fantastic results that KSSS and Carlsson Varv have achieved, Star Yachtsmen League is set to top the bill at Saltsjöbaden 2020.

As usual, KSSS’ keel sailing season concludes with the Club Championship. In 2019, BKK is organising the event with TK in a new format that includes separate days for elite classes and family classes during the weekend. As in previous years, KM will also be sailed for Optimist competitors on one of the days to allow more members of all ages to get together and increase club togetherness.

Warm nautical greetings, KSSS Inshore Racing Committee 2018

Johan Rockström, Chairman Carmen Eserblom Lena Gustavsson Jonas Hallberg Per Skoog Per Lundqvist (Adjunct)

The main purpose of the Offshore Racing Committee is to promote and develop offshore racing within KSSS and conduct first-class international events.