Archive for September, 2010

2010 IOM Nordic Championships – Day 2

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Twelve more races were sailed today in a slightly stronger southerly no1 wind.

Some videos shot from the mark-boat with a Nokia N95 phone-camera:

2010 IOM Nordic Championships – Day 1

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

9 skippers (6 FIN, 3 SWE) gathered at NJK Björkholmen just outside Helsinki for the first of two days in the 2010 Nordic IOM Championship. A grey and overcast day with +14C and steady no1 rig wind. Twelve races were completed today and 12 more are scheduled for tomorrow.

Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/anders.e.e.wallin/2010IOMNordicChampionships

IOM Nordic Championship trophy

Friday, September 10th, 2010

This trophy from Norsk Modelseilförening has been in rotation since 1946. First in the “0.8m class”, since 1981 in the Radio Marblehead class, and since 2004 in the IOM-class.