Volvo Baltic Race is a yacht race held in the Baltic Sea, sponsored by Volvo. It has been held in 2003 and 2004 as training series for VO60 ships, targeting the Volvo Ocean Race.
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Volvo Baltic Race, for the SEB Trophy is a three-week sprint version of Volvo Ocean Race. It will either be taking part in, or be in port at the same time, as three of Northern Europe's biggest events: Kiel Week, Germany, The Swedish Match Cup in Marstrand, Sweden, and the Accenture Gotland Runt. Initiator is Viamare, the Swedish yacht and hotel conglomerate.
19/6 Inshore Race
20/6 Gothenburg - Copenhagen
23/6 Copenhagen - Kiel
25/6 W/L or Inshore Race
26/6 Kiel - Warnemünde - Sandhamn
1-2/7 Parade of Sail
4-6/7 Round Gotland Race
7/7 W/L Race
1. Sony Ericsson - Thomas Blixt,KSSS
2. Team Elanders - Matthew Humphries, KSSS
3. Avant - Mikael Lundh, KSSS
4. JMS Next Generation - Kjell-Inge Heiberg, KNS
5. AV-Teknik - Marko Murtic, Croatia
21/6 Leg 1 Eckenförde Race, 25 NM
22/6 Leg 2 WW/LW Kiel, 8 NM
23-26/6 Leg 3 Kiel-sandhamn, 470 NM
27/6 Parade of Sails Sandhamn
29/6-1/7 Leg 4 Accenture Gotland Runt, 340 NM
2/7 Leg 5 WW/LW Sandhamn, 8 NM
2-5/7 Leg 6 Sandhamn-Marstrand, 510 NM
1. RS - Earl Williams, KSSS
2. Sony Ericsson - Thomas Blixt, KSSS
3. Challenge of Netsurvey - Matthew Humphries, KSSS
4. Elanders/Ten Celsius - Hans Wallén, GKSS
5. Nilörn - Frederik Frejme, KSSS
6. Atea Jan Mortensen, SGYF
7. Pontona Youth - Thomas Dahl Jensen, Aarhus YC