Lake sailors won the Soling title at Hankø
Farkas Litkey, Kàroly Vesèr, Kristòf Wossala won the Soling World Championships 2024 after the last two races sunday.Nergaard, Horn Johanessen and Barne best of the Scandinavians with a bronze medal. The final races in this year’s world championship for Solings were more exciting than expected with ranking changes after two difficult races wherestrong currents and […]
The sailing on Saturday has been cancelled
There was no sailing on the second last day of the World Championships due to strong wind.
Drama in high seas off Hankø
Kristian Nergaard broached and was thrown into the sea.It could have gone really bad when Nergaard, who had built up a clear lead in today’s first World Championship race went into a dangerous broach and was thrown into the water. Fortunately, he got hold of a line that he clung to and was pulled back […]
Easy, yet difficult on Hankø
Day two of the Soling WC offered many challenges. Dag Usterud solved them brilliantly and won both races. The organizer chose to postpone the start for Soling in anticipation of steady winds. It came gradually and when the race could finally start, the wind was blowing steadily north-west at 6-11 knots. The line favored the […]
Terje Wang (Norway) in the lead after day 1
The Hankø race course presented itself from its very best when the World Champonship for Soling was kicked off today, Tuesday 26 June. 37 sailors from 11 nations filled the fjord with colorful spinnakers in a steady southerly wind of 8-12 knots. The first race developed into a dogfight between BRA78 with Nelson Ilha, Manfredo […]
Follow the Event
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Tune-up and opening ceremony
Pictures from the tuneup race and opening ceremony tuesday 25th June: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBwM1e Video interview with Prinicipal Race Officer after the tuneup race:
Ready for the Soling Worlds at Hankø
A new World Championship in sailing will kick off at Hankø. 38 teams from 11 nations in the Soling class are present on the regatta island in Fredrikstad to compete for the World Championship gold. The countries represented are Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, the United Kingdom, the USA, Brazil, France, Germany, and Canada. […]
Measurement days
We are finally kicking off the Soling World Championship at Hankø. We started with measurements yesterday and will continue with that tomorrow and on Tuesday. On Tuesday, there will be a tune-up before the championship itself begins on Wednesday. This is going to be an awesome week.
Reklamerte for Soling-VM i USA:
– Norway is waiting for you Harald Hilde, Kjell Arne Haakonsen og Jens Petter Andresen var i september på Soling-VM i USA, der de kombinerte deltagelse med å reklamere for vårt eget Soling-VM neste år. Av Christian Ruscetta VM i Soling 2023 ble arrangert mellom 17.-23.september hos Milwaukee Yacht Club (MYC) i USA. 22 båter […]