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The Archipelago Raid was started in 2001 and is now in it¹s 7th year.
It is a 300 500 mile extreme race through the 100,000 islands of the Swedish,
Åland and Finnish Archipelago region on F18 catamarans.
Teams compete in a prologue race that takes place from Kungliga Djurgårdsförvaltningen, Stockholm Bjono on Sunday 29th July.
The race itself starts from Bjono on Monday 30th July.
They then race to four different locations along the
course for overnight¹ stops:
* Fejan Skärgårdskrog & Konferens in the Stockholm archipelago, 30th of July
* Lappo in the Åland archipelago, 31st of July
* Nagu Muncipality in the Finnish archipelago, 1st of August
* ÅSS, the Yacht Club in the Åland archipelago, 2nd of August
* Seglarhotellet Sandhamn the arrival in the Stockholm archipelago, 3rd of
August
Teams from 10 countries around the world will take part including:
UK, USA, Germany, Finland, Sweden, France, Belguim, Australia, New Zealand, Norway.
In this years event there will be 29 teams with 13 taking part for the first
time and 16 returning from previous editions.
Partners:
Unilever Nissan
Supplier: Sailracing (clothing) Askeladden / Huges Marina (Boats) Sjöassistans
Tracking system: Livetracker Hamnen.se
Yacht clubs: ÅSS, Åland Island Yacht Club LSS, Lidingö Yacht Club
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Fotos: Th.Martinez
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