the superior Daimler-Benz campaign AeroSail. The final German team then consisted of Willy Illbruck’s Pinta, AeroSail’s ILC 40 Anemos and Friese’s Mumm 36 Thomas-I-Punkt. Once again, the Germans were the bookmaker’s favourites to win the Admiral’s Cup. In the end they had to line up in third behind Italy and the United States. ‘But the Germans were world class in preparation’, said Alan Green, director of racing at the Royal Ocean Racing Club at the time, and who had a good understanding of how valuable training and racing in the North Sea had always been. In the years that followed, the


North Sea Week felt the consequences of the dying IOR scene and the fading light of Admiral’s Cup. The face of the North Sea Week slowly changed reflecting the European development in big boat sailing. The number of participants went up and down. In 1994 the famous Round


Skagen Race had a new sponsor, the international yacht insurer Pantaenius. Its boss Harald Baum has competed in more than 30 editions of the race, always relying on his Swan 48 Elan, built in 1973. This year, the well-maintained warhorse won the offshore race for the third time in the history of the North Sea Week, skippered by his son Daniel Baum. Family tradition is an important facet of the regatta series. Father Harald Baum has always described the Pantaenius Round Skagen race as the “race of


Top: sailing into a North Sea sunset, the quality of the light is spectacular. Above: the classic S&S Swan 48 Elan, owned by the Baum family of Pantaenius Insurance, has won the Round Skagen Race three times


his life”. In 2010 he said, shortly before the starting signal for his 27th


participation was given: ‘the


Pantaenius Round Skagen Race is anything but an ordinary long- distance race. It is the only real offshore race that Germany has to offer, and it passes through three very different sea areas. ‘The North Sea from Helgoland


to Hanstholm is a shelf sea, rarely deeper than 20 - 30 metres, with correspondingly hard swells and bottom seas in the prevailing westerly winds. ‘The Skagerrak is the tongue of


the Atlantic with water depths up to 1,000 metres and shallow bays on Jutland’s coasts, such as the Jammer Bucht which does not have its name without reason: “Jammer” means “whining” and refers to the many seafarers who ran aground on


the lee shores of this area. ‘I have experienced wave heights of up to 18 metres, as well as the most peaceful pastel colours that only the North has to offer. Unforgettable. ‘Finally after rounding the


Skagen buoy is the Baltic Sea, moody but never boring with many opportunities and options for tricky tactics as at Læsø, and in the Great Belt under Langeland, until Kiel lightship is finally passed on the port side. Each time, a unique challenge,’ Baum concludes. The race starts at the Red Rock


in the middle of the North Sea. Helgoland’s latitude is 54°10’53”, longitude: 7°53’10”. The Pantaenius Round Skagen


Race as well as the North Sea Week itself are once again attracting more and more record chasers and international participants. This year,


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