Jens Dolmer’s crew on the VO70 L4/Trifork were the pre-race favourites for the Round Skagen record. They sailed a promising course for a long time before they were slowed in the windless Baltic. So the 22-year-old record continues to stand. In 2020, Dr. Klaus Murmann's


Baltic 67 Uca mastered the course in only one day, 19 hours and 26 seconds. Since then, many elite crews have cut their teeth on it. The next chance to break it will come in the super-sailing year of 2024, when Olympic medals will be contested off Marseille in the summer, followed by the America's Cup off Barcelona and the Vendée Globe starting in the fall. Why not open the season with a special record attempt? The North SeaWeek organisers will be well prepared. Today, their


rejuvenated and strong teamof 50 organises the series and the biannual Pantaenius Round Skagen Race. The teamis led by the experienced event directorMarcus Boehlich and race director Albert Schweizer, who himself competed in the North SeaWeek a record- breaking 36 times before he swapped sides in 2017 and now ensures good sport for the wide range of competitors. Fifteen very different races to and fromHelgoland as well as beautiful racing around the “Long Anna”, as Helgoland people and everyone else call the 47- metre high red sandstone sea stack at the northwest tip of the German North Sea island – it all adds up to a multi-faceted event which is the cradle of the German ocean sailing. Competitors of all backgrounds can choose between racing in the


Above: North Sea Week is once again drawing a very large and diverse fleet of competitors. Below: the iconic red sandstone sea stack Lange Anna provides a dramatic backdrop for many of the start and finish lines


family cruiser division, being part of the beautiful classic fleet or living out their ambitions in one of the ORC club groups.More than 100 yachts andmore than 1,000 sailors were part of this year’s emotional and captivating comeback of the North SeaWeek after two years of forced pandemic pause. The euphoria was contagious. The organisers have their ears to


the ground. They never stop creating new formats in reaction to the latest developments on the scene. The 2022 anniversary edition saw the first and successful tests with a remote-controlled Smartmark buoy, which is also used in the leading TP52 circuit. The North Sea Week team is now looking into additional concepts for opening the week to more international competition. ‘We’d love to welcome more


participants from the Netherlands and Belgium, the UK and also Scandinavia. Helgoland offers highly attractive racing and a great spot to get together as a European sailing community and enjoy the sport together’, says Albert Schweizer. While the 2022 North Sea Week


marked the 100th anniversary of the series, plans for the next edition are well under way. Among the ideas to combine North Sea sailing with high-class and exciting racing is a new North Sea offshore format that will be staged in the odd-numbered years while the Pantaenius Round Skagen Race is held in even years. With the new ORC multihull rule already in sight, it won’t be long before the first multihulls show up off Helgoland and attack the Pantaenius Round Skagen record. www.nordseewoche.org


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