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6 mR mark rounding

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:10:14 +0000

Jari put together this piece of youtube art from the Sunday photos.

2009 Musto Classic Regatta

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:11:59 +0000

Arranged by Brändö Seglare, the Musto Classic Regatta attracted an entry of 53 boats.

Pictures from Sunday 30.8.2009 all taken from the tip of Katajanokka with a Canon 20D and a 70-200/4L lens.

Helsinki Model Expo 2009

admin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:33:06 +0000

See also pictures and videos from past years:

Finngulf 39 radio yacht

admin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:57:19 +0000

Markku Siivinen from Helsinki, Finland, has built two of these exquisitely detailed 1:10 Finngulf 39 scale models. Length 140 cm, height ca 180cm, beam 37 cm. They weigh about 9.5 kg of which 4 kg is in the keel.

MicroMagic sailing

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:12:16 +0000

The fifth MicroMagic ranking race was sailed today in Vuosaari. Due to the location of the sailing water the wind came with variable strength from a variable direction in all races. I was sailing a loaned boat, and will do so in two weeks time at the national event also (20+ entries I hear!). Might think about a microMagic of my own during the spring (no promises...). Results to appear here.

Pictures by Jorma Ojama.

Provoke Open 70

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:16:11 +0000

Veikko Rihu from Provoke has produced these two 1:17-scale radio controlled yachts modeled after Volvo Open 70 boats.

The boats are moulded in carbon and feature a 45-degree canting ballast. Length is 1339mm and beam 350mm. The displacement is 6.3kg with about 4.7kg in the keel, fin, and canting-electronics.

Finnish Zoom and Optimist nationals

admin — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:05:38 +0000

NJK hosted the 2008 Finnish championships for 38 Zoom dinghies and 114(!) Optimists over this weekend. The pictures are from the Zoom course on Sunday. Results here and here.

Helsinki Boatshow 2008

admin — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:13:23 +0000

The 2008 Helsinki Boatshow started yesterday with a day for press and other VIPs. Four Micro-Magic boats were sponsored by the Finnish Sailing Federation and its parters, and on Friday a few of the Finnish Olympic sailors got together for some racing in the pool. The show is now open until Sunday 17th, and the Finnish Micro-Magic sailors are sailing in the pool 2-3 times per day for 30 minutes at a time. This pool is a bit smaller, 4.5x9.5 m, than the one at Model Expo last year, but we found some better fans for generating wind. They seem to create less turbulence and a smoother wind across the pool.

Trimaran on Foils

admin — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:33:39 +0000

A fast but unstable way of radio-sailing.

MicroMagic's in Vuosaari

admin — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:25:28 +0000

There's a new area around Vuosaari in Helsinki being developed and they've built a number of channels/ponds close to a park and the golf course. Google map view here.

8 boats, possibly the largest gathering of MicroMagic's so far in Finland, showed up for some friendly racing today. I tried it too for two races. The boat is very light and responsive, and you really have to react to the gusts of wind. At low speed on a beat I found the boat drifting to leeward quite heavily.

The sailing site with buildings, bridges, etc. around meant that the wind was of variable strength and coming from variable directions.

Two boats heeling over while the others wait for wind.

No rescue boat was used, the marks were just pushed out from the bank/bridge with a long pole.

It looks like we will have a number of these boats for next season, and the action probably starts at Model Expo 2008 (like this year), with hopefully a number of regattas through the summer.

Results will probably appear on the Finnish MicroMagic site.