HUN 11 Process Solutions & the 5^th title

Farkas Litkey, Karoly Vezer, Kristoff Wossala are the new Soling World Champions, in a memorable fleet with level and trajectory. The team placed high their Process Solutions HUN 11 winning the title for Farkas the fifth (2013,2015,2017,2019) and now for the first time in an even year. The title came with a great flavor, in a difficult fleet with so many talented sailors including Olympic, World & European Champions, like Farkas himself (OG Finn Class - 1996), or Anders Ostre Ped ...  read more

Strong winds at the third racing day

Hanko presented a great racing day, even when sun was not in the list, it came out together with the wind, and rolling swell. Two races were held, a few boats could not finish, others decided to not compete. After the day ended a discard started to count in the overall results, shaking the one. At the first race team Equilibrium BRA 78 sailed by class president Nelson Ilha, Manfredo Floricke and Leonardo Maryhofer took the bullet, they were followed by Process Solutions team HUN 11 with  ...  read more

Light winds at the second day of racing

Local knowledge was a key factor at this beautiful Norwegian summer day, two races were accomplished by the race officer Nina Myhre in which the last one was shortened at the upwind beat. The Olympic sailor in 1984 Dag Usterud sailing with Torgeir Pedersen and Terje Sorteberg in their recently acquired NOR 66 showed all cards and obtained two bullets in the day, catapulting them to lead overall. It was real difficult sailing where gains and losses were clear only after each rounding and  ...  read more

Two races in a beautiful day with Brazilian taste

The wind as forecasted was a southerly light breeze that by moments topped the 12 knots, with a blue sky and typical summer temperatures for the fjords welcomed the 11 nations competing for the 2024 Soling Worlds being held at Hanko and island amongst many at the Norwegian fjords close to Oslo. Each one of the Brazilian teams taking part at the World Championship had its bullet today, showing their commitment to the class, the training and time spent not only by the teams but also their c ...  read more

A real practice day

After 3 general recalls, the last one under black flag, finally the practice race could start in a steady breeze from the south with 12-14 knots, for sure with a few more boats already OCS. Nice rolling swell and perfect conditions for a Soling with two crews hiking hard, no sun but not cold. The right side it seems to have paid off although the current had already started to flood in. NOR 131 with Nergaard/Barne/X showing their training and local knowledge and rounding the weather mark first ...  read more

Inspection time at the Worlds almost over.

It’s 6:30 pm on the deck of the Hanko Yacht Club. The sun is still high in the almost cloudless sky and everyone’s squinting from its sharp sparkle. Measurement is almost completed across the channel in Vikane, and 31 boats are rafted up in front of the club with a few more getting ready to come over. Ribs are busy ferrying boats and people back and forth. Sailors are catching up and making ready for tomorrow’s practice race. Today a dozen or so boats headed out around the east side of  ...  read more

The Bergen (NOR) fleet stronger day by day under the HTFU sessions

The Solingfleet in the West of Norway got its start, (in recent times) in 2019-20 when a slightly tired NOR 137 came to Bergen. After an attempt with good towing assistance and support from prime mover Christian Rieder in Oslo, the boat was sold to Lillehammer after two seasons of polishing and upgrading. Without more Soling boats here in the west, it was a bit strange to participate in the bog boats regatta as a lonely swallow. The rather active environment in Askøy Sailing Club has a lon ...  read more