News Archive

27.07.08

The regatta departs Klaipeda for Gdynia

Plenty of memorable images from the last 2 days aa the Baltic Sprint Cup departed Klaipeda for Gdynia. The image of 58 yachts departing from Klaipeda with a sizable crowd of...

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26.07.08

Putting the 5 senses to use at the Klaipeda Sea Festival

With the annual Klaipeda Sea Festival under way, the Baltic Sprint Cup sailors and race officials are seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting their way around the Sea...

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25.07.08

The second leg concludes as the Klaipeda Sea Festival begins

Friday morning in Klaipeda and all Baltic Sprint Cup yachts have now arrived in Lithuania.

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24.07.08

The yachts begin arriving in Klaipeda

The first yacht passed the finish line in Klaipeda earlier today during the second leg of the Baltic Sprint Cup 2008. The first crews now have a chance to experience Klaipeda...

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23.07.08

No whisky on the rocks today as the Baltic Sprint Cup sets sail for Klaipeda

After a few days in Karlskrona to regroup from a tough first leg, the Baltic Sprint Cup now moves on to Lithuania.

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21.07.08

From Travemünde to Karlskrona in pictures (Part 2)

A few more fantastic shots from Nico Krauss taken during the first leg of the Baltic Sprint Cup 2008. If you weren't there, we wish you were!

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21.07.08

From Travemünde to Karlskrona in pictures (Part 1)

The leg from Travemünde to Karlskrona was full of picture-perfect moments. Nico Krauss memorably captured just a few of them.

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21.07.08

All home in Karlskrona

Just past midnight this morning the last of the Baltic Sprint Cup yachts arrived in Karlskrona. The wind conditions meant it was a fairly compact leg, with just short of 13 hours...

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21.07.08

Baltic Sprint Cup's website is fully functioning once again...and more powerful than ever

Those visiting the Baltic Sprint Cup website during the last 40 hours probably noticed the website wasn’t functionally optimally - a problem that has since been resolved. In fact,...

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20.07.08

A tough night of racing...and the first yachts arrive at Karlskrona

Following a picture perfect start, albeit under cloudy skies, from Travemunde, Germany, the crews faced a tough night of racing with squalls, shifting winds, and thunderstorms as...

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Impressions

The fleet is ready for the first start at Travemünde (July 19th, 2008)
Federal Minister of Transport of Germany, Wolfgang Tiefensee and Event Director Henning Rocholl
Tough start for leg 2 at Karlskrona
guts 'n glory (Rogers46)
Danebury, guts 'n glory and Ambersail are fighting for best position

See more impressions in the image gallery