Buyer's Guide 2014

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Photo: NRV
Nord Stream Race
Photo: NRV
In February 2013, St. Petersburg Yacht
Club (SPBYC), in Russia and German
Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV)
announced their cooperation in holding
the 2nd edition of the Nord Stream Race,
established in 2012.
One of the entries is campaigned by the
“German Offshore Challenger” (GOC)
initiative, a national project encompassing
several German clubs under the
patronage of the NRV, which aims for
inaugurating a high-performance and
motivated young crew to participate on
the Swan60 “SGM” in various events of
the Gazprom Swan60 circuit.
The Nord Stream Race is organized
annually along the route of the Nord
Stream Pipleline in the Baltic, which
delivers Russian natural gas to Germany.
While the first edition was sailed from
North to South, this year´s race will see
the yachts sail in the opposite direction
from Flensburg, around Bornholm and
non-stop to the finish in St. Petersburg.
An exciting match race competition for
the Gazprom Swan60 Class is organized
as a warm up in the natural sailing racing
arena of Flensburg.
The race is open for the Gazprom
Swan60 Class and yachts rated under
ORC handicap with the start on September
15th.
The Baltic is renown for its challenging
conditions at this time of the year.
MARINEPOOL is the official clothing
partner of the event and MARINEPOOL
performance ocean sailing clothing will
keep the crews on the fleet of Swan60s
dry, warm, comfortable and able to focus
on their competition with opponents and
the fight with the elements even when the
going gets tough.
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