The Finnish radio sailors publish an annual newsletter/magazine called Styyra. This year we have reports from Phocea Cup in France, Nordic Cup in Finland, Sweden, and Denmark + guides for building rigs and rigboxes. There's also an update on the Noux project and a look at batteries and chargers.
Get it from the Styyra page. In Finnish/Swedish only...
Category: Sailing
TripleCrown in 1:4
Our unchallenged woodworking guru Olle Martonen who has previously built three wooden IOMs has now produced a half-model in 1:4 scale of the Triple Crown. A similar model that Olle built earlier is used as first price for the Finnish IOM ranking series winner...
By popular demand, below also a picture of the first 1:4 model:
radio sailing art
Louis Porro sent me this piece of Radio Sailing art - thanks !
Helsinki Regatta 2006
Some pictures from the 2006 Helsinki regatta. I was in the boat responsible for the top marks, but we got a few pictures of the start also by the end of the day.
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NJK Höstregatta
I was on the race committee when NJK arranged the last dinghy regatta for the season. In between laying the top marks and checking that the course was reasonably straight I had time to take some pictures.
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6 mR Sailing: Sinebrychoff Challenge
I was on the race committee when NJK organized the annual Sinebrychoff Challenge for 6 mR yachts just outside central Helsinki.