Volvo Baltic Race

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{{Infobox recurring sailing competition

| name = Volvo Baltic Race

| logo =

| alt =

| caption =

| formerly =

| replaced =

| founded = 2003

| folded = 2004

| organizer =

| venue = Baltic Sea

| classes = VO60

| champions = SonyEricsson
Thomas Blixt

| most_champs =

| website =

| footnotes =

}}

Volvo Baltic Race was a yacht race held in the Baltic Sea, sponsored by Volvo. It has been held in 2003 and 2004 as training series for VO60 yachts, targeting the Volvo Ocean Race.

2003

= Legs =

class=wikitable
Date

! Event

! Distance

21 JuneEckenförde Race25 NM
22 JuneKiel In-Port Race8 NM
23–26 JuneKiel–Sandhamn470 NM
29 June – 1 JulyAccenture Gotland Runt340 NM
2 JulySandhamn In-Port Race8 NM
2–5 JulySandhamn–Marstrand510 NM

=Results=

{{sailresult top |boatname=y |skipper=yes | club=y}}

{{sailresult |pos=1 |qualified= |boatname=RS |skipper = {{sortname|Erle|Williams}} |club=Royal Swedish Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=2 |qualified= |boatname=SonyEricsson |skipper = {{sortname|Thomas|Blixt}} |club=Royal Swedish Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=3 |qualified= |boatname=Challenge of Netsurvey |skipper = {{sortname|Matthew|Humphries}} |club=Royal Swedish Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=4 |qualified= |boatname=Elanders/Ten Celsius |skipper = {{sortname|Hans|Wallén}} |club=Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=5 |qualified= |boatname=Nilörn |skipper = {{sortname|Frederik|Frejme}} |club=Royal Swedish Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=6 |qualified= |boatname=Atea |skipper = {{sortname|Jan|Mortensen}} |club=SGYF}}

{{sailresult |pos=7 |qualified= |boatname=Pontona Youth |skipper = {{sortname|Thomas|Dahl Jensen}} |club=Aarhus Yacht Club}}

{{end}}

2004

The 2004 Volvo Baltic Race, for the SEB Trophy was a three-week sprint version of Volvo Ocean Race. It was either taking part in, or be in port at the same time, as three of Northern Europe's biggest events: Kiel Week, Germany, the Swedish Match Cup in Marstrand, Sweden, and the Accenture Gotland Runt. Initiator was Viamare, the Swedish yacht and hotel conglomerate.

Five yachts participated: Avant (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Swedish Match), AV-Teknik (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Chessie Racing), JMS Next Generation (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Silk Cut), SonyEricsson (2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race Assa Abloy), Team Elanders (2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race Team News Corp).{{Cite web|url=http://www.maringuiden.se/nyheter/_/båtnotiser/nu-startar-volvo-baltic-race-r86|title=Nu startar Volvo Baltic Race|website=Maringuiden|date=16 June 2004 }}

=Legs=

class=wikitable
Date

! Event

19 JuneIn-Port Race
20 JuneGothenburg–Copenhagen
23 JuneCopenhagen–Kiel
25 JuneIn-Port Race
26 JuneKiel–Warnemünde–Sandhamn
4–6 JulyRound Gotland Race
7 JulySandhamn In-Port Race

=Results=

{{sailresult top |boatname=y |skipper=yes | club=y}}

{{sailresult |pos=1 |qualified= |boatname=SonyEricsson |skipper = {{sortname|Thomas|Blixt}} |club=Royal Swedish Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=2 |qualified= |boatname=Team Elanders |skipper = {{sortname|Matthew|Humphries}} |club=Royal Swedish Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=3 |qualified= |boatname=Avant |skipper = {{sortname|Mikael|Lundh}} |club=Royal Swedish Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=4 |qualified= |boatname=JMS Next Generation |skipper = {{sortname|Kjell-Inge|Heiberg}} |club=Royal Norwegian Yacht Club}}

{{sailresult |pos=5 |qualified= |boatname=AV-Teknik |skipper = {{sortname|Marko|Murtic}} |club=Croatia}}

{{end}}

References

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See also