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Sun is shining, snow is gone and the ice is melting fast in Helsinki 🌞 And we are happy to welcome our skippers to the 2026 NJK Open Spring Cup! Many familiar faces and some new ones 😊 Looking forward to seeing you all in Helsinki in a couple of months:

Ian Garreta
Timothée Rossi
Tom Foucher
Christian Hamilton
Ange Delerce
Patryk Zbroja
Mati Sepp
Björn Hansen
Georg "Tusse" Tallberg
Michał Gryglewski
Marinella Laaksonen
Jon Eriksson

2026 WMRT calendar is out. Still time until Sunday March 1st to apply for an invitation to our NJK Open Spring Cup grade 2!
NOR and other info here:
https://wmrt.com/events/njk-open-spring-cup-2026/

Almost Christmas, so time to start thinking of next season! National Umpire seminar will be held 24-25.1. at NJK 🙂 More info and registration here:

Suomisport Suomisport - Kaikki urheilun palvelut yhdessä paikassa!

Another epic Season End Regatta comes to its end. Strong gusts on the racing area during the weekend saw the Diamond Tracker Tusse Tallberg once again sailing to victory. Warm thanks to all sailors, organizers, umpires and hang arounds. We are looking forward to even more sailing next season!

Regatta results:
1. Tusse Tallberg
2. Berndt Barner Rasmussen
3. Pablo Albers
4. Kulmala
5. Nissilä
6. Elias Paakkinen
7. Niklas Saxén
8. Ia Cedercreutz
9. Lauri Vanharanta

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Rookie team of the year:
Laura Kulmala

Bowman of the year:
Mari Kortesmäki

Winner of the Center Cup:
Team Niklas Saxén

Congratulations, we are proud of you!!!

📸 Joonas Salo

Finnish Match Race Nationals results are in!

This year, the level was set high at the Finnish Nationals 📈 The event was hosted with excellence at Åländska Segelsällskapet 😍

Semifinals:
• Lucas vs. Tusse 2–1
• Markus vs. Björn 2–0

3rd Place:
• Björn vs. Tusse 2–0

Final:
• Lucas vs. Markus 1–1

Lucas Karlemo & team wins the Finnish Championship based on Round Robin. Congratulations to the winners!! 🤩🤩

Results can be found here:

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Preliminary results after day 1 of the NJK Open Spring Cup 2025

Next week we welcome 12 teams to the World Match Racing Tour stop in Helsinki and the NJK Open Spring Cup 2025! With a really good line-up, we are looking forward to a great regatta! 🥳

Racing next week:

Ian Garreta (FRA) (5) (runner-up in 2024)
Thibaut Demai
Vicenç Girodeau
Amandine Le Van Jacob
Armel Le Carrer

Georg Tallberg (FIN) (18) (defending champion)
Lucas Karlemo
Lilli Tanhuanpää
Simon Karlemo
Lisa Gerkman

Lennard Bal (NED) (26)
Reinier Hooijman
Bas van der Gulik
Jelle Lourens
Thomas Roggekamp

Patryk Zbroja (POL) (28)
Marcin Banaszek
Maciej Gonerko
Filip Miłoszewski

Matias Knip (FIN) (30)
Henri Tikkanen
Juha Risku
Ari Kokko

Tom Picot (FRA) (31)
Franck Lavenant
Zach West
Eva Warzager
Mathieu le Cleach

Martin Allix (FRA) (32)
Marius Lerouvreur
Géraud Duclos
Florine Bourit
Ethan Villain

Michal Gryglewski (POL) (36)
Michal Pasik
Alex longumir
Filip Dashlskog

Mathieu Durand (FRA) (37)
Benoist Martin
Thomas Mellano
Blandine Jaffrain

Marinella Laaksonen (FIN) (39)
Livia Väresmaa
Sofia Tynkkynen
Atte Timmerbacka
Kenneth Blomster

Ruari Finnegan (IRL) (46)
Adam Hyland
Cillian Balesty
Ben Lumly

Christian Hamilton (GBR) (62)
Ian Williams
Jon Gunderson
Peter Greenhalgh

Pic: Yarik Yaryshev

Wakey! Wakey! We will soon be back from hibernating! Get your Season Pass 2025 👉 www.njk.fi/sailingcenter and start focusing on the upcoming sail racing season! 🔥🔥🔥

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World Match Racing Tour 2025 schedule has been published!
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NJK Open Spring Cup application deadline is next week Sunday 2 March :)

Time to apply for an invitation to the traditional NJK Open Spring Cup grade 2 match race regatta! Deadline is in two weeks. Racing days are 23-25 May and the base is our beautiful downtown island of Blekholmen.

Open Spring Cup is the highest ranked match race in Finland and part of the World Match Racing Tour. NOR and request link can be found behind the attached link.

NJK Sailing Center Regattas - NJK NJK Sailing Center Regattas 2025 In the table below we will publish all the regattas organized by NJK Sailing Center in 2025. Here you can also find regattas organized by or in cooperation with other […]

NJK Open Spring Cup 2025 grade2 notice of race is now out! Please go ahead and apply for an invitation by March 2!

Racing days 23-25 May

NJK Sailing Center Regattas - NJK NJK Sailing Center Regattas 2025 In the table below we will publish all the regattas organized by NJK Sailing Center in 2025. Here you can also find regattas organized by or in cooperation with other […]