| nr. | boat | crew | sail area (m2) | weight (kg) |
| 1 |
UNIVERSITAS / 1-TON Akademischer Segler-Verein zu Rostock 6d - 12h - 23m - 47s
Winner: Line Honours |
Anabel Plieth Hauke Sponholz (Skipper) Jannis Kaminski-Reith Lennard Groeneveld Markus Pinkau Jan-Ole Höppner Philipp Marienhagen |
100 upwind 150 downwind |
6400 |
| 2 |
AVANTI / Dufour 325 9d - 18h - 30m - 58s |
Gunnar Kuphal (Skipper) Reinhard Franzke |
54 upwind 92 downwind |
5300 |
| 3 |
TUTTO BENE / Seascape 18 Akademischer Segler-Verein zu Rostock retired from the race (June 24, 8.29pm) |
Hajo Hensel |
23 upwind 55 downwind |
480 |
| 4 |
TOLL PATSCH / Invader 22 11d - 0h - 43m - 40s
Winner: - Smallest Crew - Smallest Boat |
Sebastian Bönigk |
24 upwind 37 downwind |
1800 |
| 5 |
BESS / Elvström 32 / Half Ton retired from the race (June 23, 5.35pm) |
Bernt Yavuz (Skipper) Thilo Schoch |
40 upwind 72 downwind |
3175 |
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Last year when Holger and I sailed to Toere, it was both a great adventure and a lot of fun. What we didn’t know was, if it would be possible to convince any other sailors to tackle the same route, the length of the entire Baltic Sea. But it was possible! And it is indescribable how it feels when an idea takes off. At the beginning there was barely any reaction. „Segelreporter" published a report and I was very proud, but otherwise nothing happened. Or at least so I thought. It wasn’t until Christmas and the boats had been out of the water a long time before I received the first email. From a sailor asking for details of MidsummerSail, and I thought, wow! But then there was nothing. The year 2017 started and everyday life had long taken over. But then I got an email, this time from a sailing club! So the sailing world had noticed this new thing on the Baltic, only that I hadn’t realised they had. Finally I had the first participant and could register the first names for the MidsummerSail 2017. At the beginning of March, when „Yacht Online“ also published an article, that was when we really got wind in the sails. There were a total of 8 boats on the registration list, five of them actually took part and all of them said it was brilliant. Gunnar Kuphal (AVANTI), from the „Berliner Yacht-Club“ and „Schiffergilde zu Berlin“, said MidsummerSail was the perfect training cruise. The crew of BESS said they „would do it again“ and they will: they too have signed up already for 2018. Sebastian Bönigk (TOLL PATSCH) hauled the most fans in his wake, tacking his way into our hearts with his amazing single-handed achievement. He was the real Baltic hero. When I look at the pictures of the Midsummer sailors as they stand victorious on the yellow buoy, it still blows my mind. You made reality out of a dream, and it was fantastic. Many thanks! |