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8 June 2020

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Although Sailonline has raced frequently in the Baltic, it wasn't until 2019 that an official buddyup was agreed with the classic N European Baltic 500 yacht race. Always a tricky event with a course that is only decided pretty much last minute, due to the ever changing wind conditions in the waters of Germany/Denmark, with a real fleet sailing a mix of boats. Sailonline's boat choice worked well, so well that the organisers were very happy to pencil in another buddy-up in 2020, with the race dates being known well in advance.

2020, as will be remembered for all time, saw the declaration of a global pandemic due to a novel coronavirus disease, COVID19, and as a consequence, while governments sought to find ways to minimise death and contagion, many countries found themselves being "locked down" to varying degrees. So for a while, the Baltic 500 was only going to be a virtual event - the organisers were happy for this to be so - but with only days to spare before race start, the Danish government gave permission for the traditional course to be used and so, Sailonline, for the first time in 2020 was racing a real buddy event! So far it has been our only one.

The winds this year were relatively kind - as if rewarding everyone for being back on the water - but, of course, this meant that many more racers were in with a chance of success. The leading pack swarmed together from the start but the first night saw those on overnight DCs not all make the best of decisions, so by the time our successful podium three arrived, 3m3s separated them from each other, and only 8 boats arrived within the first 10m of the leader. Many congratulations then to our 2020 Podium! Bravo!

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