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Team Pro4u is looking for new sailors!

Do you want to be part of Sweden's best sea sailing team at amateur level and develop and become a better sailor? Team Pro4u is looking for a couple of new regular crew members and depending on background/experience, different roles may be relevant. You need to have a burning interest in sailing, racing experience and have a learning attitude i.e. a desire to constantly develop and get better.

Age and gender do not matter, but the most important thing is the attitude, that you can spend a lot of time sailing, are prestigious, relatively fit physically, responsible and that you are happy to be long-term.

During the season we normally train Wednesday evenings in Saltsjöbaden and during the weekends there are sometimes trainings or races and as a regular you are expected to be with most occasions (preferably all). During the winter season we also have activities/boat fix etc so even then you are expected to participate as a regular member.

We can offer to sail on a competitive boat (First 36.7 modified) with good material with an experienced team and if you want to develop as a sea skier and get better, it is probably one of Sweden's best boats/projects to be part of. We also have a lot of fun together and you have the chance to see new cities in Europe where the championships are held. Next season, the European Championships in Oslo will be our big goal.

If you are interested, please contact either Patrik Forsgren at pa.fo@hotmail.com / 076-769 8588 or Anders Björk at anders.bjork7@gmail.com / 070-549 2989.

2th place at the Danish Championships

During the weekend we were in Denmark, Aarhus Sejilklub and sailed the Danish Championships. On the first day there were 6 races, at the beginning of the day there was incredibly light wind which then increased during the day to a really nice sailing day with an average wind of 6-7m/s. On Sunday there was a lot of wind, a little too much for us to start.

The series we got on Saturday 2.5,3,(8),2.2 gave us a second place.

We would like to thank Aarhus Sejilklub for a nice regatta and congratulations Bo Bøje Pedersen, Kristian Kviid Sørensen, Joachim Achenbrenner and Morten Halkier who won!

Other results can be found here

North Sails ORCi Cup 2021 win!

North Sails ORCi Cup 2021, organized by KSSS and SHF, has this year included three ORCi competitions, Sandhamn Open, Gotland Runt and Indian Heat. We in Team Pro4u managed to win the Cup this year, which had 35 participants in one or more of the competitions, with a total score of 52. We are very happy to win this Cup for the third year in a row! Second in 2021 is Elliot 44 Matador with 38 points and third Keronimo on 36 points. Results from this year's cup here.

If you look at the three competitions, we came third at Sandhamn Open (Resultat SO), we came second on Gotland Runt(Result GR) and in the last competition that went this weekend we won based on ORCi scoring (second according to SRS). (Result IH).

There is also a vote at SHF regarding the award "Sea Sailing Sailor of the Year (until tomorrow 16/9 at 18:30) and we are very happy to be one of the nominees for this fine award. If you are an SHF member and want to vote for us or any of the other nominees, you can vote here.

In general, all four nominees have made strong contributions in sea sailing during the year and we congratulate everyone on their nominations!

Runner-up at Indian Heat

Over the weekend, the KSSS Indian Heat Regatta was sailed for the fifth year on our home turf Baggen. As usual, great fun to compete in this fun and pleasant competition. The weather has offered mostly very light winds over the weekend but more stable conditions today Sunday when we were able to complete four races.

In total we came second in this year's competition and during the six races we had series 2, 2, 1, (3), 1 and 2 with a total of 8 after a sailing was eliminated. We had half the crew over the weekend who helped as reserves and the shape curve has been rising and it's gone better and better with each race. But this year it wasn't enough. We congratulate Farr 40 Stormtrooper who won this year's Indian Heat and this weekend they sailed better than us! All results can be found here.

We thank KSSS and all officials for a good competition with nice and good courses. We'll be back next year again, of course!

Thank you to our meteorologist and home strategist during the World Cup!

During the World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, we had daily meetings before sailings with our meteorologist Måns Håkansson and our home-based strategist Joakim Hoppe. This was extremely valuable to us and we benefited greatly from their professional information and advice. With their help we almost reached the World Cup gold but with a little pole out on the last day so it became World Cup bronze.

Måns Håkansson
Joakim Hoppe

We would like to take this opportunity to thank both for their help and time and hope that cooperation can continue in the future. Hoppe has been sailing on the boat for many years before and as soon as his knee gets good we also hope to see him on board again!

Team Pro4u – Corinthian gold and Open bronze in the ORC World Championship!

Today the ORC World Championship was finalized in Tallinn, Estonia and the competition was completed with two inshore races today. Conditions today were more windy than we had expected and hoped for with around 18 to 22 knots during the two races.

Team Pro4u. Upper row from the left: Zacharias Krafft, Thomas Tennström, Emil Forsgren, Anders Björk, Roger Nilson, Patrik Forsgren and Sven Eriksson. Lower row from the left: Hugo Christensson and Peter Thorwid.

Going into today we of course wanted to win the gold in the Open division and it was very close between the three top boats but unfortunately we did not make that.

Our sailing today was good but maybe not as good as the in other days and we did not get perfect starts and then it is difficult to get away when there are many larger boats taking the wind. We also felt it was hard to compete with the larger boats and keep the speed we needed in the higher wind we had today. It was also a bit unfortunate that when we did really good starts in two tries then it was general recall and we also had one race that was abandoned when we had a good position.

In the first race today we came on sixth place and then in the second race we came third. Overall our series during this World Championship during the 8 races are: 2, 1, (6), 2, 1, 1, 6 and 3 with an overall score of 16 after one discard. We congratulate the winners Estonian J112-E Matilda 4 on 13 points and in second place, also on 13 points, Estonian Italia 11.98 Sugar 3. The margin between these top three boats was only 3 points and the fourth boat was on 29 points so a big jump down.

However, we did win the Corinthian (amateur) division for the ninth European and World Championship in a row. We also congratulate the other podium boats in the Corinthian division on second place Estonian Salona 38 Credit 24 with 50 points and on third place Estonian X-35 My Car also on 50 points. All results here.

Our goal before the World Championship was to win the Corinthian division (and keep our series of wins) and get on the podium in the Open division and we managed to meet both of those goals and we are proud and happy about that! Of course now when we had the chance to win also the Open division the last day and we were so close we wanted that also but unfortunately this time we did not manage that. We just have to try yet again!

The team that has sailed in this Worlds front to back in Team Pro4u are:

  • Emil Forsgren, bow
  • Hugo Christensson, mast
  • Zacharias Krafft, keyboards
  • Anders Björk, spinnaker trim
  • Thomas Tennström, jib trim
  • Peter Thorwid, tactician
  • Roger Nilson, strategy
  • Patrik Forsgren, skipper
  • Sven Eriksson, main trim

We also want to thank the organizers of this World Championship in Tallinn and the competition has been great and the hospitality and the arrangements have been excellent! We also want to thank all partners that support us in our sailing and especially our main partner Pro4u.

See more about the World Championship here: orcworlds2021.com

Photos: ORC Worlds 2021 Mauro Melandri, Felix Diemer and Janis Spurdzins.

First place in the Worlds short offshore today – chance to win gold tomorrow!

Today, on the fifth day of the ORC World Championship in Tallinn we raced in the short offshore race. Conditions were perfect with sun and 12 to 22 knots during the day. We in class C sailed on a 38 mile course that took approximately five and a half hours to sail. The course was very good and we had both upwind and downwind and some reaching as well. Today was also the first day the large 62 boat C class was divided into a 31 boat gold fleet, where we sailed, and a 31 boat silver fleet.

We had a very good race day and we managed to win the race in the gold fleet after really good sailing during the day. Overall we were 3 minutes on corrected time before the second boat, Italia 11.98 Sugar 3. Almost everything worked well today for us, with great boat speed, all maneuvers worked perfectly and we were for the absolute most part on the right place on the course – to summarize a great race.

The win today was the third race win we had out of the total six races we sailed and the win today is also extra valuable as it is not allowed to discard any of the two offshore races.

Our series in the six races sailed until today are: 2, 1, 6, 2, 1 and 1 with a total of 13 points. Results here.

Overall we are now in second place with our 13 points with the Estonian J112-E Matilda 4 in the lead with 11 points and Estonian Italia 11.98 Sugar 3 in third place with 14 points. So it is extremely tight between the three of us and if nothing unexpected happens it is very likely these will be the three podium boats when the Worlds complete tomorrow given that there is a large gap down to the fourth boat on 29 points.

However, when analyzing the scores more in detail it becomes even more interesting as one discard of an inshore race will be allowed after the first inshore race tomorrow and anticipating that we will be in a good position if we manage to get a low score in the first race as we can then discard a 6th place, both Matilda 4 and Sugar 3 will only be able to discard a 3rd place keeping in mind that discard of the offshore races (races 1 and 6) is not allowed.

To summarize we have a chance to win the gold tomorrow in the open C class but so does both Matilda 4 and Sugar 3 and it will be very hard racing tomorrow. We will of course do everything we can to win but we also know that the competition is really hard so it is not going to be easy.

See more about the World Championship here: orcworlds2021.com

Photos: ORC Worlds 2021 Mauro Melandri, Felix Diemer and Janis Spurdzins.

Second place in the Worlds after day four

Today we had a long day at sea and completed three inshore races in the end having waited for the wind until afternoon. Winds were light around 6 knots in the beginning but slow growing to around 12 knots later.

We have sailed well all day but the competition is very hard and when the wind is very light we have difficulties getting low scores and we go better in comparison with the other boats when we have a bit more wind.

For the three races today we scored 6, 2 and a 1 so our overall series is now after five 2, 1, 6, 2, 1 with a total of 12 points. The Estonian J-112E Matilda 4 is in the lead with 7 points and third is the Estonian Italy 11.98 Sugar 3 with the same points (12) as we have. Results here.

We now have two more days of the World Championship and tomorrow is the short offshore race that is planned to take around 10 hours. The score in this race will be very important as it is not possible to discard any of the two offshore races. From tomorrow the 62 boat fleet will also be divided into a gold and silver fleet and this means for the two remaining days we will be sailing in the gold fleet competing with the best 31 boats from the qualifying days.

The on Saturday the Worlds will be concluded with the two final inshore races. We will do all we can to try to beat the best Estonian boats but it is not easy and we have to sail at our very best.

See more about the World Championship here: orcworlds2021.com

Photos: ORC Worlds 2021 Mauro Melandri, Felix Diemer and Janis Spurdzins.

Team Pro4u in the lead of Worlds after day three

Today the plan was to continue the ORC World Championship in Tallinn with two inshore races. Overall the wind conditions were tricky and we had to wait for the start of race one.

When the first race then started we unfortunately got off with a quite bad start but after that we sailed extremely well and managed to get back at the very top and we won the race! Apart from the start almost everything else worked perfectly with great tactics, speed and maneuvers. We are very happy with this and it was the first race victory.

Then after some more waiting with a lot of rain we got off with a great start in race two and sailed again really well but unfortunately on the second downwind when we had around 400 meters to the goal the race was cancelled, this was too bad as we thought we were in the lead and had the chance to score the second race victory for the day but this is sailing and things like this can happen.

Overall, the results after two races are here. We are very happy to be in the lead with a total of 3 points after our second place in the long offshore and todays victory in the first inshore race.

Tomorrow the Worlds continues on the fourth day with two to three inshore races and we are looking forward to that and hope to continue to sail well but the competition is though and we need to stay focused and sail really well to beat the very firm Estonian boats.

See more about the World Championship here: orcworlds2021.com

Photos: ORC Worlds 2021 Mauro Melandri and Felix Diemer.

Second place in Worlds long Offshore race

The ORC Worls Champinship has now started in Tallinn, Estonia and there are overall 104 boats from 12 countries competing in three classes. Half of the boats, 62, are racing in our class C that is the most competitive class.

The long Offshore race was around 140 nm started on Monday morning and we sailed for a total of 22.5 hours. Due to the large size of the C fleet it was divided in two heats and we managed to finish in second place in our heat. See results for the race here. The total results can be seen here

We are happy with the result and having a low score in the Offshore races will be important for the total as these races cannot be discarded in the total for the World Championship.

The race from us was far from perfect and there are several things we could have done better but some things we also did very well.

But if gives a good feeling that in spite of not sailing a perfect race we still managed to score a second place and we are very much looking forward to the rest of the Worlds. Tomorrow the plan is to sail two inshore races and overall 8 races are planned.

See more about the World Championship here: orcworlds2021.com

Photos: ORC Worlds 2021 Mauro Melandri and Felix Diemer.

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