Images of Rolex Baltic Race Week, Day 5: Metre Rule classics



11:45 PM Sun 3 Jul 2011 GMT
'On board Trivia (GER 10), 1937, 12mR, Wilfried Beeck (Hamburg, Germany)- Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day' &copy Rolex/Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo

Top international photographer, Daniel Forster, presents this outstanding galley, from the final day of racing, in Six, Eight and Twelve Metre yachts sailing at Rolex Baltic Race Week, being hosted at Flensburger Segelclub in cooperation with Kieler Yacht Club, Germany.

King Harald of Norway finished second in his class and fifth overall in the 8mR class.

Hollandia (NED 1), 2005, 8mR, Ruud van Hilst & Jos Fruytier (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)- Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Winners: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer:
Sleipnir II (GER 17), 1935, 6mR, Andreas Krause (Kiel, Germany)
Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Hollandia (NED 1), 2005, 8mR, Ruud van Hilst & Jos Fruytier (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Sposa (GER H4), 1912, 8mR, Richard Gerv? (Bodman, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Vema III (N 11), 1933, 12mR, Skipsrederiet Vema III AS/Eric Svenkerud (Oslo, Norway)
Magda VIII (E 4), 1908, 12mR, Framn?s AS (Sandefjord, Norway) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Germania III (GER 9), 1935, 8mR, Bernhard Kolbe (Duisburg, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Sira (NOR 33), 1938, 8mR, HM King Harald V of Norway (Oslo, Norway) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Sagitta (FIN 2), 1912, 8mR, Timo Saalasti (Espoo, Finland) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Heti (E 3), 1912, 12mR, Freunde der SY Heti (Hamburg, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Edit (H 3), 1911, 8mR, Wilhelm Wagner (Bodman, Germany)
Astra II (RUS 4), 2007, 8mR, Alexey Rusetsky (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Sposa (GER H4), 1912, 8mR, Richard Gerv? (Bodman, Germany) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo


Vanity V (K 5), 1936, 12mR, Patrick Howaldt (Copenhagen, Denmark) - Rolex Baltic Race Week - Final Day - &copy Rolex-Daniel Forster Click Here to view large photo




by Daniel Forster





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