The hunger for adventure

New record for double handed regatta in Norway

There is a huge hunger for adventure among sailors in the Nordic countries. Sitting on the rail for hour after hour in the big offshore regattas is not the best of kicks, but doing shorthanded regattas are the big thing. This morning on Tuesday 1st November a lot of Norwegians had set their alarm clocks for a sailors wake up call. At 07.00 the registration for the double handed Watski Skagerrak TwoStar 2006 opened and after ten minutes 25 skippers had registered. 20 minutes later there where 75 on the list and only 3 hours and 20 minutes later all the 150 spots where taken. That’s definitely a new record. Last year the list where filled up in 29 hours.

But there’s still room for some foreign competitors. The regatta committee has opened up for a quota of 50 foreign boats.

This third edition of Watski Skagerrak TwoStar starts in Hankø, Norway and takes the sailors to Arendal, Norway for a three hour pitstop before crossing Skagerrak to Marstrand, Sweden. The sailors seldom have the time to enjoy the beautiful island because after another three hours pitstop it’s of again back to Hankø and a completion of the nearly 300 nautical mile long marathon.