Volvo Baltic Race
# Volvo Baltic Race

Volvo Baltic Race was a yacht race held in the Baltic Sea, sponsored by Volvo. It has been held in 2003 and 2004 as training series for VO60 yachts, targeting the Volvo Ocean Race.

## 2003

Seven yachts participated: Atea (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Innovation Kvaerner), Challenge of Netsurvey (2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race Team News Corp), Elanders/Ten Celsius (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Silk Cut), Nilörn (1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race Winston), Pontona Youth (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Heineken), RS (2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race Team SEB), SonyEricsson (Assa Abloy trial boat).

### Legs

| Date | Event | Distance |
| - | - | - |
| 21 June | Eckenförde Race | 25 NM |
| 22 June | Kiel In-Port Race | 8 NM |
| 23–26 June | Kiel–Sandhamn | 470 NM |
| 29 June – 1 July | Accenture Gotland Runt | 340 NM |
| 2 July | Sandhamn In-Port Race | 8 NM |
| 2–5 July | Sandhamn–Marstrand | 510 NM |

### Results

Results of individual races :

| Pos | Boat name | Crew | Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | RS | Erle Williams | Royal Swedish Yacht Club |
| 2 | SonyEricsson | Thomas Blixt | Royal Swedish Yacht Club |
| 3 | Challenge of Netsurvey | Matthew Humphries | Royal Swedish Yacht Club |
| 4 | Elanders/Ten Celsius | Hans Wallén | Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club |
| 5 | Nilörn | Frederik Frejme | Royal Swedish Yacht Club |
| 6 | Atea | Jan Mortensen | SGYF |
| 7 | Pontona Youth | Thomas Dahl Jensen | Aarhus Yacht Club |

## 2004

The 2004 Volvo Baltic Race, for the SEB Trophy was a three-week sprint version of Volvo Ocean Race. It was either taking part in, or be in port at the same time, as three of Northern Europe's biggest events: Kiel Week, Germany, the Swedish Match Cup in Marstrand, Sweden, and the Accenture Gotland Runt. Initiator was Viamare, the Swedish yacht and hotel conglomerate.

Five yachts participated: Avant (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Swedish Match), AV-Teknik (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Chessie Racing), JMS Next Generation (1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race Silk Cut), SonyEricsson (2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race Assa Abloy), Team Elanders (2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race Team News Corp).

### Legs

| Date | Event |
| - | - |
| 19 June | In-Port Race |
| 20 June | Gothenburg–Copenhagen |
| 23 June | Copenhagen–Kiel |
| 25 June | In-Port Race |
| 26 June | Kiel–Warnemünde–Sandhamn |
| 4–6 July | Round Gotland Race |
| 7 July | Sandhamn In-Port Race |

### Results

Results of individual races :

| Pos | Boat name | Crew | Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | SonyEricsson | Thomas Blixt | Royal Swedish Yacht Club |
| 2 | Team Elanders | Matthew Humphries | Royal Swedish Yacht Club |
| 3 | Avant | Mikael Lundh | Royal Swedish Yacht Club |
| 4 | JMS Next Generation | Kjell-Inge Heiberg | Royal Norwegian Yacht Club |
| 5 | AV-Teknik | Marko Murtic | Croatia |
