Champagne breeze start through the Stockholm archipelago

Clean sequences for every class

Race officers rolled through five orderly starts, giving the multihulls and classics their own lanes while spectators lined the rocks with flags and cameras.

VO65 crews shifted to reaching sails almost immediately, while family crews took the chance to settle in before the open water leg.

• 12–15 knots at the line with a slight right shift
• Minimal penalties issued after a tidy start sequence
• First retirement due to halyard damage, crew safe and returning to harbor

Tracker views spiked as the fleet cleared the final channel markers, with a handful of spectator drones capturing the colorful exit.