Heligoland Edinburgh Regatta
The Helgoland-Edinburgh regatta over 420 nautical miles with the destination Granton off the Scottish capital Edinburgh takes place every two years alternating with the Pantaenius Rund Skagen Race following the North Sea Week . The starting day is traditionally Whit Monday .
This long-distance regatta over the open North Sea was started for the first time on Whit Monday 1968 . Meinhard Kohfahl from Cuxhaven , who initiated the race, is considered her spiritual father . In the first race in 1968 only five yachts were at the start. His son Jens Kohfahl was at times race director of the 420 nautical mile regatta, in which more than 30 crews have participated in each of the last years. Depending on the weather, the yachts need two to five days to reach the Scottish port of Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh Regatta was recognized as a qualifying regatta for the 2009 Rolex Fastnet Race .
Web links
- Report by seglermagazin: Helgoland-Edinburgh-Regatta 2005
- The page about the Edinburgh regatta with reports, pictures and further data
Individual evidence
- ^ History of the Edinburgh Regatta. (No longer available online.) Nordseewoche.de, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 25, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ List of results 2013. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 25, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
