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BSS Sunny Ranking 2026 has been sailed.

The expectations for the competition were high: the wind forecast was good and ice had been found. However, the ice at Lestijärvi proved to be too uneven for safe racing or even proper sailing. Therefore, we set out to inspect alternative areas we were aware of, and the final competition venue was selected as Emolahti in Pyhäsalmi.

Despite this, the weekend was fantastic with 10 races. On Saturday, four races were sailed in light wind, and in the last race the wind picked up, but the ice softened slightly, so it was decided to postpone the sixth race to Sunday.

On Sunday morning the wind was light, but after a short wait it increased. Five great races were completed. There were a few equipment damages due to the ice conditions.

The winner was P104 Wojciech Baranowski, second place went to L103 Timo Lehmuskallio, and third place was L601 John Winquist. Fourth place went to L112 Reko Suojanen.

Thanks to all sailors—this season was challenging. Let’s hope next season will be fantastic!

Special thanks to Vesa & Haye for serving as the race committee.

The new season starts now—be ready for week 46. See you on the ice!

Results after first day

Update 20.3.
New Location Announcement BSS Sunny Ranking 2026

The venue is changing.
The BSS Sunny Ranking will be sailed at Emolahti, Pyhäsalmi, Pyhäjärvi.

Landing site:

Emolahti Camping & Beach
Pellikantie 430, 86800 Pyhäjärvi

Accommodation:

Emolahti Camping & Beach
Cottage accommodation, reservations: 040 181 0750

Skippers’ meeting tomorrow at 10 AM on landing site.

Update 19.3.

BSS Sunny Ranking 2026 will be sailed at Lestijärvi. The ice has been confirmed this morning to be suitable for sailing and hard. The night was warm, but in the morning the ice was firm. There is a sailor on site who has been sailing on the ice area during the morning. The surface is “mandarin” ice, but hard.

For Friday, winds of approximately 5–8 m/s are expected and temperatures will drop below freezing overnight. A practice course will be set up on Friday.

On Saturday, the forecast shows 6–10 m/s winds and temperatures around zero overnight, so an excellent race day is expected.

Sunday’s forecast shows clearly lighter winds of 2–6 m/s, with slight frost overnight.

Launching site: Parannanranta, Lestijärventie 618, 69440 Lestijärvi -> GOOGLE MAPS

Accommodation:

1. Maaseutuhotelli Hirvikoski (16 min from launching site)
   Tornikoskentie 50 69410 Sykäräinen
   Booking: message / whatsapp / call: +358 50 376 4022
   Please use code: icesailing

• double rooms
• sauna
• 90 € / room (code: icesailing)
• breakfast included (saturday at 8.00 and sunday at 7.00)
• late checkout available
  
  
  Registration to race: manage2sail
  

Update 18.3.
Good news: the ice was good today. Someone had also been skating on the ice today.

Tomorrow morning we will check the race area on the ice at Lestijärvi by sailing.
If it is okay, we will have a venue.

We will report tomorrow as soon as the area has been inspected.

The plan is to be sailing already on Friday if the ice area is suitable.

The next update will be provided no later than tomorrow,
in accordance with the notice of race.

Please register if you are planning to attend, thank you!

Registration manage2sail

Update 17.3.

The situation is as follows: ice has been found.

The ice at Lestijärvi is dry and hard, but the information is not from a sailor. An alternative location is Vaala; the situation there today is unknown, but it looks promising.

The weather for Lestijärvi is promising. Overnight frost is forecast, so we believe the ice will remain in good condition until around 13:00–14:00.

The number of registrations is now concerning—does everyone already have summer on their mind? Or shall we wrap up the season properly in great weather and good company? If the number of registrations remains below 15 sailors, we will not attempt to organize the races. So if you are planning to attend, please register—we need to know who is coming if the races are to take place.

Our goal is to have a sailor on the ice by Thursday. To make this possible, we need to know the number of participants. The next update will be tomorrow evening.

Registration manage2sail

15.3. Update

Dear ice sailors,

The weather is warm, as you have surely noticed. The weather forecasts show a small glimmer of hope, so please be ready.

The plan is to look for ice as far south as possible (lakes in Western and Southern Finland), so please stay prepared. We are also monitoring the situation at Lestijärvi, where overnight frost is forecast during the week and into the weekend.

The next update will be on Tuesday evening.


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BSS Sunny Ranking 2026 is organised by BSS and DN
Finland/Suomen DN-Jääpursiliitto.

Race site will be selected and published latest on Thursday
19.3.2026 22:00 at the official notice board.

• Skippers meeting on Saturday 21.3.2026 at 10:00
• Skippers meeting on Sunday 22.3.2025 at 9:00
• Maximum of 6 starts per day are scheduled
• Total maximum 10 starts
• Discard after 5 starts and 2nd discard after 8 starts.
• Last start latest at the time of sunset

Download NOR here.

Registration manage2sail

DN Finland kutsuu kaikki lajista kiinnostuneet kokeilemaan jääpurjehdusta 14.-15.3. 2026

Lauantaina 14.3. Lajiesittely ja try-out -päivä. Kerrotaan mistä kyse ja tutustutaan skeneen, lajiin ja kalustoon ja tietenkin kokeillaan jääpurrella purjehtimista.

Sunnuntaina 15.3. Harjoituskilpailu. Jos on turvalliset ja sopivat olosuhteet, aloitteilijallakin saattaa olla mahdollisuus osallistua harjoituskilpailuun. Joka tapauksessa voi seurata läheltä miten jääpursilla ajetaan kilpaa.

Lajin erityisominaisuus on äärimmäinen olosuhdeherkkyys. Jos ja kun meillä on viikonloppuna tapahtuma, niin tapahtumapaikka päätetään yleensä vasta torstai-iltana. Niin tässäkin tapauksessa. Tapahtuma järjestetään siellä missä on sopivat olosuhteet. Kimppakyytejä pyritään järjestämään niin tapahtuman järjestäjien kuin toivottavasti myös osallistujien toimesta.

Mahdollistaaksemme täsmällisen tiedonkulun koskien mm. tapahtumapaikkaa ja kyytejä pyydämme kiinnostuneita ilmoittautumaan tapahtumaan. Kutsumme ilmoittautuneet myöhemmin tapahtuman whatsapp -ryhmään.

Finnish Nationals starts tomorrow morning at Silversand Hanko.

29 registrations with 5 nationalities. Registration is open until this evening and post registration until the skippers meeting tomorrow at 10:00.

Registration

Day0: tune-up and training.

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update 4Mar 13:20

Warmly welcome to Finland this week. We have close to perfect ice conditions.

Tomorrow and friday there will be multiple DN’s training and on the weekend there’s Finnish Championsip Regatta. We have 40cm ice, locals driving to the islands with their cars. Clear hard solid ice with no snow or water as far as eye can see. Landing very good. Two areas closeby to choose from. Both are at Taivassalo, close to Turku. Final selection to be done after the sailing tomorrow. Accomodation pretty close and common regatta dinner planned for Saturday evening.

You don’t want to miss this opportunity! Champagne sailing expected!

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Update 3Mar 21:00

We have ice – pack your gear!

Säkylä/Pyhäjärvi has been sailed today. Very small snow patches should already be gone due to the rain this afternoon and evening. Tomorrow and Thursday our ice teams will check couple of more areas before the venue selection and official location announcement.

In parallel to the ice checks we are monitoring the weather forecast. Wind and temperature might have an impact on the venue selection.

Stay tuned and think ice!

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Update 27Feb

Current warm period is doing an excellent job for us – many areas are soon clear for sailing! The whole week will have day time temperatures of + degrees – including the regatta days at the monitored and aimed areas. Night time expected sub-zero.

We are primarily looking towards the SW coast line of Finland. All looks very good. Welcome!

NoR and Registration.

Finnish Nationals 26 will be sailed Mar7-8.

Notice of Race is available and registration open.

Two cold but very good ice sailing days on the sea ice outside city of Pori! Ice thickness was roughly 40cm and only 1-2cm of frost on top of the ice. Ice wasn’t completely smooth, and few snowdrifts here and there. Sun was shining all day and I think we didn’t see a single cloud duringn the weekend. Thanks Haye and Vesa for organizing a great event. Very much thanks to our Swedish friends for good competition! We warmly welcome everyone to join Finnish Championships after the WC. See you on Ice!

Final results.

Results after first day

https://manage2sail.com/en-US/event/5429e72b-80e8-4f0e-8d5a-99372ebd6324#!/results?classId=DN

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New landing site: Preiviikin venesatama. https://maps.app.goo.gl/2ZkDJ7hhPvCkSXdCA

Race is on. Location update published at the notice board.

Attention: new landing site: Preivikin Venesatama https://maps.app.goo.gl/sH2Jhk7dzT1KT2zm6 Skippers meeting at the landing site Saturday at 11:00. First start earliest at 12:00.

HSK Ranking 2026 will be sailed Jan31-Feb1.

NOTE: Skippers meeting at the landing site Saturday at 11:00. First start earliest at 12:00.

Temperature limit: -15 degrees. If colder we don’t race.

Accommodation: Please proceed with the accommodation bookings yourself.

City of Pori is 15 minutes drive from the landing site. There is a good selection of hotels to choose from. Scandic and Vaakuna to mention a couple of good options.

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Update Jan28 15:00: We are gonna race this week in Finland!

Best ice discovered in Luvia, south side of Pori. Kivivesi and Mynälahti remain good options as well. It’s gonna be a chilly weekend and the temperatures might have an impact on the location selection.

Location announcement will be published latest on Thursday 22:00.

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Update Jan27 12:00: We have a couple of “safe choice” locations available to choose from. Both within reasonably short distance from Turku. We are still assessing some new sea ice areas in the west coast close to Pori and north side of Hanko.

The primary options based on the currently available information are Kivivesi/Kustavi and Mynälahti. Location update will be issued latest Thursday evening at 22:00.

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Update Jan26: A group of sailors had a full day of great sailing yesterday at Mynälahti. We look forward doing the HSK Ranking there as well next weekend. Other options are also still monitored. Location update will be issued latest Thursday evening at 22:00.

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The next DN regatta in Finland is HSK Ranking Jan31 – Feb1. Please find the Notice of Race and registration at manage2sail

Lauantaina 24.1.26 jääpurjehdusta Espoonlahdella, Klobbenilla.
Teretuloa seuraamaan ja tutustumaan lajiin.

Oletko haaveillut purjehtivasi kovempaa kuin Americas Cup tai SailGP -veneet?

Laita kalenteriin! Lisätietoja lähempänä.

La 14.3. DN Jääpurjehduksen tutustumis- ja kokeilutilaisuus.
Su 15.3. Harjoituskilpailu. Jos tähdet ja olosuhteet kohdallaan voi aloittelijakin päästä mukaan kisaan!

Jääpurjehduksen luonteeseen kuuluu, että tapahtumapaikka ei ole tiedossa etukäteen. Tapahtumakutsun yhteydessä voidaan arvailla, että tapahtumapaikka on esim “paras jää Etelä-Suomessa”. Se voi käytännössä tarkoittaa Uusikaupunki – Hamina välimaastoa. Tai sitten jotain muuta. Tai sitten ei edes arvailla vaan kaikki tietää, että olosuhteiden mukaan liikutaan. Varaa siis matka-aikaa! 

This is as we remember him. Smiling, always friendly and helpful. Heart full of joy and kindness. A great sailor and true gentleman. Our dear friend. Finland lover.

The DN community will not forget.

Today we heard very sad news. E-A passed away earlier this week. Our thoughts are with the family and closest friends.

Suomen DN jääpursiliiton Kahakka Ranking purjehdittiin viikonloppuna erinomaisissa olosuhteissa Raippaluodossa Vaasan edustalla. Kilpailu keräsi yhteensä 21 DN-jääpursijaa neljästä eri maasta, mikä vahvisti tapahtuman kansainvälistä luonnetta ja merkitystä ranking-kilpailuna.

Replot osoittautui kilpailupaikkana erinomaiseksi. Jää oli tasainen ja turvallinen, ja olosuhteet mahdollistivat vauhdikkaat ja reilut lähdöt molempina kilpailupäivinä. Kilpailut saatiin vietyä läpi sujuvasti, ja purjehdus tarjosi sekä taktisesti että teknisesti vaativia lähtöjä.

Kilpailun järjestelyistä vastannut Karleby Isseglare sai runsaasti kiitosta osallistujilta. Järjestelyt, aikataulut ja kilpailunjohto toimivat esimerkillisesti, ja viikonlopun ilmapiiri oli poikkeuksellisen hyvä. Ulkomaiset joukkueet Ruotsista, Saksasta ja Virosta antoivat erityistä kiitosta tapahtuman sujuvuudesta ja Replotin olosuhteista.

Kahakka Ranking vahvisti osaltaan Replotin asemaa yhtenä Suomen parhaista jääpurjehduspaikoista ja osoitti jälleen, että suomalaiset DN-kilpailut kiinnostavat laajasti myös kansainvälisiä purjehtijoita.

Suomen DN jääpursiliitto kiittää Karleby Isseglarea, kilpailun järjestäjiä, vapaaehtoisia sekä kaikkia osallistujia onnistuneesta ja laadukkaasta kilpailuviikonlopusta.

Results, Kilpailun tulokset

Svenska

Kahakka Ranking i Replot bjöd på internationell issegling av hög klass

Kahakka Ranking, som ingår i Finlands DN-isseglingsförbunds tävlingsserie, seglades under helgen i utmärkta förhållanden i Replot utanför Vasa. Totalt deltog 21 DN-isseglare från fyra olika länder, vilket underströk tävlingens internationella karaktär och betydelse som rankingtävling.

Replot visade sig vara en mycket väl lämpad tävlingsplats. Isen var jämn och säker, och förhållandena möjliggjorde snabba och rättvisa starter under båda tävlingsdagarna. Tävlingarna kunde genomföras enligt plan och bjöd på både taktiskt och tekniskt krävande segling.

Arrangören Karleby Isseglare fick mycket positiv respons från deltagarna. Organisationen, tidsschemat och tävlingsledningen fungerade föredömligt, och stämningen under helgen var mycket god. De internationella deltagarna från Sverige, Tyskland och Estland gav särskilt beröm för det smidiga arrangemanget och de fina isförhållandena i Replot.

Kahakka Ranking stärkte ytterligare Replots ställning som en av Finlands bästa platser för issegling och visade återigen att finländska DN-tävlingar är attraktiva även för internationella seglare.

Finlands DN-isseglingsförbund tackar Karleby Isseglare, arrangörerna, funktionärerna samt alla deltagare för ett lyckat och väl genomfört tävlingsarrangemang.

English

Kahakka Ranking in Replot delivered high-level international ice sailing

The Kahakka Ranking event of the Finnish DN Ice Sailing Association was sailed over the weekend in excellent conditions in Replot, outside Vaasa. A total of 21 DN iceboats from four different countries took part, highlighting the international character and importance of the event within the ranking series.

Replot proved to be an outstanding venue for ice sailing. The ice was smooth and safe, and the conditions allowed fast and fair starts on both competition days. The races were completed as planned and offered demanding sailing both tactically and technically.

The organising club, Karleby Isseglare, received very positive feedback from the participants. The organisation, scheduling, and race management worked efficiently, and the overall atmosphere during the weekend was excellent. International teams from Sweden, Germany, and Estonia especially praised the smooth organisation and the quality of the ice conditions.

Kahakka Ranking further strengthened Replot’s position as one of the top ice sailing venues in Finland and once again demonstrated the strong international interest in Finnish DN competitions.

The Finnish DN Ice Sailing Association would like to thank Karleby Isseglare, the organisers, volunteers, and all competitors for a successful and well-executed regatta weekend.

Grundsprååtsi
Kahakka Ranking i Replot bjöud på gårr bra issegling

Kahakka Ranking, som höör ti DN-förbundes tävlinga, segla vi i helji i rittit fiin förhållanda i Replot, utanfyri Vasa. Sammanlagt vare 21 DN-jakt me, å he kom foltst fråån fyra land, så e vaalt noo rittit internationellt.

Replot visa se ti vaa en toppenpaikka för issegling. Ise va jämn å trygg, å vädre tilleit snab å rättvis starta bååda daga. Allt gaadd smidit, å seglinga va både knepi å krävand, just som e ska vara.
Karleby Isseglare, som ordna tävlinga, fick mytsi gårr kolkko bra feedback. Allt va bra planera, tidtabella hulda å tävlingsledning funka som e sku. Stämning va bra helji idjinm. Foltsi fråån Sverige, Tyyskland å Estland va extra nöjd me hur allting var ordna å me isförhåållanda i Replot o.

Kahakka Ranking visa åter ein gang att Replot e ein ååv ti bästa ställa i Finland för issegling, å att DN-tävlinga jeer lockar foltsi hii langt bort ifrån.

Finlands DN-isseglingsförbunde tackar Karleby Isseglare, o all aader som hjälpt ti å alla som va me å segla för ein riktit lycka’an tävlingshelj.