DN Finland
We have decided to give Johnny Köhler Cup a 3rd chance: It will be arranged on Friday Dec 5th and followed by Itsenäisyys Regatta Dec 6-7. Full weekend of speed and fun in good company! Welcome.
NoR available and registration are open:
Please note that the first Regatta of year 2026 is Kahakka Ranking. NoR is available and registration open.
Zeus has not at all been favorable this early season. Significant snow fall is now predicted on Thu-Fri with aprx. 20 cm to the planned race areas.
We are not happy to raise our hands and admit the fact that Holy Runners, Nov 22-23 will not be sailed. Official announcement is published at the notice board.
Please note the next scheduled DN FIN event: Itsenäisyys Regatta, Dec 6-7. NoR available and registration open.
Johnny Köhler Cup scheduled to Nov 21 is cancelled.
General Announcement/cancellation is published at the notice board. https://manage2sail.com/…/29e70acb-9f19-450a-899e…
The ice has not built as expected and there is no safe ice to sail in the targeted areas. Also the predicted wind is very light.
The return of the Saint’s: Holy Runners, November 22-23 is still on. We will monitor the progress closely and provide more information latest on Wednesday. The location announcement to be published latest on Thursday evening at 22:00 local time in Finland as defined in the Notice of Race.
We are sad to notice that the conditions have not developed according to the expectations. The temperatures has been clearly above the forecasts. Ice has not built as expected. The predicted wind velocity for the possible race area is very light.
The Organizing Committee will collect as much data as possible and inform officially later today if we continue the organizing activities or cancel the event.
We are happy to announce that the NoR docs are published and registration open for:
Nov 22-23 The return of the Saints: Holy Runners
WELCOME!
Holy Runners will be one of the two extra ranking regattas allowed by our national ranking rule.
WEEK46 EVENT is CANCELLED!
There is a front coming over on Wed-Thu bringing extensive amounts of snow to the areas where we might possibly have ice. We see the probability to succeed way too low and will call the event off.
At the same time we are happy to announce that organizing activities for wk47 event will be started immediately. The temperatures are dropping day-by-day. There will be new ice forming on the south side of the expected snow fall area. Vaala/Painuanlahti might be a potential venue. Please be prepared for Johnny Köhler Cup on Friday Nov21 and an extra ranking regatta on Sat-Sun Nov22-23. Notice of Race to be published and registration opened early next week.
Please stay tuned for wk47!
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Nov5
After an exceptionally warm autumn, the forecast finally shows freezing weather starting next weekend. We are not sure if it will be early and cold enough to enable week46 event to be raced. There is hope and fair chance. We are following the progress with a positive mind set. The primary options are Onkamojärvi@Salla and Jerisjärvi@Muonio.
As earlier announced, the possible cancellation will be called earliest on Sunday Nov 9th. Official location announcement to be published according to NoR latest on Wednesday 22:00.
Thanks to note that we do not have reserve dates for week46 event. Instead of that our national ranking rule allows and encourage to arrange extra ranking regattas – 2 per season. Nov 22-23 or 29-30 might be a good candidate to be considered if we’d miss week46 event this time.
Please note that it has been reported by the DN Sweden fleet that there is likely to be sailable ice in Sautusjärvi, Kiruna, Sweden. In case wk46 can not be sailed there will probably be sailors on ice. No big plans yet, but some kind of regatta might be arranged.
