Sunday morning’s third warm up races for the 2019 Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship gave the competitors one last chance to test the waters off Hanko and get the measure of each other before the start of formal championship racing tomorrow.

In the Open Division race victory went to Philippe Durr’s Junior, who was followed home by Hugo Stenbeck’s Sophie Racing with Patrick Monteiro de Barros’s Seljm third, Michel Teweles sailing Thisbee fourth and Andy Beadsworth at the helm of St Francis IX fifth. In the overall standings Sophie Racing took victory from St Francis IX with Thisbee third.

In the Classic  Division consistency paid off for regatta organiser Ossi Paija at the helm of Astree III whose 7, 6, 8 scoreline gave him overall victory. Second place went to Sara of  Hangö skippered by Henrik Tenström, with Andreas Haubold’s Marianne third thanks to their second place in race three. Todays third Classic warm up race was won by Hanko III helmed by Thomas Kuhmann, but having missed yesterday’s second race the best they could do overall in the no discard series was 12th.

Full results are online at www.manage2sail.com

The crews then repaired ashore for the fabulous Sinebrychoff Challenge Cup lunch at a waterside restaurant, after which they were able to enjoy the spectacle of the Classic 6 Metres FIN12 Fridolin, helmed by Henrick Lundberg with Tom Borenius as tactician, and FIN67 Djinn, helmed by Karl Gustav Pihl with George “Tusse” Tallberg as tactician, going head to head in a three match race final to decide the winner of the 2019 Sinebrychoff Challenge Cup – one of the oldest trophies in yacht racing after the America’s Cup. It was a fantastic competition but Djinn got the upper hand and with two race wins was declared the victor.

Racing for the 2019 Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship commences tomorrow, Monday 5 August with up to two races scheduled and a planned first start time of noon.  You can follow the action live at tractrac.com and via the ISMA Facebook Page

Check out the event photos from sailpix.fi