Stockholm, Sweden - The fourth day of the Archipelago Raid saw the return of

the Skanska (Adilstamm/Marimon) team. They did beat the race leader Team

Raymarine (Woxen/Nylof) for leg three by seconds and are now trailing 3

points behind with two more legs to go in leg 4. Crossing the Baltic Sea for

35 miles was an event full three hours blast yesterday evening. After that

the teams spend the day racing through the even more impressive and

undiscovered Åland and Finland Archipelago.



In leg 4 (that started this morning) the Skanska boys, with two young Laser

and Hobby cat experts onboard look stronger and stronger. All of the

competitors are becoming more and more exhausted. Tacking for example takes

almost minutes while it used to be seconds. The Skanska Team has the

advantage of the youth. However the Le Mans start of the beach was won by

the Team TietoEnator 1 with Mr. and Mrs. McDonalds.



With the increasing exhaustion the competition also intensifies. At some

checkpoints some boats come in only seconds apart, sailing up the beach and

trying to run wearing all the foul weather gear to collect the signature.

The teams become more equal in performance after four days. It is noticeable

that the ex-Volvo Ocean Racers seem to be able to grunt up and keep going

only being challenged by youth. The endurance and stamina is an important

factor for victory this late in the race.



Tonight the Extreme Orienteering Sailing Race of 100.000 Islands race brings

the competitors back across the Baltic Sea for 35 miles to Fejan. There the

teams will get new navigational charts to continue racing for the last bit

of this crazy race. Finish at Fejan expected at 15.00 hours PM.



Top three rankings after three legs:

1. Team Raymarine, Magnus Woxen (SWE)/Klabbe Nylof (SWE)

2. Team Skanska, Fredrik Adilstamm (SWE)/Tomas Marimon (SWE)

3. Team Tiddemans, Bjorn Hansen (SWE)/Calle Hennix (SWE)



The race finishes in Fejan on Thursday 27 June.



For more info and pictures please see http://www.archipelagoraid.com

Stockholm, Sweden: At Fejan island the remaining seven competitors in the

Archipelago Raid finally finished after 500 nautical miles of almost non

stop sailing and orienteering through one of nature's most undiscovered

labyrinth of islands. Leading the fleet from start to finish was Team

Raymarine with Magnus Woxen (SWE) en Klabbe Nylöf (SWE).



The two winning sailors just competed against each other in the Volvo Ocean

Race on SEB and ASSA ABLOY. Now they teamed up to claim the overall win of

this unique event. Surprising second overall was Team Skanska with Fredrik

Adilstamm and Tomas Marimon on equal points with Team TietoEnator 1 (Neal

and Lisa McDonald). Skanska had a leg win and claims silver. The McDonalds

took the third overall.



Neal McDonald was very tired on arrival. "It is very enjoyable, a great way

to spend four days with your wife. It is a great mix of sailing, navigation

and stamina and obviously we lacked on the navigational side. I found that

incredibly hard. We had no feel for the place. Blasting along rocks with 20

knots of speed was a strange concept to us. But the best team won, they

never put one foot wrong."



Final result after five legs:



1. Team Raymarine, Magnus Woxen (SWE)/Klabbe Nylöf (SWE), 8 points

2. Team Skanska, Fredrik Adilstamm (SWE)/Tomas Marimon (SWE), 18

3. Team TietoEnator 1, Neal McDonald (GBR)/Lisa McDonald (USA), 18

4. Team Tidermans, Calle Hennix (SWE)/ Björn Hansen (SWE), 22

5. Team Pia, Pia L'Obry (SWE)/Liz Wardley (AUS), 25

6. Team Kempff, Joakim Kempff (SWE)/Magnus Nordström (SWE), 31

7. Team TietoEnator 2, Mikaela von Koskull (FIN)/ Yann Jameson (GBR), 41



http://www.archipelagoraid.com

I checked out the site and the pics,....what a wild race.



Next year, put a post on this site about 2 - 3 months before the event,....maybe some of us could do it...



As a note to all,..at this time of year,...the Nordic region has daylight almost all day,......just keep sailing!



Bruce



St. Croix