New to 2022, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) together with the Ocean Racing Alliance (ORA) are delighted to announce a new biennial offshore race in the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea Race is a 630nm offshore race starting and finishing off Helsinki and sailing around the Swedish island of Gotland in July 2022.

The Baltic Sea in July is a magical environment, with 20 hours of daylight. The Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed sea with minimal tidal range but wind-driven currents can produce waves of 1.5 metres. The typical conditions in July are 8-10 knots from the west-southwest. Summer storms are rare, but conditions can change rapidly with squalls from thermal difference in land and sea temperature.