Spirit of Helsinki – Ocean Globe Race 2023
The legendary Fazer Finland Swan 651 is in the world famous Whitbread ocean race 50th edition.
OGR 2023
The legendary Ocean Globe Race
The Ocean Globe Race (OGR) is a fully crewed retro race in the spirit of the 1973 Whitbread Round the World Race. It marks the 50th anniversary of the original event.
Spirit of Helsinki
Spirit of Helsinki, Swan 651 was built in 1984. It was designed by naval architect German Frers and built by Nautor, the legendary Finnish ship producer of luxury sailing yachts, based in Jakobstad.
The crew
It is a delight to bring one of the Finnish ocean sailing legends around the world again with a great Finnish crew.
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