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SEILmagasinet TV Episode 4/2026
30 June 2026 · 37 min · 1K views · Oslofjord
What this video covers
Norwegian sailing magazine SEILmagasinet's pre-summer broadcast covers race coverage, boat tests, and a planned summer passage. The broadcast opens with coverage of the Ferdiseilasen regatta, where results were delayed after the Manage to Sail scoring system failed, forcing organizers to phone competitors to confirm finish times; KNS used weather routing for handicap calculations a second time, producing disputed results corrected five days later.2:50 Kristian Østby mounted Starlink and two cameras on his boat to livestream the race, with one camera failing in rain — a test run before his planned Race of the Arctic live broadcast.2:07 The XR 41, priced from 6 million to 8.7 million NOK (up to 10 million fully equipped), was tested shorthanded off the Netherlands; it reached double-digit speeds but never matched the Beneteau First 300 sailed the same day.16:01 The Jpk 1050, sailed with designer Jean-Pierre Calvert weeks after his Rolex Fastnet Race overall win, hit 20.5 knots surfing down waves.23:35 The BirdyFish foiling dinghy, weighing 30 kg and priced just under 300,000 NOK, was trialed at Moss Seilforening.11:10 Pia Dahl-Andersen and Nora Edland are interviewed after winning Norway's first 49er FX world championship and the country's first world title in an active Olympic class in 23 years.32:53 A crew member plans a solo summer passage on an Albin Sirius from Oslo to Bornholm via Læsø, Anholt, and Copenhagen.29:40
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