The City of Sails, Aarhus, is slated to host a new version of the Round Denmark Race, formerly known as Danmark Rundt Singlehand, from 2021. The planning was carried out by a consortium made up of Sailing Aarhus, the Aarhus International Sailing Center, the Scandinavian Single Hand Sailing Association and the EventfirmShorthand ECM from Morten Brandt. Participation should be possible solo, double-handed and with a full crew. The race starts and ends in Aarhus and can be followed on social media and via tracking.
"We would have liked to start this year, but unfortunately the corona crisis put an end to this plan," says Morten Brandt.
Jon Koch Hansen from Sailing Aarhus adds: "With the upcoming focus on the new Olympic class - Offshore Mixed Doublehand - and the visit to The Ocean Race in Aarhus in 2022, it makes perfect sense to look in this direction."
The two routes are to be sailed alternately every two years. The inshore course runs over around 650 nautical miles (yellow), the offshore course over around 890 nautical miles (red)
The first edition of the Round Denmark Race will run over the inshore course of around 650 nautical miles (yellow line). Every year the course changes from inshore to offshore (red line). Two-handed and full crews sail the route non-stop, while the single-handed sailors undertake the journey with self-selected stops for anchoring, buoys or in the harbor. Rest times and stops are required, which are controlled according to a calculation and controlled by the race office. The classification is defined by the LOdes Bootes - a classification that Morten Brandt introduced in 2012 at the Silverrudder Challenge. There is no calculation, the first in a length group in the finish wins.
A preliminary website has been created where interested parties can subscribe to a mailing list.
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