Atlantic Round and
the Five Club Regatta
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David Brown Post Captain NAS, Eric Horwitz KSSS, Dan Colliander NJK och Henrik Andersen KDY.
NJK had the pleasure of organizing the Atlantic Round
9-11.08.13 and the Five Club Regatta. No rain, mostly sunshine and favourable wind conditions were ingredients that
ensured a successful regatta. This year the participants came
from the North American Station, KNS, KSSS and NJK. KDY
and GKSS did not join, but hopefully all member clubs participate next time.
The Atlantic Round (AR) event has been challenged among
some of the North American Station member clubs. After a
meeting at KDY in Copenhagen last year it was decided to
continue with the tradition and it was decided that NJK would
host the event. However, when the time for registration was
due, in the beginning of the summer, member clubs were slow
in responding and at one point, three weeks before the event,
only two clubs had signed up. Luckily one club decided at the
last minute to join. Finally four clubs participated and all participants agreed that this event is worth supporting.
History goes way back to 1945 when Count Pehr Sparre
founded the North American Station as an outstation for KSSS
in the USA. Later the Scandinavian Clubs and NJK joined and
The North American Station of the Royal Scandinavian Yacht
Clubs and Nyländska Jaktklubben was born. In the beginning
when the station represented only KSSS an exchange programme for young sailors was established. This has expanded
and is today called the “Five Club Junior Regatta”, embracing also juniors from the North American Station.
The AR has been criticized for being expensive to organize and as everyone is busy, the event has taken up too much
time. This year only two days were reserved for sailing and
a small entrance fee was introduced. These measures were
taken in accordance with the recommendations of the Copenhagen meeting.
As NJK acted as a host for both the AR and the Five Club
Regatta this year, it was decided to organize both events
partly together. It turned out to be a good decision. N