The earlybird registration phase for the Garmin Round Denmark Race 2023 begins on 11 November, with starters paying only half the usual registration fees until 12 December. The additional incentive: from the 5th crew member onwards, there are no further costs for teams. The organisers of the Rund-Dänemark-Rallye, which has been significantly revised for 2023, are enticing participants with these offers in the run-up to Christmas. They apply to both the offshore and inshore regatta.
Two starting lines, one destination harbour
The Garmin Round Denmark Race is backed by the Sailing Aarhus Association, the Aarhus International Sailing Centre, the Scandinavian Singlehanded Association and Morten Brandt's event agency Shorthand ECM. The quartet has brought some new attractions to the race for soloists, double-handed crews and teams, which is held annually on two courses - inshore and offshore - for the summer of 2023.
The Garmin Round Denmark Race inshore starts and finishes in the Scandinavian "City of Sails" Aarhus. From 4 August, it will take its challengers around the northernmost, easternmost and southernmost points of Denmark, but is limited to the waters east of Jutland. The course length is 680 nautical miles. The offshore variant starts on 2 August west of Esbjerg, passes the westernmost, northernmost, easternmost and southernmost points of Denmark and finishes in the common destination port of Aarhus.
The three umbrella divisions "Solo", "Two Star" and "Fully Crewed" are each divided into seven keelboat classes and two multihull classes. The organisers of the rally have introduced a newORC Club Race where overall prizes are awarded. Following criticism of the many different starts over several days in 2021 and 2021, the organisers have taken the impressive start of the Route du Rhum as a model: There is - once in Aarhus, once in Esbjerg - one long line and one start for everyone.
Tatjana Pokorny
Sports reporter
