The Cover shot shows the Russian frigate Shtandart shortly after the race start in 2007.
The pictures in the gallery below were taken at the race start, somewhere off Copenhagen. We had very light winds, sunshine and interesting cloud formations as we watched the fleet drift over the line at the start of the race. A passage of around 600 nautical miles across the Baltic Sea to the port of Kotka in Finland.
There are a couple of nice panoramas and also a shot of the Swedish schooners, Gladan (SO1) and Falken (SO2) sailing together.
Slideshow Gallery
Main vessels Fryderyk Chopin and Sorlandet 
Fryderyk Chopin, Sorlandet and Lord Nelson 
Lord Nelson and Europa 
Sorlandet with Alexander von Humboldt just behind 
Christian Radich, Fryderyk Chopin, Shtandart, Statsraad Lehmkuhl and Sorlandet 
Sedov with Sorlandet just behind 
Sedov, Fryderyk Chopin, Alex von Humboldt and Lord Nelson 
Iskra, Alexander von Humboldt, Fryderyk Chopin, Sedov and Lord Nelson 
Alexander von Humboldt, Shtandart, Sedov and Lord Nelson 
Statsraad Lehmkuhl, Sedov and Lord Nelson 
Asgard ll 
Asgard ll 
Falken 
Sedov 
Statsraad Lehmkuhl 
Sedov and Lord Nelson 
Fryderyk Chopin, Christian Radich, Cuauhtemoc, Sorlandet and Shtandart 
Europa 
Europa 
Falken and Gladan 
Sedov with Statsraad Lehmkuhl just behind 
Sedov with Statsraad Lehmkuhl just behind 
Fryderyk Chopin with Roald Amundsen under her bow 
Sedov 
Statsraad Lehmkuhl and Shtandart 
Shtandart 
Fryderyk Chopin, Sedov and Lord Nelson
