The Round Gotland Race (Swedish: Gotland runt), for sponsorship reasons referred to as ÅF Offshore Race in commercial situations, is an offshore sailing race in the Baltic Sea, arranged by the Royal Swedish Yacht Club at the turn of the month June/July each year with the starting and finishing lines in Sandhamn in the outskirts of Stockholm archipelago.
The two-days regatta is the most prestigious race in the Baltic Sea and have an average of around 300 participating sailing boats.
The longest, 653 M, is sailed by 60-foot trimarans, the shortest 179 M, for classic boats.
After a break in Visby (for dinner and relaxation) the boats returned next day to the finishing line in Sandhamn, but without sailing round Gotland.
[1] The course was 250 M and the yachts sailed round Gotland counter clockwise (today the race is clockwise), including an extension round a checkpoint north of Öland.