Tapio Lehtinen

Later he has been an active sailor in the open seas and oceans, and in 1981–82 he participated in the Whitbread Round the World Race in the boat Skopbank of Finland, serving as its officer in charge of navigational watch.

[4] By the time Lehtinen reached the waters of Tasmania, his boat was plagued by lepadidae, which had fastened on its bottom in the Indian Ocean.

The mistake had been made at a Finnish yard, and the reason for this was the fact that the kinds of anti-fouling paint that are used for boats in ocean races are not allowed to be used in the Baltic Sea.

The lepadidae effectively put an end to Lehtinen's competition for victory, and he was not able to achieve more than the bottom place in the race.

He was the only contestant to arrive at the finish without experiencing a knockdown, that is, without his mast and sails hitting the surface of the ocean.

[4] Jean-Luc van den Heede, 73 years old, used 211 days for his voyage and reached the finish on 29 January.

Lehtinen, however, stocked up with all he needed at the start, and at the end of the race he still had food for two more months and water for two more weeks.

[6] After that he plans to captain an all-Finnish team in the 2023 Ocean Globe race, with a boat he is to buy from England, the down payment for which he has already paid.