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Founded	1893
Clubhouse	Merisatama, Liuskasaari Liuskasaari Liuskasaari is an island located south of Helsinki, Finland. This island is home of the Helsingfors Segelsällskap, one of the oldest sailing clubs in Finland.The island hosted some of the sailing events for the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:* p. 58.*... , Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
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Members	1300
Yachts	350
Website	http://www.hss-segel.fi
Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/pages/Helsingfors-Segelsallskap/116249385054579

Helsingfors Segelsällskap Yacht Club

Yacht club

A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to sailing and yachting.-Description:Yacht Clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there are some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations...

or HSS, is the second oldest yacht club in Helsinki, established in 1893. The yacht club is home harbor for 1300 members and 350 mainly sail boats. The club is located on Liuskasaari

Liuskasaari

Liuskasaari is an island located south of Helsinki, Finland. This island is home of the Helsingfors Segelsällskap, one of the oldest sailing clubs in Finland.The island hosted some of the sailing events for the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:* p. 58.*...

island in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

. Liuskasaari is a few minutes ferry ride away from Merisatamanranta.

The Biggest Classic Fleet in the Nordics

Helsingfors Segelsällskap is renowned for its more than seventy boats strong classic fleet and its AUDI HSS Match Racing centre and frequent sailing competitions. The classic fleet consists of over fifty classic yachts mainly in the Metre boat classes. The club has a large fleet of 8 mR, 6 mR

6 Metre (keelboat)

The International Six Metre Class is a class of racing yachts. Six Metre boats are a construction class, meaning that the boats are not identical but are all designed to meet specific measurement formula, in this case International Rule...

, 5.5 Metre

5.5 Metre (keelboat)

The International 5.5 Metre Class was created to yield a racing keel boat giving a sailing experience similar to that of the International 6 Metre Class, but at a lower cost....

and 5 Metre boats as well as Skerry cruisers

Skerry Cruiser

thumbSquare Metre Yachts, also known as Skerry Cruisers are types of yachts, usually wooden, which are constructed according to Square Metre Rule. Originating from Sweden, they were historically most popular at Baltic Sea, though some classes also saw popularity in other European countries and USA...

, Folk Boats

Nordic Folkboat

The Nordic Folkboat is a small sailboat, rigged as a sloop. The design of this boat was the result of a competition held by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union in 1942, who were hoping to create an easily sailed and low cost boat...

, Classic Dragons

Dragon (keelboat)

thumbThe International Dragon is a one-design keelboat.The Dragon was designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972...

, Hai boats

Hai (keelboat)

Hai is one-design, sloop-rigged keelboat designed in Finland. It was designed in 1930 by Finnish sailboat designer Gunnar L. Stenbäck as a cheap, racing and cruising yacht suitable for mass production...

and classic Cruising yachts. The club is an active partner of the Scandinavian Classic Yacht Trust SCYT, that organizes the Baltic Classic Masters regatta circuit. The regattas are at the present organized in Trosa

Trosa

Trosa is a locality and the seat of Trosa Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 4,633 inhabitants in 2005 and 11,417 in 2010 ....

in Sweden and in Hanko and Helsinki

Helsinki

in Finland. In the future classic regattas in Mariehamn

Mariehamn

Mariehamn is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city...

, Åland, and Kotka

Kotka

Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....

Finland as well as St.Petersburg, Russia, are planned.

Active Juniors and Match Race Centre

HSS has a very active junior section with 120 active sailors between five and fitften years of age. The juniors mainly sail with a large fleet of Optimists. In 2009 HSS launched an olympic match race

Match race

A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head.The term may be best known as a race between two sailing boats racing around a course...

center with a fleet of 6 Elliott 6m

Elliott 6m

The Elliott 6m is an Olympic-class keelboat, designed by Greg Elliott. It has been selected for the women's match racing event for the 2012 Olympics. The standard Elliott 6 carries an asymmetric spinnaker on a prod. The Elliott 6m carries a spinnaker pole and symmetric spinnaker which is...

boats in addition to the older fleet of 8 Laser 16 boats. The club also has an extensive program of adult sailing courses.
The club has a long tradition in smaller keel boat competition. The H-boat

H-boat

The H-Boat is a one-design keelboat designed by Finnish Hans Groop in 1967, with some minor modifications by Paul Elvstrøm in 1971. The boat gained international status in 1977. Since 1967 over 5000 hulls have been made, making it one of the most popular yacht classes in the world...

class was initiated by the club in 1967 and constructed by HSS member Hans Groop

Hans Groop

Hans Groop, born 1932 in Vaasa is a Finnish yacht designer based in Helsinki.He has designed more than a hundred yachts and motorboats, the most famous being the H-boat, one of the most popular yacht classes in the world. Hans Groop has been a lifelong member of the HSS - a leading yachtclub for...

. Earlier, in the 30s, the club had initiated the Hai-boat. Both classes eventually grew to become the biggest in competitive Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

sailing in during their heyday in the 50s and the 80s.

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HSS Club House Restaurant Boat House

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