Sara af Hango replaces the destroyed/disappeared Violet (1947) which sailed in the Gold Cup 1947 under ownership of Eljas Erkko. Sara, built by Uffe & Peter Granstrom in Hanko/Finland, is a replica of Violet and she has been approved by ISMA as a classic R6.
During her first summers Sara has been sailed mostly by the key players behind Alibaba II's world title 1999... Henrik Tenstrom, Nappe Molander, Timo Laurila, Jolle Blassar and Kristian Rame. Now that both Timo & Kristian have moved with their businesses to Asia, Sebastian Blechinberg and John Winqvist have been the new regulars on board.
2010 Sara was the winner of the Finnish Ranking series and the runner-up in the Nationals Regatta.
The final crew for 2011 has not yet been decided...
FIN-49 Sara af Hango
Seura HSF
Rakennusvuosi 2006
Suunnittelija Gösta Kyntzell
Veistämö Granström, Hangö
Ensimmäinen omistaja Eljas Erkko (Violet)
| Pituus | 10.84 |
| Leveys | 1.86 |
| Vesilinja | 7.15 |
| Paino | 4117 |
| Purjepinta-ala | 43.8 |
Omistajat Kenneth Varsanpää / henrik.tenstrom@sailtech.fi
Ranking 2023
| 1 | FIN 80 | Astrée III | NJK | 36 |
| 2 | FIN 74 | Lisbeth V | NJK | 29 |
| 3 | FIN 12 | Fridolin | NJK | 27 |
| 4 | FIN 49 | Sara af Hangö | HSF/NJK | 24 |
| 5 | FIN 23 | Merenneito II | ÅSS | 23 |
| 6 | FIN 39 | Jolanda | BS | 20 |
| 7 | L35 | Elinore | VVK | 16 |
| 8 | FIN 51 | May Be VI | NJK | 15 |
| 9 | FIN 43 | Wire | MP/NJK | 15 |
| 10 | FIN 44 | TOY | ISS | 9 |
| 11 | FIN 60 | Offcourse | HSK | 9 |
| 12 | FIN 36 | Joy | HSS | 9 |
| 13 | FIN 67 | Djinn | NJK | 8 |
| 14 | FIN 30 | Raili | HSS | 5 |
| 15 | FIN 38 | Mariana | NJK | 3 |
| 16 | FIN66 | Bambi | NJK | 2 |
| 17 | FIN 64 | Emzia | SPS | 2 |