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Welcome to the web-site hosted by the Canoe Sailing Committee of Finnish Canoe Federation. Our aim is to offer you all the information you need to visit Finland or start or strength this great sport in your homeland.

LOG BOOK First canoe sailing    club in Finland 16.8.2006 Finnish National Championships 12.8.2006 Early canoe development  16.8.2005 Web-site published 6.8.2005

Mr. Hjelt from Canoe Club of Helsinki, sailing smoothly with “Pojan” in Toolo Bay of Helsinki summer 1926. This sailing canoe is desinged by Carl Smith. The  model is Swedish “Helsa” from 1881.

The Canoe Sailing Committee of Finnish Canoe Federation is established again in 1994 - after 60 years silence. Canoe Sailing is one of the eldest form of canoeing in Finland, as well as in Far East and in North America. Since 1880 there has been sailing canoes in Finland. Most active years were in 1930’s before the Second World War. There were tens of sailing canoes in some clubs in Viborg and in Helsinki. Now we are waking up this great sport and raising our canoe sailing activities to the level they should be because of our honour traditions.

You may find all the services we can offer for foreigners and visitors. There is more information in Finnish version of this web-site focused more our national goals. We like to share our knowledge in canoe sailing and learn more when involved in foreign canoe sailors.

Please, browse all the information in this web-site. Feel free to ask more. You may contact the members of our committee with email. Or you may send feedback form if you don’t want or find the right person to contact. We are willing to receive all kind of messages from the canoeing world.

Thanks for visiting our web-site. Let’s have fun with tight sails and ropes! The things can’t be better.

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