Heartfelt congratulations on your 100th birthday, Jóansóka!

 

It’s a very special experience to be rowing on St. John’s Day – you never know what’s going to happen! BUU shouts, cheers and longtong in the air, everything is as it should be, when you race in the South. I love it!

The hospitality is always top notch, and not a single eye is dry.

Hopefully it won’t be another 100 years before the 10-man ship Suðuroyingur is manned.

Thank you for a wonderful St. John’s Day – together we make history!

 

5 people, girls 14-16 years old.

5 people, 14-16 years old.

1.     Pilur

2.     Stool

3.     Gulin

When Pílur landed in Hvalvík, it was immediately clear that there was speed and power. That’s why I expect you to take the custom back today – with a rowing that resembles a machine.

 

5 people, 15-17 years old.

5 people, 15-17 years old.

1.     The Silit

2.     Skansin

3.     Title

It will be exciting if Havnar róðrarfelag manages to become no. 1,2,3, and 4. But I expect the Herring to win clearly.

 

5 crew women.

5 capable women.

1.     The chosen ones

2     Fipan Fagra

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3.     Erla Kongsdóttir

It looks like Sarita has got control of Kjósin again this year – she runs straight and runs well. I therefore expect them to take the custom today at half a boat length.

 

6. manly women

6. humane women

        Jarnbard wins.

 

5 people aged 14-16.

5 people aged 14-16.

1     Fipan Fagra

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2.     Falkur

3.     Stool

Future FM winners aboard Fipan Føgra will win again today – a wild journey through surf and break. Rejoice! Fipan Fagra rows like a dream, and the boys row as if they were made for this. The best year in the country is ready to win again!

 

5 people, 17-18 years old.

5 people, 17-18 years old.

1     Fipan Fagra

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2.     The Beautiful Experiment

3.      

Boys 17–18 years – and here it will break! Here be 5 minutes and 20 seconds of pure rowing madness! There is power, there is rhythm, and there is will! Rejoice – this will be a running fire over the sea!

 

6 able-bodied men.

6 able-bodied men.

1.     The swimming boats

2.     Shadows

3.     Sölmundur

The swimming boat does what Norðoyingur could not do – to bully, dare, and win. They not only row well, they row with a speed that makes the sea tremble. This is not just a rowing, this is an incredible will!

 

8 people

8 people capacity

1.     Ears

2.     Rice

3.     Gøtu Tróndur

We saw it in Hvalvík – the ‘Grønskolningarnir’ on board Ørvi had trouble rowing in a bench. It was more like little boys fighting grown men. But on the other hand: The giant himself had big problems in the lungs – maybe the giants are simply too big. The lightweights on Ørvi took it in their own calm strength and rowed the course so well that they ended up winning by a whopping 11⁄2 boat length – up to only 660.8 meters! It’s rhythm, it’s technique, and it’s a signal that size doesn’t always win. It makes a fence!

But for the competition, go to Risin.

 

10 people.

10 people.

1.     Klaksviking

2.     The harbor boats

3.     Norse

Hopefully I’m not right in what I’m saying now – that FM is already decided, and that the others have put the years on the shelf. But it somehow looked like that when they rowed in Hvalvík. It was like seeing one boat with desire – and the others with disappointment. Too bad if my prediction holds true, and there really is so little wave left in the other boats.

 

Good luck.

Hello Svein Rógvi Nielsen Ljósstein.