Welcome to Sea Paddlers Blue Ribbon of Sweden
Merry Christmas! |
| Date: 2024-12-16 |
| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hope you all have a good paddling year in 2025. To be a bit modern, I've let the AI generate this year's Santa Claus.  |
| Peter Sjödin
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First registration for the year 2025 |
| Date: 2024-10-24 |
On October 24, 2024, Göran Blomqvist signed up to start his paddling on May 15, 2025. We wish him the best of luck with his preparations and look forward to his start next year |
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Jury meeting 2024-10-16 |
| Date: 2024-10-16 |
| On Wednesday 16 October there was a jury meeting for Torgny Lundberg. Since Torgny is now living in Dublin during the autumn, there was a digital jury meeting. This time the jury consisted of Thorvald Nielsen, Ben Strengell, Lilja Nikulasdottir (part of the time) and chairman Peter Sjödin. Torgny was well prepared with a map printout per day showing his paddling route. On the west coast quite a lot of headwinds, but up in Östergötland it was very pleasant paddling and progressively longer daily distances. There was no doubt that the jury could approve the paddling. Because it was a digital meeting, there was no shared coffee with cake this time. But Jim Danielsson's book 100.000 KILOMETER I HAVSKAJAK will be sent to Torgny. Torgny with the jury members Thorvald, Ben and Peter in the computer |
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Jury meeting 2024-10-09 |
| Date: 2024-10-09 |
| On Wednesday 9 October there was a jury meeting for Lina Hallebratt at Peter Sjödin's home in Västerås. The jury this time consisted of Thorvald Nielsen, Ben Strengell and chairman Peter. Lina talked about her third paddling around Sweden. The plan was to do the paddling in 60 days and have a number of rest days in case of bad weather. The problem was that it was always good paddling weather - only one day completely blown. Therefore, there were no more than 45 days of paddling. Towards the end of the paddling, the daily distances became longer and longer and at most 118 km. There was no doubt that the jury could approve the paddling. After the briefing, Lina was offered a sandwich with a drink in the usual order, followed by coffee and a good cake with both a kayak and an inscription. Lina proudly displays Jim Danielsson's book 100,000 KILOMETERS IN SEA CANOE Lina with jury members Thorvald, Ben and Peter Peter has the pleasure of handing over the fine miniature kayak made by Mats Grindvik The good cake Lina hesitates to cut the impressive cake |
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Honorary Chairman |
| Date: 2024-09-16 |
| At the jury meeting on 2024-09-15, Jim Danielsson was appointed as honorary chairman. Jim founded HBB and has been its chairman since its inception. In this way, we want to thank Jim for his great efforts for the Sea Paddlers Blue Ribbon. |
| Peter Sjödin
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Jury meeting 2024-09-15 |
| Date: 2024-09-15 |
| On Sunday 15 September there was a jury meeting for Vidar Lundquist at the home of the new chairman Peter Sjödin in Västerås. The jury this time also consisted of Thorvald Nielsen and Ben Strengell. Vidar presented the journey from his computer to a TV so that everyone could clearly follow his journey. The jury agreed that Vidar's very personal video log during the trip was extremely pleasant and entertaining. The most dramatic thing during the paddling was when Vidar in his kayak was run over by a motorboat at the entrance to Arkösund. Fortunately, Vidar escaped unscathed, but he had to spend a few days repairing the kayak with many layers of fiberglass. There was no doubt that the jury could approve the paddling. After the briefing, Vidar was offered a sandwich with a drink in the usual order, followed by coffee and a delicious cake with an inscription. Vidar shows the route on the computer Jurors Thorvald and Ben Vidar gets Jim Danielsson's book 100.000 KILOMETER I HAVSKAJAK Peter has the pleasure of handing over the fine miniature kayak made by Mats Grindvik The good cake Vidar's stats on his paddling - some details for everyone's amusement. It is the second line with the numerical data that applies. By a happy coincidence, Vidar had his kayak on the roof of the car and here you can clearly see what a fine repair he carried out all by himself |
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Vidar has reached Haparanda |
| Date: 2024-07-31 |
| Many congratulations on a well-executed paddling, which took a total of 85 days and a total distance of 2468 km. The trip has included unusual events such as repairing the kayak after being hit by a speedboat. We will miss all of Vidar's nice and positive video reports. Finish line image at border marker Nº 59 |
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Lina has crossed the finish line |
| Date: 2024-07-28 |
| Today, Lina Hallebratt reached the national marker Nº 59 in Haparanda . It was Lina's third HBB paddling. She paddled in an impressive 45 days and thus became the second fastest woman (after Lena Olsson in 2006). The total paddling distance was 2431 km. We congratulate Lina for the well-executed paddling. . Finish line image at border marker Nº 59 |
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First finish year 2024 |
| Date: 2024-07-19 |
| Torgny Lundberg became the first paddler to reach the national marker Nº 59 in Haparanda this year. It was a total of 52 days, of which 8 rest days. The total paddling distance was 2347 km (previously incorrectly 2394 km).. Finish line image at border marker Nº 59 |
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Niclas Kjellberg has stopped paddling |
| Date: 2024-06-15 |
Unfortunately, Niclas has canceled his paddling at Steninge south of Falkenberg. |
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Lina Hallebratt has started |
| Date: 2024-06-14 |
Today, Lina has started her third HBB paddling. You can follow her camp sites via this link We wish Lina the best of luck! |
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Ronny Alfonsson has cancelled the paddling |
| Date: 2024-06-08 |
Unfortunately Ronny has cancelled the paddling due to pain in the back. |
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Sixth registration |
| Date: 2024-06-05 |
Lina Hallebratt, who has already completed two HBB paddlings, has now signed up for her third paddling along the coast of Sweden. Planned start is June 13. We look forward to following her paddling. |
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Torgny has started |
| Date: 2024-05-29 |
Now, Torgny Lundberg has started his long journey. We wish Torgny the best of luck! |
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Ronny has also started tonight |
| Date: 2024-05-24 |
Now even later in the evening, Ronny Alfonsson has also started his long journey.. You can follow his journey via this link We wish Ronny the best of luck! |
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Niclas Kjellberg has started |
| Date: 2024-05-24 |
| This evening, Niclas has started his long journey. You can follow his journey via this link We wish Niclas the best of luck! |
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Fifth registration for the year |
| Date: 2024-05-21 |
Today, Torgny Lundberg signed up with a tentative start of May 29. From Torgny's Facebook it appears that he has made it across Sweden from north to south by bicycle. Now the plan is to kayak the entire coast of Sweden. We wish Torgny the best of luck! |
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Valter Vilör breaks his paddling |
| Date: 2024-05-19 |
Due to pain, Valter feels compelled to cancel his paddling in Frillesås. He has had a great run with mixed weather however no rain just different wind types. We wish him a speedy recovery. |
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Third registration and second start |
| Date: 2024-05-10 |
Yesterday Valter Vilör signed up as the third paddler for this year and already today he started paddling in his home-built kayak. We wish Valter the best of luck! |
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Vidar Lundquist has registered and started today |
| Date: 2024-05-08 |
Now the first paddler has started his long journey towards Haparanda. We wish Vidar Lundquist the best of luck! |
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First registration for the year 2024 |
| Date: 2024-02-09 |
On February 9, 2024, Ronny Alfonsson registered to start his paddling on May 25, 2024. Ronny also started in 2020, but had to cancel due to illness. We wish him the best of luck with his preparations and look forward to his start. |
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New chairman |
| Date: 2024-01-01 |
Happy New Year! From 2024, Jim Danielsson has left the chairmanship and the chairman's gavel to Peter Sjödin. In addition, we now have a new jury with both some old and a new name.  |
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Jim Danielsson 90 years |
| Date: 2023-10-31 |
| Jim celebrated his birthday on October 28th with his family, but today, October 31st, we in the HBB jury had the opportunity to congratulate Jim on reaching the impressive age of 90 years. We were invited to Thorvald Nielsen's home where we presented beautiful flowers and a folder with congratulations from 119 HBB paddlers. We had sent out emails to everyone who completed HBB and we received an overwhelming response. Jim was very happy and sincerely thanks everyone who sent greetings. He will now spend a lot of time carefully reading everything written. Thorvald treated us to a delicious lunch followed by coffee and cake. Jim has received the folder with all greetings. From left: Lennart Bergström, Mats Grindvik, Jim Danielsson, Sven Berggren, Thorvald Nielsen and Peter Sjödin behind the camera Coffee and cake. Here are some examples of greetings in the cover. The binder with all the greetings. Lena and Håkan Jernehov with HBB-number 2 and 3. David Lindgren and Henrik Lindblom with HBB-number 78 and 79. Peter Magnusson with a total of 7 HBB conquests. Marie Eklöf and Ben Strengell with HBB-number 187 and 188. |
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TIME TO DISEMBARK |
| Date: 2023-09-06 |
Since HBB was established in 1990, I have been active on its jury for 33 years. It feels right to now step back at almost 90 years of age and after various paddlers together have soon been noted for 200 conquests. That's why I'm happy that Peter Sjödin in Västerås has declared himself willing to take over from the year 2024. Peter has himself paddled HBB twice and as Webmaster he also takes care of HBB's website in an excellent way. So it feels good and safe to leave "my baby" in Peter's capable hands. At the same time, I would like to thank all those who have been jury members in HBB during these years for their voluntary participation in the many jury meetings. Jim Danielsson Jim's handwritten letter |
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