Following last year's participation in the ÅF Offshore Race the interest among SCA’s employees remained strong to once again take the opportunity to compete in this classic ocean race around the Swedish island of Gotland. A large number of employees took advantage of the invitation to be part of the crew.14 participants have now been selected to represent the company. The 14 employees will compete with the boats "SCA Nature" with a male crew and "SCA People" with a female crew.

The main race starts in down town Stockholm on Sunday June 29, sailing non-stop through the archipelago past the island of Sandhamn, out on to the open seas around the island of Gotland and heading for the finish at Sandhamn about two to three  days later. And the participants are: Didac Banus Brunet, Spain, Karin Stübner, Sweden, Yannick Poisson, France, Sofia Lind, Sweden, Tamas Ovad, Hungary, Anne Sporre, Thorburn, Sweden, Marcin Kurek, Russia, Andrea Steffens, Germany, Mats Persson, Sweden, Ottilia von Chrismar, Germany, Evaggelos Kokkinos, Germany, Melba Maldonado Riveroll, Mexico, Wesley Chiu, China and Brian Grahovac, USA.