Tapio onboard Galiana with his grandson Emil

Tapio Lehtinen is a lifetime sailor and
keenly in love with the Oceans of the World.

Tapio’s first circumnavigation took place in 1981, as he participated in the Whitbread Round the World Race as the watch captain onboard Skopbank of Finland. The second round was the Golden Globe Race 2018, in which he finished 5th. Thousands of barnacles stuck to the bottom of his boat made the journey arduous. Still, with the true Finnish spirit, Tapio sailed and crossed the finish line and became the first Finn to have raced single-handed nonstop around the world.

It’s fair to say the first GGR competition left Tapio with a bone to pick with the barnacles. He wanted to give himself and her beloved Asteria boat another chance, and in September 2022, he started the Golden Globe Race 2022, ready to fight for victory seriously. Everything was going smoothly, and Tapio was sailing second in the race. But then, on Friday, 18th November 2022, dramatic news reached us: Asteria had suddenly sunk. Tapio spent about a day on the life raft, after which his fellow competitor Kirsten Neuschäfer rescued him to her boat. From Kirsten’s boat, Tapio boarded the cargo ship Darya Gayatri, which took him to Indonesia and finally back home.

His following big race was in 2023 Ocean Globe Race 2023, the 50th-anniversary race of Whitbread, which was first sailed in 1973. Like the GGR, the OGR is sailed with traditional boats and methods. For this race, Tapio gathered a group of next-generation ocean sailors. Their boat was the classic Swan 55 yawl, Galiana, which the team prepared for the round-the-world sailing that started in September 2023.

On my voyages around the world, I have witnessed firsthand how nature has changed. The biodiversity has narrowed and continues to do so; there are fewer birds, fewer fish, fewer sea mammals. All the trash in the sea and the smog above the shipping routes are giving a strong signal.

As someone who loves nature and the sea, and also speaking as a grandfather, I want to take action to preserve this beautiful planet for generations to come. In my future projects, I want to work in cooperation with companies and organizations that are part of the solution, not part of the problem. I want to promote innovations, concrete solutions, and ways as to what we can do, to keep our planet clean, diverse, and viable.

We still have time to put it right!

Tapio Lehtinen sign

Tapio Lehtinen
tapio.a.lehtinen@gmail.com
+358 40 049 5678
Waves

The Call of the Ocean is a documentary film about
Tapio's first Golden Globe Race in 2018-19

Don McIntyre talks about Tapio's coming projects

"Tapion Aava" is a short film that sheds light on the man behind sailing.

Tapio's Book is Available Now!

» Order now from Amazon!

Last year, when I was in Panama, Tapio Lehtinen asked if I would help him with this book, mainly smoothing out his English. I was honored to be asked, and soon I was not only editing, but converting third-person past tense to first person present tense. Then I asked for his ship's logs and started adding to the story, doubling its length. I was engrossed in the writing at this point, and felt like I was sailing around the world in the Southern Ocean, alone in a 36' boat, but handling the cold and violent seas like a seasoned veteran of the ocean. This is how I hope you will feel when you read it.

– Paul Trammell

Hear the full story from the man himself!

Tapio is an inspiring speaker for your event.

A successful career as an Industrial Engineer with experience in strategic planning and leading teams in various organisations. Life-long sailor with two circumnavigations done and two more planned. He’s been around, so to speak. With respect to the current state of the world, Tapio sure knows something about being remote, alone, and isolated.

Always be prepared for the worst. Be scared beforehand, so that you don’t have to be when the going gets tough. Trusting your team, sharing common goals, adapting to new challenges, and finally making your dreams a reality. These are just some of the themes Tapio will be touching on. Not to forget his first-hand experience on the global state of the environment. Tapio has devoted his future to the future of our common planet.

The presentation can be delivered in English, Finnish, or Swedish.

Contact: tapio.a.lehtinen@gmail.com, +358 40 049 5678

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Sain kunnian kertoa tarinoitani Valtakunnallisilla Yrittäjäpäivillä. Haasteiden voittamisessa maalla ja merellä on paljon yhtymäkohtia - intohimo, läksyjen tekeminen ja sitoutunut tiimi ovat avaimia. Vaikeuksia ja epäonnistumisia ei pidä pelätä, its about how well you bounce!.
Tunnelma 1400 yrittäjän gaalaillallisella oli kouriintuntuvan optimistinen ja isänmaallinen menestyneitä yrittäjiä palkittaessa. Heidän lisäkseen myös työministeri Arto Satonen sai standing ovationin - työelämän uudistusten myötä suomalaiset yrittäjät ovat pääsemässä samalle viivalle eurooppalaisten kilpailijoidensa kanssa. Huoli kansantaloutemme kuntoon saamisesta on suuri ja yhteinen. Ennen orkesterin tuloa lavalle laulettiin yhteislauluna Maamme-laulu:).
Kiitos mielenkiintoisista illalliskeskusteluista Tiina ja Michael Wangell, Jussi Järventaus et al.
Kiitos kutsusta Skoda & Suomen Yrittäjät.
Sunday October 13th, 2024

Sain kunnian kertoa tarinoitani Valtakunnallisilla Yrittäjäpäivillä. Haasteiden voittamisessa maalla ja merellä on paljon yhtymäkohtia - intohimo, läksyjen tekeminen ja sitoutunut tiimi ovat avaimia. Vaikeuksia ja epäonnistumisia ei pidä pelätä, "it's about how well you bounce!".
Tunnelma 1400 yrittäjän gaalaillallisella oli kouriintuntuvan optimistinen ja isänmaallinen menestyneitä yrittäjiä palkittaessa. Heidän lisäkseen myös työministeri Arto Satonen sai standing ovationin - työelämän uudistusten myötä suomalaiset yrittäjät ovat pääsemässä samalle viivalle eurooppalaisten kilpailijoidensa kanssa. Huoli kansantaloutemme kuntoon saamisesta on suuri ja yhteinen. Ennen orkesterin tuloa lavalle laulettiin yhteislauluna Maamme-laulu:).
Kiitos mielenkiintoisista illalliskeskusteluista Tiina ja Michael Wangell, Jussi Järventaus et al.
Kiitos kutsusta Skoda & Suomen Yrittäjät.
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So proud of you, bro 🇫🇮

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Only through global cooperation will we be able to stop this development. Many encouraging results have been obtained and many solutions are available, but much more needs to be done. Proud and thankful for the cooperation with our partner companies and organizations who all are part of the solution on our way towards a safe, digital, carbon neutral circular economy.

Well, I just read that webshops like chinese temu and schein is freighting buyed goods all around the globe with 88 cargoplanes. EVERY DAY!!! SICK!

Quite exactly two years ago I had the narrowest escape in my life, when about two weeks into the Golden Globe Race I didnt wake up to my three alarms after having passed out exhausted of having been awake for over 30 hrs for the landfall & interview between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. I woke up six hours later as the movement of the boat had changed in the cross seas and realized that the wind had backed and I was sailing dead (almost literally) downwind towards the cliffs  of the southern tip of Fuerteventura only ca 200 m ahead of Asteria with the genoa poled out. One unsuccessful tack and below Ville Norras computer image of Asteria accelerating towards the cliffs for the second attempt in which I managed to tack the boat to port tack only a couple boatlengths from the rocks and breaking seas. Read the full story in my book Selviytyjä, soon to be translated also into English.
Saturday September 28th, 2024

Quite exactly two years ago I had the narrowest escape in my life, when about two weeks into the Golden Globe Race I didn't wake up to my three alarms after having passed out exhausted of having been awake for over 30 hrs for the landfall & interview between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. I woke up six hours later as the movement of the boat had changed in the cross seas and realized that the wind had backed and I was sailing dead (almost literally) downwind towards the cliffs of the southern tip of Fuerteventura only ca 200 m ahead of Asteria with the genoa poled out. One unsuccessful tack and below Ville Norra's computer image of Asteria accelerating towards the cliffs for the second attempt in which I managed to tack the boat to port tack only a couple boatlengths from the rocks and breaking seas. Read the full story in my book "Selviytyjä", soon to be translated also into English. ... See MoreSee Less

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Looking forward to the English version!

Jane and I were monitoring this track on the YB tracker with some concern ....which you can still see on the live tracker on the GGR 2022 website.....if you run it back on video replay...and we immediately sent a message to Tapio to his onboard tracker when it was clear he was headed into a dead end.. 🙁...in 2026 GGR a special loud electronic alarm clock will be approved for use...

I never knew that a fellow skipper came close to experiencing my disaster.I'm saying my yard on the rocks in Fuenteventura

So happy with my decision to go down the East side of Fuerteventura. Also pulled away from Abhilash who went to the West. Safe travels to all at sea

Wow … fuerteventura could have caught 2 GGR boats

That's when am engine is needed

Thank goodness you were safe otherwise I wouldn’t have had the pleasure of sailing with you in Punta del Este 🥰

Siis onko tuo aito kuva tilanteesta? Miten se on otettu?

You had better luck than Alex Thomason did in Route du Rhum where he ran ashore at Guadeloupe

Having read the book I have to say it's a must for every sailor.

Tykkäys selviytymiselle, ei tilanteelle.

Can’t wait your book’s translation in English 🤗

That is really a narrow escape! And what people say, solo isn't always safe...

So much we as observers never realized. Excited to read your book.

Bloody hell Tapio Lehtinen! Ville Norra how on earth did you get that shot??

Whew, great tack Tapio 🥂

Huh,huh ihokarvat nousee pystyyn kun yritänkin asettua asemaasi tuossa tilanteessa. Varjelus ollut matkassasi ja toiset sanoo sitä tuuriksi. jokainen olkoon asiasta omaa mieltään.

And with the Genoa poled out not so simple to tackle away …

et oui quand on navigue fatigué proche au vent d'une cote , il faut vraiment pas dormir , , il faut etre toujours trés prudent ou des alarm puissant pour se réveiller

Seems scary, but I have ever since it happened thought it must be the scariest experience you could have that day in November 22 when your beautiful Asteria found her way to the bottom of the sea.

Huhhuh, joo ihmettelinkin sitä trackerin viivaa silloin. Noinko läheltä tosiaan piti?!

Oops!

Ups...close call ⛵️👈

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OGR 2023 -kilpailusta kertova Kippari Lehtinen ja uusi sukupolvi-kirja ilmestyy 23.10. Kirja perustuu Tapion lokikirjan ohella koko tiimin päiväkirjamerkintöihin. Nyt tilaamalla ehtii isänpäiväksi tai pukin konttiin.

Tilaamalla ennakkoon tämän linkin kautta https://kirja.fi/discount/KIPPARI20?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fkippari-lehtinen-ja-uusi-sukupolvi-9789520460358 saat Kippari Lehtinen ja uusi sukupolvi -kirjan 20-prosentin alennuksella. Kirjan toimitukset ilmestymispäivänä 23. lokakuuta.

Saman linkin kautta voit tilata myös 2022 GGR -kilpailusta ja Asterian uppoamisesta kertovan Selviytyjä-kirjan. Ja löytyy sieltä itse asiassa vielä 2018 GGR -kisasta kertova Yksin seitsemällä merellä -kirjakin:)
Friday September 27th, 2024

OGR 2023 -kilpailusta kertova "Kippari Lehtinen ja uusi sukupolvi"-kirja ilmestyy 23.10. Kirja perustuu Tapion lokikirjan ohella koko tiimin päiväkirjamerkintöihin. Nyt tilaamalla ehtii isänpäiväksi tai pukin konttiin.

Tilaamalla ennakkoon tämän linkin kautta kirja.fi/discount/KIPPARI20?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fkippari-lehtinen-ja-uusi-sukupolvi-9789520460358 saat "Kippari Lehtinen ja uusi sukupolvi" -kirjan 20-prosentin alennuksella. Kirjan toimitukset ilmestymispäivänä 23. lokakuuta.

Saman linkin kautta voit tilata myös 2022 GGR -kilpailusta ja Asterian uppoamisesta kertovan "Selviytyjä"-kirjan. Ja löytyy sieltä itse asiassa vielä 2018 GGR -kisasta kertova "Yksin seitsemällä merellä" -kirjakin:)
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Will there be an English version also?

Cannot wait to have it in English!

Brigitte Georges super fan de l'OGR 2023

Hienoa! Kirjaa odotellessa. Spurs.

Brigitte Georges Le ivre sera écrit en français?

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