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Asteria: career (names, skippers, configurations) · Sillage

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Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.

Today

Name

Asteria

Skipper

Tapio Lehtinen

Shipyard

Cantiere Benello

Races

196519781991200420172026

Name
Skipper
Shipyard

Main skipper
Co-skipper
Ongoing
Name to come
Today

Podium
Finished
Retired
One-off crew

Skippers over time

Tapio Lehtinen
🇫🇮 · 2018

Life timeline

Names, skippers, shipyards and races, in one place.

Today

Name

Asteria

Skipper

Tapio Lehtinen

Shipyard

Cantiere Benello

Races

196519781991200420172026

Name
Skipper
Shipyard

Main skipper
Co-skipper
Ongoing
Name to come
Today

Podium
Finished
Retired
One-off crew

Skippers over time

Tapio Lehtinen
🇫🇮 · 2018

Boats
Monocoque
Asteria

Boats

Monocoque

Launched1965

MonocoqueLaunched1965

Asteria

: —not ranked

: 0pts

Today

Name

Asteria

Build

Cantiere Benello

History

Newest first

2022
18 Nov
Asteria sinks during the 2022 Golden Globe Race
Sinking
Asteria flooded from the stern and sank within minutes in the southern Indian Ocean; Tapio Lehtinen was picked up by Kirsten Neuschäfer and transferred to a bulk carrier.
2022
4 Sept
Golden Globe Race2022
Race
2018
1 Jul
Golden Globe Race2018
Race
2018
Tapio Lehtinen takes the helm
Skipper · until 18 November 2022
1965
Build — Cantiere Benello
Shipyard
—
Named Asteria
Name

: 0

: 0

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Monocoque rankingPlace in the class's points ranking at the current season; tied on equal points.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

Sillage pointsPoints ranking computed per class: the winner scores the base of the race's tier (1,000, 600, 350 or 200), the others a share by place and fleet size, a retirement 5 %. Four seasons count, weighted 100, 75, 50 and 25 %.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

5th

StartsRaces started in finished editions. Non-starters (did not start, withdrawn) are not counted.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

WinsFirst place in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

PodiumsTop three in the division: same edition, same class.Computed on 10 Nov 2026.See in the glossary

DNFDid not finish: retired from the race.See in the glossary