Helsingfors Segelsällskap

Helsingfors Segelsällskap r.f., abbreviated HSS and meaning Helsinki Sailing Society, is the second oldest yacht club in Helsinki, Finland, established in 1893. It has over 1,000 members and mainly sailboats in its register. The club is located on the island of Liuskasaari in the middle of southern Helsinki, a few minutes by ferry from Merisatamanranta, and it runs a full-service guest harbour for twenty boats. A clubhouse was built on Liuskasaari in 1897 and was destroyed by fire in 1946; by the 1940s the club had reached 893 members, and a new clubhouse designed by Runar Finnilä opened in time for the 1952 Summer Olympics. The harbour has attracted the largest group of classic boats in the Nordic countries, 80 boats as of 2014, and the club organises the Champagne Regatta.