Houtskär Allmogeseglares 10 caliber black powder salute cannon donated to HAS 4.7.2003 by Bo and Lars-Göran Toivonen in connection with the rowing competition. Bo was responsible for the manufacture, design and measurement of Lars-Göran, the weight of the cannon 25 kg. The gun barrel is manufactured at Wärtsilä Diesel in Turku and the final parts manufactured at the 292 meter long luxury cruiser Costa Mediterranea's workshop en route to Genoa in Italy from Helsinki where it is built. The cannon is inspected, test fired and stamped by the Finnish State Weapons Inspection AAHY in Riihimäki, manufacturing license issued by the police establishment in Turku. The cannon is licensed, i.e. a firearms certificate is required to handle it, otherwise you may not fire shots with it in the audience.
Miscellaneous
Lars-Göran Toivonen: The next day Bo and I got the first over the line shot from the donated cannon when we won the big class in the traditional sailboat competition in Näsby with the boat SKHULDA. We just noted that today we had a cannon day.
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