Last Saturday the 24th september the 32 nd Ronde Tien gemeten has been sailed with very light and difficult wind conditions.
Catamaranparts was on the water with 2 Visions and 1 Raptor F16. The 2 Visions where sailed by Piet Saarberg, Nigel Lovett and the Raptor F16 was sailed by Chris Field. For Chris this was his first time ever on a F16 and was looking forward to see how the boat will do.
The briefing was at 10 AM and there was already a possiblity to shorten the race because of the wind conditions and they were right, the race was shorted just before the island Tiengemeten with a gate and this was a good choice.
At 11 AM the start signal was given and off we go with a 70+ boat field. Right after the start it was the best choice to go North and then crossing the lake to the South and stay under the dike. Chris had a good start and was with the Raptor in the middle of the F20's going upwind to the island. Piet on the Vision went earlier to the South under the dike and in the beginning this was not ideal but he managed to sail free and off he went with a big battle with John Moret on his special made M20.
It was a complete up wind beat and a lot of the A-cats and the Raptor were in front of the fleet. At the gate it was Piet in 3th and Chris in 6th place, this was ofcourse very good with a downwind leg to come.
It all went different and more difficult because the wind was dropping further and a lot of wind holes were spread out around the lake.Piet was in the lead and went to the North side close to the finish and this did cost him the victory, the boats on the North side had a little sooner the upcomning Westerly wind and could go full trapeze to the finish and Piet did miss the victory by half a boat length.
Chris was also struggling to get out of the windholes and instead of a downwind beat with the spinaker it was changed into an upwind beat again. Finally Chris did made a 11 th place overall with the Raptor and Piet a 3 th place overall with the Vision.
Overall we can say that you needed some luck today to get a real top finish. The club Hellecat did made again a very good effort with the organisation and we are now already looking forward to next year.
Last day A-class Worlds
At the following link there is a fantastic live coverage of the last day racing.
http://2011ronstanacatworlds.sailing-aarhus.dk/live-mashup/
http://2011ronstanacatworlds.sailing-aarhus.dk/live-mashup/
A-class worlds day 1 racing
First day racing finished. It was a challenging day with some material issues, 1 mast broken and some boards. The story told that during race 1 the wind shifted a lot and that it increased above 20 knots for some time. After the rain/storm cloud the weather improved.
The first started race was stopped because of the weather but the 2 races started after that were sailed in moderate and lighter wind condition.
We do see several designs in the top what is interesting.
| BowNumber | Nat | SailNo | Name | R1 | R2 | Points | ||
| 1 | 38 | AUS | 902 | Scott Anderson Nikita | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | 79 | AUS | 4 | Steve Brewin DNA | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | 70 | AUS | 13 | Jack Benson DNA | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 4 | 8 | ESP | 1 | Manuel Calavia DNA | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| 5 | 63 | USA | 11 | Ben Moon Nikita | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| 6 | 69 | AUS | 10 | Brad Collett Sheurer | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| 7 | 58 | AUS | 308 | Andrew Landenberger Scheurer | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| 8 | 65 | GBR | 7 | Chris Field Vision | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| 9 | 59 | NZL | 245 | Mike Drummond DNA | 14 | 8 | 22 | |
| 10 | 72 | GER | 45 | Thilo Keller Keller | 15 | 14 | 29 |
Practice race A-class Worlds
The previous information was wrong because the tracking devices were noy working well. The practice race has won by Scott Anderson and Landenberger second.Hopefully the rest of the week it will work better.
1 week to the A-class Worlds 2011
Next week the A-class worlds in Denmark starts on Sunday with the practice race and on Monday with the actual event. What can be seen as a surprice is the missing of Glenn Ashby ( i couldn't find him on the list anymore ) on the entry list, probably he could not combine the event with the AC were he is working on at the moment.
We are looking forward to see how things will go.
Catamaranparts is having 4 Visions on the water with Chris Field, Sjoerd Hoekstra, Theo van Hilten and Piet Saarberg.
The event website is http://www.a-catworlds2011.dk/ with a lot of info about the event.
We are looking forward to see how things will go.
Catamaranparts is having 4 Visions on the water with Chris Field, Sjoerd Hoekstra, Theo van Hilten and Piet Saarberg.
The event website is http://www.a-catworlds2011.dk/ with a lot of info about the event.
F16 World championships 2011
In the week from 23th – 30th July 2011 the first official F16 Worlds were sailed in France at the sailing club CVB ( Cercle Voile de Bordeaux ) on the lake of Maubuisson .
The organization done by the sailing club and its volunteers was absolute from superb quality , the people in the catering and on the starting vessels need to have a very big dumb up on the achieved result . There was no negative comment from anybody on this and everybody was enjoying the atmosphere.
We arrived with 2 Raptors F16 on Saturday night and did a quick diner after a 10 hour long drive and went to bed straight away. The next morning we were up early to go to the CVB and to assemble the boats. We did found out that most competitors were already arrived and the field of 33 boats was a very good achievement. During assembling the others came into the boat yard and did prepare them self to go for a nice sail despite the showers of rain we had. The wind was good and sailing could be done.
We assembled the 2 boats and they were ready to go for the Monday. For Stephane ,who sailed 1 Raptor in 2 up mode, it was the first time ever on the F16 and he went out early to have a test run and to see if anything needs to be modified. He had found no problems and was happy to have a boat ready to race from the box. On Monday he was not racing because he was part of the organization and this could not combined with racing. Hans was going single handed for the first time this year on the Raptor F16, the A class project took to much time to have any practice possible, and went on the water also early to check the newly build Raptor Mark II and to see if everything was working properly. Also no problems and the event was going to start.
Monday 25 July
The first race day with showers of rain and wind around 14 to 16 knots was a challenging one if you did not had the change to practice with the spin and this resulted in 2 capsizes in race 2 , but after a while the routine started to come back and this resulted in a 25, dnf , 23 . From the beginning on you could see which people who were going for the championship, Darren Bundock ( goes fast even on a wooden pallet ) Jason Waterhouse, Carolijn Brouwer and Taylor Reiss. The difference in boat handling and tactics were from a different level in comparison to the rest of the fleet.
Darren took the lead with a 1,2,1
Tuesday 26 July
The weather was improving a bit but still there was rain but not as bad as on the Monday. The races scheduled for the day should be started at 13.00 but because the wind was very shifty there was some delay in the procedure so it actually started around 14.00 , which was also giving the wind to build up and the one up’s had no change at all to beat the sloop rigged boats. Greg Goodall was swapped for this day to cat rigged because of illness of his crew. The request for doing this was send in to the jury and nobody was complaining one this further. Good to see that sailing and having fun goes above the competition in this. Stephane on the Raptor mark I was also going out and did good racing with a 25,19,20 result with no practice at all and on a new boat. He was really surprised on how the boat performed and how easy it sailed downwind. Hans was getting in the mood and had a good day with a 13,10,23 and did beat Greg twice this day with a good battle with Greg.
Jason Waterhouse was best this day with a 1,2,1 and followed by Darren with a 2,1,2.
Wednesday 27 July
Finally the weather was the way it should be, sunny and 27 degrees Celsius, and the wind was probably going to do what it normal does. Easy in the morning and building up during the day as a thermic wind into the 20’s. This would not exactly happing because the land was to could after the bad days but it was building up later that day to around 16 knots. Darren did show how to sail correctly and did not make any mistake with 3 bullets , it was his day. Stephane was increasing his results and was making a lot of improvement on the boat and was getting used to it. He did a 21,18,18 and was in race 2 close to the first 10 but made a tactic error what cost several places but overall he was really having fun. Hans in the morning was doing well because the wind was not to strong so the advantage of the sloop rigged boats was not to big yet and finished 13th , the wind started to build in race 2 and the sloops were absolute to fast, this was a 23 and 24 in race 2 and 3 for that day.
Thursday 28 July
The sun was shining and the temperature was around 27 C again so it was perfect and the thermic breeze would for sure come in today, and it came in. The first 2 races was sailed in perfect condition from 12 to 16 knots but during the 3th race the wind switched on and it started to blow constant 19 to 20 and gusts into the 20’s . This is for the 1 up’s a challenging adventure with the spin and a few were having troubles, the sloops were really flying fast. Darren also took this day with constant high level sailing . A 2,1,2 was the result and Carolijn also did well with 2 bullets. You could really see that these 2 were the best today in boat handling and tactics. Stephane did it well with a 19,28,27. He told me that his wife never sailed in these strong wind condition before and was pleased to manage this quite easy but she was for here feeling on the edge what she normally does but the boat handled all gusts very well and this made here to go on. Hans was doing average with a 24,17,22 and was more battling to secure his place as first single hander.
Friday 29 July
Last day racing and no wind at all in the beginning, everybody was waiting till around noon and then we went on the water in the hope to get at least one race done this day. The last signal should be not later than 15.00 and around 14.15 it went on . Darren was already crowned as champion and actually he did not needed to sail this last race. The wind started to build and we did a good last race of the event. Stephane was not on the water because of organization issues again and Hans was just defending his position to end as first single hander. With a 19th in the last race it worked out.
Jason finished first this day and secured his 2nd place overall.
Ranking first 5 overall
1. Darren Bundock/Celine van Dooren
2. Jason Waterhouse/Brett Goodall
3. Taylor Reiss/Matthew Whitehead
4. Carolijn Brouwer/Klaas Victor
5. Emmanuel Le Chapelier/Alexandre Noirot
Ranking Cat rigged boats
1. Hans Klok
2. Francis Ferrari
3. Philippe Ohse
4. Nicholas Touchot
We can say that this event was one never to forget and up to the next one, only the travel back needs to go better. Our car broke down on Saturday around 12 and this resulted in a long journey back and finally we did arrive home Monday evening late.
Vision wins Dutch A-class Nationals 2011
Dutch A-class Nationals are sailed with challenging and light condition with the last day in moderate winds.
The prediction given about the weather/wind forecast was giving was completely correct with high winds on the Friday and Saterday and light to moderate winds on the Sunday.
The organisation was done by Hellecat and again they deserved a big tumbs up because it was again perfectly done.
Friday 09 july
In the morning a lot of the competitors from outside Holland where already arrived and where preparing the boats for a day hard work on the water because the wind was strong and it looked that it was on the edge. We had 38 competitors on the list but around the half of them where not going out because of the conditions ( constant 18 and gusts far into the 20's ). There where 3 days scheduled and the RC did manage to make 2 races with an increasing wind so the last race was cancelled.
After the first day there was Chris Field and Sjoerd Hoekstra in the lead on equal points with PJ Dwarshuis 3 rd.
Day 1 results
1. Sjoerd Hoekstra ( Vision ) 2,1 Total 3
2. Chris Field ( Vision ) 1,2 Total 3
3. Pieter Jan Dwarshuis ( DNA ) 3,3 Total 6
Saturday 10 July
On Saturday the wind was moderate and the start was early to have enough races to make the championship valid because the wind would increase during the day to at least 25 knots and bigger gusts ( this was also correct).
The wind was shifty in the beginning and PJ was making the best use of it wind good sailing and a bullet in the first race and Sjoerd on his tail for second and Roeland 3rd. The wind was increasing during race 2 and on race 3 it was again survival mode on the downwind. A big part of the fleet came back on race 3 because of this.
Day 2 results
1. Sjoerd Hoekstra ( Vision ) 2,1,(2),1,1 Total 5
2. Chris Field ( Vision ) 1,2,4,(4),2 Total 9
3. Pieter Jan Dwarshuis ( DNA ) 3,3,1,3,(4) Total 10
Sunday 11 July
On Sunday we finally had some good weather and wind condition so everybody was on the water and we started with around 10 knots of wind and with 4 races scheduled it would be a good sailing day. The top of the fleet was going fast again and Chris and Sjoerd where actually fighting for the title with smart sailing of Chris he did manage to win race 1 of the day and Sjoerd 3th and Matthias Dietz 2nd.
The 2nd race was also with around 10 knots of wind but decreasing and with that a lot of shifts and wind holes where there what made it difficult. Theo van Hilten did a fantastic starboard start and finished the race in 2nd place behind Sjoerd and in front of Chris ( all of them on a Vision , happy us ).
The wind was dying further and with light conditions race 3 was sailed with again a lot of wind shifts and Roeland was making the best of it with a bullet and Nigel Lovett 2nd and Chris 3rd. Sjoerd had a BFD what forced him to sail the last race in a building wind to 10-12 knots. Perfect conditions.In the last race Chris did what was needed and did win the race but with Sjoerd 2nd and Jaap Straakenbroek 3rd the title was for Sjoerd Hoekstra.
Final results
1. Sjoerd Hoekstra ( Vision ) 2,1,2,1,1,(3),1,(BFD),2 Total 10
2. Chris Field ( Vision ) 1,2,(4),(4),2,1,3,3,1 Total 13
3. Pieter Jan Dwarshuis ( DNA ) 3,3,1,3,4,(25),4,(16),6 Total 24
4. Roeland Wentholt ( DNA ) 4,(DNC),3,5,3,5,(10),1,5 Total 26
5. Theo van Hilten ( Vision ) 6,5,7,8,6,(9),2,6,(10) Total 40
6. Gabriel Wicke ( Flyer 1) 8,(11),(14),6,5,4,6,5,7 Total 41
7. Guido Schulte ( DNA ) 7,6,6,2,(11),6,(12),4,11 Total 42
8. Tjibbe Veelo ( DNA ) 9,7,(11),7,(DNC),8,7,11,8 Total 57
9. Nigel Lovett ( Tool ) 11,8,8,(13),7,12,(14),2,13 Total 61
10. Matthias Dietz ( Nikita ) (DNC),(DNC),10,9,9,2,5,BFD,4 Total 78
The prediction given about the weather/wind forecast was giving was completely correct with high winds on the Friday and Saterday and light to moderate winds on the Sunday.
The organisation was done by Hellecat and again they deserved a big tumbs up because it was again perfectly done.
Friday 09 july
In the morning a lot of the competitors from outside Holland where already arrived and where preparing the boats for a day hard work on the water because the wind was strong and it looked that it was on the edge. We had 38 competitors on the list but around the half of them where not going out because of the conditions ( constant 18 and gusts far into the 20's ). There where 3 days scheduled and the RC did manage to make 2 races with an increasing wind so the last race was cancelled.
After the first day there was Chris Field and Sjoerd Hoekstra in the lead on equal points with PJ Dwarshuis 3 rd.
Day 1 results
1. Sjoerd Hoekstra ( Vision ) 2,1 Total 3
2. Chris Field ( Vision ) 1,2 Total 3
3. Pieter Jan Dwarshuis ( DNA ) 3,3 Total 6
Saturday 10 July
On Saturday the wind was moderate and the start was early to have enough races to make the championship valid because the wind would increase during the day to at least 25 knots and bigger gusts ( this was also correct).
The wind was shifty in the beginning and PJ was making the best use of it wind good sailing and a bullet in the first race and Sjoerd on his tail for second and Roeland 3rd. The wind was increasing during race 2 and on race 3 it was again survival mode on the downwind. A big part of the fleet came back on race 3 because of this.
Day 2 results
1. Sjoerd Hoekstra ( Vision ) 2,1,(2),1,1 Total 5
2. Chris Field ( Vision ) 1,2,4,(4),2 Total 9
3. Pieter Jan Dwarshuis ( DNA ) 3,3,1,3,(4) Total 10
Sunday 11 July
On Sunday we finally had some good weather and wind condition so everybody was on the water and we started with around 10 knots of wind and with 4 races scheduled it would be a good sailing day. The top of the fleet was going fast again and Chris and Sjoerd where actually fighting for the title with smart sailing of Chris he did manage to win race 1 of the day and Sjoerd 3th and Matthias Dietz 2nd.
The 2nd race was also with around 10 knots of wind but decreasing and with that a lot of shifts and wind holes where there what made it difficult. Theo van Hilten did a fantastic starboard start and finished the race in 2nd place behind Sjoerd and in front of Chris ( all of them on a Vision , happy us ).
The wind was dying further and with light conditions race 3 was sailed with again a lot of wind shifts and Roeland was making the best of it with a bullet and Nigel Lovett 2nd and Chris 3rd. Sjoerd had a BFD what forced him to sail the last race in a building wind to 10-12 knots. Perfect conditions.In the last race Chris did what was needed and did win the race but with Sjoerd 2nd and Jaap Straakenbroek 3rd the title was for Sjoerd Hoekstra.
1. Sjoerd Hoekstra ( Vision ) 2,1,2,1,1,(3),1,(BFD),2 Total 10
2. Chris Field ( Vision ) 1,2,(4),(4),2,1,3,3,1 Total 13
3. Pieter Jan Dwarshuis ( DNA ) 3,3,1,3,4,(25),4,(16),6 Total 24
4. Roeland Wentholt ( DNA ) 4,(DNC),3,5,3,5,(10),1,5 Total 26
5. Theo van Hilten ( Vision ) 6,5,7,8,6,(9),2,6,(10) Total 40
6. Gabriel Wicke ( Flyer 1) 8,(11),(14),6,5,4,6,5,7 Total 41
7. Guido Schulte ( DNA ) 7,6,6,2,(11),6,(12),4,11 Total 42
8. Tjibbe Veelo ( DNA ) 9,7,(11),7,(DNC),8,7,11,8 Total 57
9. Nigel Lovett ( Tool ) 11,8,8,(13),7,12,(14),2,13 Total 61
10. Matthias Dietz ( Nikita ) (DNC),(DNC),10,9,9,2,5,BFD,4 Total 78
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