Last weekend (16-17 April) one of the Dutch A-class WC qualifiers was sailed at Muiderzand. With light wind conditions ( around 3bft ) they sailed 4 races on the weekend. Sjoerd Hoekstra was sailing the Vision for the first time in competition and for the 3rd time ever and did it well. We did understand that he had serious trouble with his cunningham which was jamming , so optimal sailing was not possible. Even with this problem he did performed well and leaves a good impression behind of the potential the Vision has. With not sailing the last race he even managed to get on equal points with Roeland and Pieterjan.
One of the comments of Sjoerd " ....the boat is sailing downwind very easy and is in good balance, a shame that the cunningham jammed but i was upwind faster and downwind i could not set the sail exactly right, next time better but the boat feels good and i am having convidence for the future ...."
The coming Vele di Pasqua will be a next possibilty to get more impressions on the boat with 2 Visions at the starting line.
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