(Brassermermeer, Netherlands)- Marijke Hasselman from the WV
Brassermermeer sailing club reports that, “A Warming Up was this weekend
for sure! On Saturday, the strong wind in the morning and on Sunday the
many starts and the sun. The new concept, many short races, was very
well received by the sailors. On Saturday, the winds were such that the
sailors had to focus on not crashing in the heavier breezes,
particularly downwind! Much practice needed! But, in the afternoon, it
was with the northern winds and it was fine sailing weather for a total
of three races Saturday. On Sunday, everything went according to plan
and all the fleets had six starts and short races!” Participating was
the very competitive Dutch and German fleet of J/22s as well as a new
J/70 on the lake in the Sportboat class.
The
German J/22 team had a similar report of their weekend experience:
“Twenty J/22s were sailing over the weekend on the Brassermermeer,
including 5 German teams (Thomas, Holger Schmitt, John Albert
Buitenhuis, Peter Hillebrand and Christian Rieck Born) and the
German-French team JAZZY. Saturday morning was crazy, some bump and
various bruises today. With gusts to 32kts TWS in the 1st race, it was
almost pointless to race. Many boats tore sails, lots of them broached,
one J/22 even ended up on the lee shore! As some sailors had to say,
that water temperature is not really suitable for bathing in!! Saturday
afternoon was much better as the breeze died and the front passed by
fast. However, there were fantastic sailing conditions on Sunday!”The J/22 teams don’t have much time to get “warmed UP” for their upcoming J/22 World Championship in Germany. Many teams were working hard on their boat speed, tuning setups and most importantly, trying to work out a lot of winter rust!! Coming out on top was FRAPORITA with skipper Jean-Michel Lautier and crew of Giuseppe d’Aquino and Denis Neves. With 29 pts FRAPORITA just nipped another local Dutch team, JUT EN JUL sailed by Rosemarijn Verdoom. Taking third was BIG ROLL-TU Delft sailed by Hylke Kooistra. The top French boat was JAZZY sailed by Reiner Brockerhoof, managing a fourth. Top German team was 7 SITZER skippered by Holger Schmitt in sixth. Sailing photo credits- Cora Chess For more Warming UP regatta sailing information
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