(The Hague, The Netherlands)- The Noordzeeclub and Shorthanded.nl
organize and host a summer series for short-handed racing on the North
Sea. Sailing teams and enthusiasts of this type of sailing come from all
over Europe, including The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and
the United Kingdom. During the year there are 10 events were you can
score points. At the end of the season, the best score of 4 events will
decide who is the winner.The J/122 JUNIQUE and the J/133 BATFISH were already in a battle for several events, with JUNIQUE coming out on top. The J/105 JAM SESSION, skippered by Dennis Zuidam, had only done 3 events, so for their last event they needed to score high points to factor into the overall standings.
Consequently,
that’s exactly what happened in the Bruine Bank Race, a 100nmrace
around a sandbank where skippers can decide if they want to round
clockwise or counter-clockwise around the marks. JAM SESSION elected to
sail clockwise and after 13h:47m:25s of racing offshore, they finished 1
hour behind BATFISH and just 0:45 min. behind JUNIQUE, making JAM
SESSION 2nd overall in the race for a total score 351 pts. That was
just enough points (by a 5 pts margin) to overcome JUNIQUE’s lead and
win the overall Dutch Short-handed Season Series!! Here is a YouTube sailing video of their experience.
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