(Breskens, The Netherlands)- The 2018 J/111 World Championship is being
hosted in conjunction with the Breskens Sailing Weekend in the
Netherlands. A dozen J/111 crews are participating from five nations
(Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, & Switzerland).
Racing will take place offshore, in the wide-open North Sea, along the
fabled northern beaches of the Benelux seashore. Hosting the event are
Watersportvereniging Breskens, Royal Yacht Club of Belgium, Koninklijke
Roei & Zeilvereniging De Maas, 
Koninklijke
Nederlandse Roei en Zeilvereniging Muiden, Koninklijke Antwerpse
Watersportverenging SRNA and the Royal Netherlands Yachting Union
(RNYU).For the past two days, nearly all J/111's have been practicing their skills during the J/111 Pre-Worlds Tune-Up Regatta. With close racing in continuously changing conditions, Martin Dent's British team on JELVIS took pole position with the Belgians on Sebastien de Liederke’s crew on DJINN following second and the Dutch team of Sjakk Haakman on RED HERRING in third place. Rounding out the top five were one of the regatta pre-favorites- Paul van Driel’s Dutch team on SWEENY- that took fourth place and Jorg Sigg’s LALLEKONIG was fifth.
On Thursday, the "real" work begins with a clean slate for all teams! Game on for the start of the 2018 J/111 World Championship! For more J/111 World Championship sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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