(Medemblik, The Netherlands)- The 2018 Delta Lloyd Open Dutch J/22
Championship took place off Medemblik, The Netherlands last weekend for a
fleet of a dozen J/22s from across the country. The fleet was blessed
with great sailing conditions, with the PRO producing a stunning NINE
races for the happy campers sailing on their beloved J/22s.
Winning
the regatta by a country mile was NED 1273, skippered by Jean-Michel
Lautier with crew of Denis Neves and Giuseppe d’Aquino. After winning
the first race, getting a bit too excited in the second race (earning an
OCS), the team settled down to simply smoke the fleet with five bullets
and a pair of deuces to win with just 10 pts net. Watching their
colleagues sailing over the horizon, but collecting virtually all of the
other top two places was Gideon Mastenbroek’s NED 1295. His all-women
crew of Anneloes Krikhaar, and two sisters (Liselotte and Rosemarijn
Verdoorn) got off to a slow start with a 4-3, but then the team
coalesced and focused hard on the job at hand, running the table with
five deuces and two bullets, mirroring their compatriot’s scores on
Lautier’s NED 1273. As a result, Mastenbroek’s team took the silver
with 15 pts net. This pair of teams were “head and shoulders” above the
rest of the fleet. The bronze Medallist sat 13 pts back, with 28 pts
net- Jesper Overbeeke’s NED 1514 crew of Christiaan Feij and Michelle
Koopmans. For
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