European 18ft Skiff Grand Prix at Bruinisse, Netherlands
by Daan Lammers 4 Jun 2013 13:00 BST
31 May - 2 June 2013
European 18ft Skiff Grand Prix in Bruinisse, Netherlands © Thom Goossens / Dutch Skiff GP 2013
The second 18ft Skiff Grand Prix was in Jachthaven Bruinisse. For the second time in a row the Dutch Grand Prix was hosted at the Grevelingen in the south of The Netherlands. Besides the thirteen 18ft skiffs there were also seven 49ers and six Musto Skiffs ready for three days of racing.
On Friday we started at 13.00hrs with the first race for the 18's. The conditions: small rig sailing. During the second race the wind increased with gusts up to 29 knots. With the very steep waves only a few boats made it to the harbour.
The second race was postponed so we could drink some after sailing beers on shore.
On Saturday we had a great BBQ party with sponsored beers and our 18ft private DJ Henk. Henk is becoming a real celebrity in the 18ft Skiff class. Because of the wind, only the 49ers and Musto Skiffs sailed on Saturday.
On Sunday we got out early to sail four races. With 12 knots and sunny weather it was like last year - a great day of sailing. After 5 races the Vikings won the Dutch GP Cup.
Overall Results:
1st DEN 1, "The Vikings" Original Chia (Flemming and Soren Clausen & Thomas Ebler)
2nd GBR 47, The Black Dog (Jarrod Simpson, Adam Ovington & Nick Murray)
3rd GBR 26, Hyde Sails (Jack Grogan, Clint Marshall & Sam Caslin)
4th GER 33, Magic Marine (Norbert Peter, Eike Dietrich & Christoph Engel)
5th GBR 30, Young & Reckless (Tom Hill, Mark Kudlinski, Miguel Andrew)
6th GBR 11, Awlgrip (Tom % Matt Kiddle, Tristan Hutt)
7th HUN 18, Liberty Sailing (Miklos Ujhelyi-Gaspar, Tsombor Szébfy & Takkacsy Levante)
8th GER 48, Alba Marine (Matthias Lang, Schuster & Josepf Baumgardner)
9th GER 6, Steinlechner bootswerft (Christoph Hagenmeyer, Holger Hoefle & Marco Schürmann)
10th GBR 43, L.E.D. (Steve McLean, Peacock & Justin Healey)
11th GER 66, Gleitzeit (Lasse Schön, Hendrik Mester & Enno Eyb)
12th NED 35, Tesam Pandion (Bob Cool, Daan Lammers, Mathias van Miert)
13th GER 89, Team Boehringer (Eike Ehrig, Jan-Martin Luers, Benjamin Boehringer)
When you was in Jachthaven Bruinisse, you had a great weekend of sailing and maybe a bit of fixing. When you wasn't you missed a great event (again!). The lake is perfect for beginning with Skiff sailing and the club is very willing to organize events for the Skiff class. Pictures on the website, www.dutchgp.org on and facebook at www.facebook.com/18ftskiff