X-35s at the North Sea Regatta

by Robert Grieg-Gran 15 May 2008 14:46 BST

Turnstone TEN wins North Sea Regatta

18 X-35s, four of which were from the UK, joined almost 400 boats at the North Sea Regatta last weekend to compete in 4 days of racing off the Scheveningen coast in Holland. Light winds and blue skies held throughout the regatta and it was GBR Cool Runnings that got off to a perfect start with two bullets on the first day. However, with no discards allowed in the nine race series all the teams knew it was consistency would win this regatta.

On Saturday morning, the fleet waited until 2pm as the fight between the easterly gradient and the sea breeze caused 90-degree shifts across the course. After another 2 races, Quantum Racing Holland and the Turnstone Estates sponsored TEN Racing Group established themselves at the front of the fleet.

Wonderful conditions on the third day saw TEN take the day prize again with Quantum Racing Holland and Cool Runnings hot on their heels. Noticeably another Quantum powered boat, Maas, was rapidly moving up the order in the light winds.

With all to play for on the final day (and the Cool Runnings team unfortunately having to return home) the Ten Racing Group scored two safe second places to take the championship without a result outside the top 5. The boat, largely crewed by members of the RYA Volvo Keelboat Squad, now turns its attention to the last couple of events in Holland until the fleet travels to the Med for the Copa del Rey and the World Championships in Italy in September.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	Pts
1	GBR 1035	Perfect Ten	Ten Racing Group	4	5	2	4	4	2	1	2	2	26
2	NED 16	Quantum Racing Holland	N. Bol	5	6	7	1	3	1	6	1	3	33
3	NED 13	Maas	nanno aukes	7	4	5	dns	2	4	2	6	1	50
4	GBR 4835	Cool Runnings	Thorkild Juncker	1	1	4	3	1	3	4	dns	dns	55
5	NED 117	Drs.X	Cees Wieringa	2	3	1	12	6	7	7	11	12	61
6	GBR 3500	Kiss	David Pinner	9	8	6	2	11	5	13	4	10	68
7	NED 57	Just 4 Fun	Albert Kooijman	3	2	10	9	9	14	12	5	8	72
8	NED 122	Magic Marine	M. Baas	11	16	3	6	5	6	11	3	11	72
9	NED 115	Who's next	Alwin van Daelen	12	17	11	7	7	9	3	8	5	79
10	NED 12	Yellow Rose	M.J.Ringers	6	7	8	5	12	13	8	12	9	80
11	NED 54	Loyola X	Bert van der Els	dsq	13	9	11	10	10	10	7	4	93
12	NED 14	Gold Marine	bart vaN AKEN	8	9	14	10	8	11	16	13	6	95
13	NED 15	Jetstream	Gerben Bos	14	10	15	dns	14	8	5	10	7	102
14	GBR 35	Xwaves	Mike Brand	15	15	13	13	15	16	14	9	13	123
15	BEL 1102	The Untouchables	Coen Wohrmann	10	11	16	16	16	15	9	15	16	124
16	NED 28	Brass Tacks	S Vos	13	14	18	8	13	12	15	ocs	15	127
17	NED 40	Ienvinix	C.J.Ringeling	dns	dns	12	14	17	18	18	14	14	145
18	NED 90	Waikabubak	Remko de Haan	16	12	17	15	18	17	17	16	17	145