Dart 18 Dutch Nationals at Helleveotsluis Overall

The Open Dutch Championships were held at Helleveotsluis on the Haringvliet on 11th – 14th July with 40 boats attending, from 7 countries.

Day one saw very light conditions of less than force 2, at the start of race 1 only two boats started on port Vincent Bouvier & Dominique Bernard and Remco Kenbeek & Debby Koning (Ssanyong) which saw them first & second round the windward mark, (Ssanyong) Kenbeek & Koning had a small lead over the Bouvier & Bernard with Josef Iral & Sabine Russold following in third. At the finish it was Josef Iral & Sabine Russold taking line honours from Hugo &Ruth Everts with (Ssanyong) Kenbeek & Koning settling for third. Bouvier & Bernard were Disqualified for their port start when the Jury found they had impeded a starboard boat. This was to prove very costly. Further racing was cancelled for the day with wind dropping and a negative forecast.

Day two had some stronger winds around force 5 Bouvier & Bernard led the whole way round to finish 1st from (Ssanyong) Kenbeek & Koning with Donald Kenbeek & Niels Oostenbrug in third. In Race 3 it was (TYPHOON) David Lloyd & Paul Roberts leading from the windward mark to the finish a fair way in front of Bouvier & Bernard in 2nd with Roland Jansen & Neletta Tange third. Again (TYPHOON) Lloyd & Roberts lead early on to end race 4 in 1st but this time from (Ssanyong) Kenbeek & Koning and Bouvier & Bernard settling for third. Race 5 like race 3 saw (TYPHOON) Lloyd & Roberts take an early lead for the third time to win showing a big dominance in the windy conditions from Bouvier & Bernard in 2nd with (Ssanyong) Kenbeek & Koning in third. Overnight this meant (TYPHOON) Lloyd & Roberts were leading on coutback from Bouvier & Bernard and only 2 points ahead os Ssangyong

Day three was less wind - only force 4 and a good start from Bouvier & Bernard saw them lead at the windward mark to the finish from Robby Vogelenzang & Nikki Emmer who dropped back behind (TYPHOON) Lloyd & Roberts and Gilles Dicrenscenzo & Nicolette van Gorp who finished 2nd and 3rd. Race 7 once again saw Bouvier & Bouvier develop a strong lead early on to win from (Ssanyong) Kenbeek & Koning with Dicrenscenzo & van Gorp in third. The last race saw an incident involving a protest and at the finish it was (Ssanyong) Kenbeek & Koning 1st, (TYPHOON) Lloyd & Roberts in 2nd with D. Kenbeek & Oostenbrug in third- with Bouvier & Benard again being unlucky in the Protest room this time losing out because of an incident with Ssangyong at the final mark.

TYPHOON won the event to become Dutch Open Champions bringing the trophy back to the UK for the first time since 1988. This was quite an achievement as this was the first time Lloyd & Roberts had sailed together.

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