I think in this case we need to name the whole crews.

John Casey/ Christa van Helden 13th overall in a 59 boat fleet after 6 races. Sailing nacra infusion F18

Trey Brown/ Hugo Dj Le Breton are 28th in the same fleet sailing a nacra Inter-20 One-design.


Christa is a very capable sailor. If she sticks to it (very likely) she will be able to get very far in international sailing. I think she is 23 now so she has got the time to grow. I teamed up with her for one event in the past and let me put it this way : I will decide to do the Round Texel within a heartbeat if she'll team up with me. Even if that means packing the boat up and driving over on friday night after work and sleeping in the bloody car.

And you guys all know how much I dislike doing the round Texel.

I think it is great to see a woman do so well in this sport, we have too few of them.

This will be a very enjoyable Round Texel for JC, he sure knows how to pick (winning) crews !

Wouter