I'm now reading reports of the lead boats running aground on the waddenzee. That would be exactly during that VC-bouy- Oudeschild leg we are talking about. Apparently the lead was to quick and the tide hadn't gotten enough to sufficiently fill the shallows yet. This report is on the official Texel site.

By the way the M20 is a fast boat no doubt about that.




Yes, but Marstrom was also 10 % faster then the M20 (standard) that was leading the race at that moment (and had been since before passing the lighthouse). There shouldn't be a 10 % difference between two boats of the same make, should there ? Not when sailed by crews of this level. Not when the guy in front is also the race leader and is having clean air.

I'm not saying that Marstrom couldn't have pulled off this feat, just that the circumstances appear to be contradictionary. With more clearification we should be able establish what did indeed happen.

Lets wait for Goran's comments.

Wouter