Event website :
http://www.f16worlds.zandvoortonline.comNo official press releases have been made, so you guys just have to make due with the "rumour" cirquit report by dear old Wouter.
Only 5 weeks and 2 days to go till the first day of this event !
We are looking at a good turn-out. In the past I named 15 boats or more a succesful turn-out and my personal accounting puts us beyond that now. By how far I dare not say, but I'm beating the bushes to get over 20.
So anyone still on the fence about this event should give it another long thought and then decide to come over !
The guys and gals at the club here are looking forward to it and several have entlisted themselves to help out doing bar duty etc. This project is really looking alive. Hans has arranged an interesting program and we are all looking forward to a week of sailing and socializing.
Tim, any change of you getting a flight to here that week and dropping in ?
We are also hoping that a large portion of the F16 fleet will stay at Zandvoort for saterday 18 augustus, the day of the long distance REM-NAM race. The Gods have smiled on us this year and a scheduling error has placed the Dutch F18 nationals at the same weekend as the REM-NAM race. The REM-NAM race is one of the Dutch events that has exclusive rights to their weekend and no other major racing events are allowed to be programmed simultaniously. This year a F*@#-up determined otherwise.
So why is this good for us, you may ask. Well, if ever you are going to win a 80 boat distance race then this years REM-NAM race is it ! All the professional sailors like Mischa Heemskerk will be away at the Dutch F18 nationals. So this years REM-NAM race is wide open for us weekend warriors ! And they all KNOW it ! So this is going to be a highly contested race.
If we as the F16 class were to get our whole World Cup fleet or even the best 10 boats on the line, then who will have good chances of bringing home the bacon ?
So all you F16 sailors out there, arrange your tickets, come on over and have a piece of the action !
C Ya There !
Wouter
