Thank God for digital camera's
Often these store various data with the picture taken. One of that is time. Scroll down on the picture pages to see the data fields and the time of photographing.
From a series of photographs, starting on the page
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main...amp;amp;g2_itemId=6378&g2_page=3I've found the following data.
By the way the start was at about 12:22 (taken from another picture data field) and 15 F18's raced in this fleet. I have no pics of Hans Klok, Greg Goodall/Frank van Marle or Paul Warren/Ann Powter going through the gate. Neither of F18's that finished as the top 3 at the finish of all F18's. However 2 of these only were 3+ minutes ahead (at the finish) of the F18's that I do have a photo's off. SO I don't expect them to be too far ahead of the Nacra Infusion at the gate of Noordwijk, if indeed they were ahead then.
1st through gata at Noordwijk = John de Vries and Maarten Hoek (boat type = John the Vries Special)
13:20:19
proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=64322nd through gate : Gerard Loos and Pieter van Ruitenburg (Volvo Extreme 20)
13:22:49
proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6434From now on the placing itself is not known as I do not have all the pics.
Nacra Infusion : Jaxon Deelman and Margot Berkman (later 5th F18 at finish); you can already see Matt and Marcus in this picture.
13:30:21
Proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6436Matt McDonald/Bart Hoek and Marcus Towell (together)
13:30:54
proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6438Frank Boom and Phill Brander
13:32:11
Proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6440Gill de Bruyne and Kathleen Vandenbulcke
13:32:41
Proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6442Charley and Johan Dorsman (Nacra F18; later 4th F18 at the finish)
Proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=644413:33:16
Geert Ruesink and Karin Weeda
13:38:21
Proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6446Wouter Hijink and John/Paul Alani
13:39:32
Proof :
http://f16.beasts.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=6448And indeed we both passed Geert only seconds later when his race was ended due to a shackle failure.
By the way I had a monsterously bad start. I had to tack away and gybe to get the startline. The whole fleet started ahead of me and I was breathing bad air for a good 10 to 15 minutes. Then I had gotten out to sea and into clear air. In the first hour 80 minutes (out of 204) I had lost 7 and halve minutes on Frank/Phill already and 10 minutes on Hans and Marcus. In the following two hours I only just another 10 minutes on Marcus, another 6 on Hans and only a few seconds on Frank and Phill. In the same timeframe I only lost another minute on the Nacra Infusion. The Nacra F18 by the Dorsmans finished together with the infusion but at the gate it was trailing the Infusion by 3 minutes. In effect, I finished 10 minutes after this Nacra F18 but during the remaining 124 minutes of racing they managed to gain 3 minutes on me. Both F18 crews are better then me but the difference is not to large. I know both crews well from our club racing.
This is also how the racing felt to me. After the gate at Noordwijk I felt as if the boat sped along much better. I don't know why, I guess I had gotten into the rithm then. Most of my loses were made during the first hour of upwind work. After the gate at noordwijk another shy hour of upwind work and a beam reach followed.
Wouter