At the start I saw a uni Viper as well, dont know how well he sailed though as the results seem to be down.

It is an expensive race but if you consider you get 4 days of racing for €110 entry fee and €70 ferry costs IMHO it is not too bad (especially when you go camping to keep cost down, and take full advantage of the Hobiecat BBQ which has free drinks! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> ).

This was the fifth time I did the race (first time crewing) we finished 95th overall which was not too bad, it could have been a bit better if we stuck to the coast on the spinnaker leg (50% of the course).

The "problem" we and a lot of other cats had with the Dutch Open was that the (sloop)M20s where so ridiculously fast that when they closed the finish after 20 minutes nearly half the (F18) fleet was still sailing.

Another thing I noticed was that the new rig Nacra 17 was quite competitive sailing 2-up (very light Aussie crew though).

There was also an A-Cat with spi being sailed by Remco Kenbeek (overall winner 2006) but dont know how well he did.

Thats it for the debriefing. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />