Hello Wouter,

Thanks for your comments.

Twenty years ago I sailed about 10 years at Bergen aan Zee which lookes a bit like Zandvoort. And with no jetties!

So, the story which you tell me about launching and landing in that type of enviroment sounds familiar. I even remember me that I could most of the time let my rudders fully down in the swimming poole right before the beach. And I didn't hit the banks following. So no weatherhelm and in fact a peace of cake.

But the spot where I'm sailing now is quite different.There are these awkward jetties too close to each other and a current in upcoming tide which is very strong. So time-window and distance-window are now the leading bottleneck.
With wind cross-onshore, for instance WSW, I start in one corner of the jettie-section and I have to be outside this section before I hit the next jettie. Meanwhile I have to pass the first breaks which can put me in a moment just 10 meters back to the beach each time a wave hits me cross on the side.

Remember that I don't have enough speed yet at that moment because the mainsail is not fully closed. Because of the weather helm with the rudders horizontal. Frontsail is ofcourse fully on.
This enormous weatherhelm on my cat is in fact my main handicap. I'm sure it has to do with my hull design, but I don't see the solution.

By the way I saw in your CV that you are a recumbent cyclist too. I was fifteen years ago one of the first with an aluminium homemade double suspended low-rider. So high-five.

Petten is not so far sailing from Zandvoort.

greetings ronald reeder