You are absolutely right, but because of the average age of the sailors (working, studying) it has to be in the weekends.
So the wind has always been a gamble in the 40 year of the Round existence.

Plus there are the tide times on the racing day, which are necessary to help you around the Island.
If you have to sail a piece of the course against the tidal current, you will never make it. (Or it takes at least + 6 hours until the tide-stream is reversed again).
The date of the Round is therefore carefully appointed on the ongoing tidal current.


This whole tide issue makes the Round of Texel so special. But that's also my main point of criticisme for this year.
Because of the tidal current you have to round the Northern point of the isle within about 2 hours after the start.
Normal practice is and has always been, to stop the race for everybody who didn't managed that, for what ever reason.
So these sailors have to return or search for a beachlanding.

The organization knew this year (with no wind on the racing day) on forehand that only a few lucky and/or skilled ones would manage to round that northern point within time.

They say afterwards it was a hard decision, but that's a gotspe!

It was already dead certain that at least three hundred sailors would have to quit the race.