I am just a few minutes back from Texel. It was a real disaster. I saw more than 10 mast snapping within a quarter of an hour from the place i was standing on the beach. Boats were tumbling like dice trough the surf and over each other. A few hundred boats stayed on the beach, they were right. The surf was unbeatable. Even Mitch Booth and some other professional sailors ( for instance a M20) crashed. If you came through it was a matter of luck. I did not compete because my boat was not ready on time. I suppose i would have stayed ashore if I would have had a boat.
Remarkable fact was that the Capricorn was doing very well. Didnot see many Nacra's in the top.
The winner Heemskerk is sailing a hoby tiger. Line honours for Samama with Tornado