I know Mitch pitchpoled, I don't know about Goran. I know the M20 ditched but I'm unaware that Goran was on that boat himself.



As I said a good result of the F18HT considering the conditions. About luck and distance races ; the same guys always end up in the top of the Texel finishing lists; the good sailors.



Yes, alot can happen in a distance race but I wouldn't call Texel a Crap shoot. As it nearly always has strong winds from a single direction and you know therefor what to expect. But if you want to call distance races like the texel AND the mugs race (Glory, glory F18HT) a crap shoot than that is okay with me as the two results of these two distance races will than be linked.



And honestly what is wronf with the course of Texel ? The Texel course is something between big triangle and a rectangle with the two major sides being a downwind leg and a upwind leg linked by two smaller reaches.



Surely this is much more fair to boats than alot of other distance races which are either one-way race or a have big reaches and only small upwind / downwind work ?



W.F. with all due respect, it is just a single result just as the mug race is and the tradewinds or Carnac 2001 /2002. It is not the end of all. Why play it down like this ? If we can't name the less than perfect with the perfect than what does that say ?



Again Like I said, a good result for Lutz and Berger in the conditions they were facing.



About my F16HP. I already knew earlier this year that I wouldn't be competing in this years Texel. The building takes time. I was hoping that either Geert or Steve (Taipan) or John (Stealth)would put a F16 flavour to this years Texel. However none appear in the finishing list. To bad. Luckily that the Spitfire is in the finishing list at a very good place 32 th. That boat must have really blasted along. With an elapsed time of 3 hours 20 minutes that boat was coming as 42nd of all boats.



But the biggest "we're not worthy" show came from the lonely Prindle 15 sailor. 3 hours and 52 minutes 48 secs



Actually Lutz and Berger saw that guy finish, he was crossing the finishline 2 seconds after they did.



So I say (all bickering aside), Hans Primowees is the hero of all. I know his is my hero.



Wouter