Report from the Open Dutch 420 Championships/Dutch Youth Regatta

Evert Jan van Garderen, President of the Dutch 420 Class Association, writes: “After light winds on Thursday and Friday, 5 races were scheduled for Saturday. This was the final day for the selection of the Dutch teams participating at the ISAF Youth Worlds in Turkey. Three teams were still in the race for winning the competition for the ladies, but in the last race Charlotte Stumpel and Shannen Marck underpinned their consistent performance by finishing first. Under the steady weather conditions with about 11 knots wind Max Deckers and Duko Bos had a leading position, but very close to Pieter Goedhart and Lars van Stekelenborg, who had to finish a few boats ahead of Max and Duko to beat them. After a nerve breaking last race Max and Duko defended their position successfully by one point difference! Max and Duko were last year's 420 class champions and then just missed the ISAF selection, but this year they realised their goal.

“After another 3 races on Sunday the Swiss team Linda Fahrni and Maja Siegenthaler won the championship with team Max Deckers and Buko Bos ranking second and team Pieter Goedhart and Lars van Stekelenborg ranking third. It was a great event with 14 exciting races”.