More to come but it takes time to scan them.

For now alot of picture of Andreas Lutz and Beat Kaeser.

The friday was windy and there was a big surf. No -one sailed.

Saterday (race) saw a good wind and a decent surf. Almost everybody sailed.

Enjoy.

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Wouter,
Are there other pics than those from Annemiek van Kinderen on her web?

Fritz

VA Beach, USA

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You can clearly see the surf is much less than on friday when the wave were hitting the container now and then.

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Ahh loads, but they need to be published somewhere. There were plenty of photographers. All I can do now is give you my pics. And even for those you have to wait a bit Sorry. Next Batch tomorrow.

Wouter

look good man!

and those waves aren't that bad, you should come over to Hatteras sometime and see some breakers.

Dear Wouter

This pictures are sure nice!!
Thanks and greetings from switzerland!

Thanks Andreas,

And if I find myself in Switzerland one time can I give you a call too and go for a sail on you lake ?

WOuter

The Nacra will come in at 4 hours and 21 minutes (elapsed time placing 425 and handicap time placing 450)

The hobie will come in at 4 hours and 29 minutes (elapsed time placing 438 and handicap time placing 362)

These two sailors have been keeping eachother company for pretty much the bulk of the race.

These are the nameless crews which make the Round Texel such a big and great event and they are highlighted to little.

The Hobie has sailnumber 15384 which means it is a very old boat.

Way to go guys

H16 : Jacobs (NL) / Bartelink (NL)
N5.5 : Keja (NL) / Overkamp (NL)


Wouter

A nacra 6.0 SE but somewhere they lost their spinnaker. I don't see the bag on board or a snuffer.

We often only look at the big boats and big names, but this guy has carved a reputation out for himself. For many years now he sails Prindle 15's and he is impossibly fast on them.

Each year he ends up in the top 50 of the Texel race. To do so he needs to stay ahead of halve the fleet at texel on elapsed time itself on a boat with second slowest handicap number in the entered fleet.

Each time he dominates the singlehander class often finishing ahead of more than halve of the singlehanders entered which are mostly I-17, Hobie FX-ones, H17 and A-cat or older B class A-cats.

This guy is one of the lesser know hero's of Texel.

Wouter

Sailed by mister Swinburn.

Makes a very good looking pass through the gate at Oudeschild.