J/Teams Sweep ORC Divisions @ SAILWORKZ Stellendam Regatta

(Stellendam, Netherlands)- Stellendam Yacht Club hosted the Stellendam Regatta as the offshore sailing season opener for many classes in The Netherlands. For over fifteen years, this regatta has been sailed in April on the Haringvliet in front of the Marina Stellendam. It has also become the season-opening party. Here, the sailors from the ORC and the one-design classes met again after the winter season.

ORC 1 Division
Many of the Netherlands’ top offshore teams were racing in this division. In the end, Rutger Kruger’s J/112E JACK RABBIT took the gold medal, winning six of eight races, counting just podium finishes in their 8 pts net scoreline! Their’s was a dominating performance! Not too far off the pace was Frans van Cappelle’s J/122E MOANA with 22 pts net to take the bronze medal!

ORC 2 Division
The large fourteen-boat fleet had four J/teams participating over the long weekend of sailing. Winning five of eight races to win by a “country furlong” was Jan Scholtes’s J/99 WARP 5 from the Netherlands. The other J/99, Richard Verkleij’s BOLD & GRACIOUS, took fifth place.

J/22 Class
The eight-boat fleet had both German and Dutch entries for one of the best turnouts in years. After an intense eight races, it was a battle for the top five between the Dutch and German top teams. Winning was Jules Tronquet’s German crew on TINTIN (Laura Hauser, Tim Trollope, and Lulu Trendell) with 12 pts net; winning four of eight races and only counting podium finishes. Taking the silver medal was Sanne van Rijn’s SMURFENBAD TU DELFT crew from the Netherlands (Julia van den Heuvel, Ezra van der Ven, and Szej Rensman) with 14 pts net. Then, rounding out the podium for the bronze medal was the Dutch team of Dirk Jan Verdoorn’s JUT EN JUL (Anneloes Krikhaar, Rosemarjin Verdoorn, and Liselotte Verdoorn) with 19 pts net.

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