J/112E JACK RABBIT Silvers @ Breskens Sailing Weekend

ByStuart Johnstone
A sailboat with black and white sails racing on choppy water.


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(Breskens, Netherlands)- The Jachthaven Breskens in Breskens, Netherlands, hosted the annual Breskens Sailing Weekend for the leading offshore yachts in the Benelux region. Over three days of sailing, the IRC handicap fleet enjoyed great sailing in a variety of weather conditions, with five races run, permitting a discard race for the final scores.

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It was a closely fought battle for the podium between a custom Ker 46, a J/112E, and a J/122E. In the end, Rutger Krijger’s J/112E JACK RABBIT from the Netherlands, fresh off her podium finish at Cowes Week two weeks ago, managed to score a 3-2-2-4-6 for 13 pts net to take the silver medal. Their stablemate, Paul Jonckheer’s J/122E NJORD team from Belgium, also sailed well to post a 2-1-4-1-10.5 tally for 14.5 pts net to garner the bronze medal. Sadly, NJORD was not permitted to throw out their worst finish due to a scoring penalty. IF NJORD could have thrown out that score, she would have won the regatta easily!

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