Oosterzee, August 27 – 28
Full report and Photos at easterseeregatta.nl
Photos on Flickr
What a great championship in the Netherlands on the 27th and 28th of August. We had 42 sailors from 4 countries competing and after 20 years we finally have a new champion ‘OK dinghy’ in the Netherlands.
After a real battle between five Germans the title of Dutch OK class Champion and Eastersee Regatta winner, went to Dirk Dame from Germany. Dirk sailed a very consistent regatta and could scrap an 11th place, which brought him the title with only 11 points. A trophee and a ribbon for this fantastic champion and ambassador of the OK dinghy. Right behind him Frank Strelow and Joerg Rademacher, also from Germany, battled for second and third with the both of them scoring 13 points. On the first day the circumstances were splendid (temperature 26 degrees, sunny, breeze 3 to 4) and four races were sailed. In the evening the sailors could enjoy a sailing trip on the lake on the hundred years old skûtsje Frisia.
The second day started with thunderstorms and the start was delayed till 12.00 o’clock. Rod Andrew played music and everyone waited for the weather to clear. Then in the afternoon two races were sailed in a building breeze (4+) to complete the series of six races before the fleet returned form the water to be home on time. The organising authority WSV Zevenwolden and race officer Age van der Bles did a great job putting the lanes in perfectly. Behind the five top Germans, sailors form Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany and the Netherlands were racing eachother. Ronny Poelman (BEL) took sixth place overall right before best Dutchman Stephan Veldman who beat his brother with just 3 points. There were great battles throughout the fleet. More
| No | Sailno | Name | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GER 750 | Dirk Dame | 11,0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | GER 791 | Frank Strelow | 13,0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | GER 775 | Joerg Rademacher | 13,0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | GER 800 | Ralf Mackmann | 14,0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | GER 790 | Thorsten Schmidt | 15,0 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | BEL 220 | Ronny Poelman | 36,0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | NED 663 | Stephan Veldman | 42,0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | NED 652 | Erwin Veldman | 45,0 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| 9 | GER 737 | Christian Heinze | 45,0 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
| 10 | BEL 214 | Paul Verrijdt | 49,0 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 16 |
| 11 | GER 793 | Karsten Kath | 60,0 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | GER 607 | Gerd Breitbart | 60,0 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 14 |
| 13 | GER 784 | Claus Stockhardt | 65,0 | dnf | 9 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 14 | NED 667 | Hessel Hoekstra | 65,0 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
| 15 | SWE 12786 | Sipke Hoekstra | 71,0 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 15 |
| 16 | GER 680 | Jan-Dietmar Dellas | 80,0 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 11 |
| 17 | GER 595 | Daniel Groschl | 89,0 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 16 | dnc | dnc |
| 18 | NED 669 | Sybren Hornstra | 91,0 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | GER 678 | Heinz Ridder | 92,0 | 32 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 19 |
| 20 | GER 651 | Frederik Roentgen | 93,0 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 26 |
| 21 | NED 609 | Willem Dijkstra | 102,0 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 30 | 20 | 25 |
| 22 | GER 779 | Marina Dellas | 104,0 | 20 | 31 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 |
| 23 | NED 672 | Harm de Vries | 107,0 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 20 |
| 24 | LUX 1 | Michel Lesure | 114,0 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 21 | dnc | dnc |
| 25 | NED 668 | Hendrik Rijnink | 117,0 | 31 | 28 | 23 | dnf | 18 | 17 |
| 26 | GER 783 | Wilhelm Kath | 119,0 | 22 | 19 | 22 | dns | 13 | dnf |
| 27 | NED 566 | Sjouke Bus | 126,0 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 22 |
| 28 | BEL 221 | Philippe Cowez | 134,0 | dns | 27 | 32 | 25 | 27 | 23 |
| 29 | NED 180 | Jan La Porte | 137,0 | 33 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 24 |
| 30 | GER 771 | Susanne Mackmann | 139,0 | 36 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 25 | 31 |
| 31 | NED 658 | Jef Delhez | 142,0 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 30 | 27 |
| 32 | BEL 1 | Rod Andrew | 144,0 | 21 | 36 | 35 | 26 | 33 | 29 |
| 33 | GER 645 | Ralph Grieger | 147,0 | 23 | 34 | 25 | dnf | 31 | 34 |
| 34 | NED 666 | Koen Schelling | 155,0 | 37 | 33 | 36 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
| 35 | BEL 151 | Paul Bouts | 157,0 | 6 | 22 | dnf | dns | dnc | dnc |
| 36 | BEL 627 | Joris van Baarle | 163,0 | 27 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 34 | dnf |
| 37 | LUX 11 | Francois Podevyn | 163,0 | 38 | 39 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 30 |
| 38 | BEL 29 | Johanna Andrew | 171,0 | 30 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 32 |
| 39 | NED 665 | Dick van der Zee | 176,0 | 35 | 42 | 39 | 34 | 35 | 33 |
| 40 | BEL 21 | Benoit Devillers | 187,0 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 36 | dnc | dnc |
| 41 | BEL 136 | Samuel Podevyn | 189,5 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 37 | 35 |
| 42 | NED 599 | Barbara Borger | 200,5 | 39 | 41 | 40 | 37 | dnc | dnc |