A-Class Dutch Nats 2013 for Thilo Keller
Photos Jasper Van Staveren / Sailshoot.com . Travemunde 2013 , Thilo & Dietz. || Thilo is having a great year towards New Zealand Worlds at Takapuna in February 2013. He won the German Nats in May ago and now after a “low” start on Friday with 5th and a 7th , he went dominating with 4 bullets and three 2nds in the last 8 races.
German countrymen Sebastian Moser and Mathias Dietz completed the podium. With Erwin Kerstens debuting at the Dutch Nats as first local in 4th place.
The Class continue to show excellent mix in the designs on the top spots with 5 dfferent platforms in the top 5. And also the great chance for +60 sailors like Piet Saarberg that dominate day 1 and Mathias Dietz that ended 3rd to keep sailing after your office days retirement. More on the Class later with an Arno Terra interview.
New sailmaker in town, Mischa Sails by Mischa Heemskerk. Thilo won with his own Arrow MKII design. This is the Sailor/Designer/Builder class by excellence. Dna builder PJ Dwarshuis was 8th , Piet Saarberg builder of the Vision went down some spots to end 14th. 36 boats fleet. Photo left by Kees Krijger.
Thilo with event chairman Jan Groot. More info at A-cat.org/
Full Results at https://www.hellecat.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ONK-A-cat-20132.htm
| Rank | SailNo | Equipment | HelmName | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Total | Nett |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | GER45 | Arrow/Landeberger/FFoam | Thilo Keller | 5.0 | (7.0) | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 15.0 |
| 2nd | GER84 | Scheurer/Landenberger/ ? | Sebastian Moser | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | (15.0) | 3.0 | 5.0 | 52.0 | 37.0 |
| 3rd | GER3 | Nikita/Landenberger/FFoam | Matthias Dietz | 9.0 | 12.0 | (DNF) | 6.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 81.0 | 41.0 |
| 4th | NED115 | Vision / ? / Saarberg | Erwin Kerstens | (OCS) | 13.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 96.0 | 56.0 |
| 5th | 108 | Dna / Mischa / Dna | Jaap Straakenbroek | 4.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | (16.0) | 10.0 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 72.0 | 56.0 |
| 6th | NED8 | Vision/Landenberger/Saarberg | Theo van Hilten | 6.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | (13.0) | 73.0 | 60.0 |
| 7th | ESP7 | Scheurer / Hammer /FFoam | Micky Todd | 7.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 13.0 | (DNS) | 10.0 | 6.0 | 102.0 | 62.0 |
| 8th | 28 | Dna/Landenberger/Dna | Pieterjan Dwarshuis | (OCS) | 10.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 104.0 | 64.0 |
| 9th | NED3 | Dna / Brewin / Dna | Sjoerd Hoekstra | 11.0 | 8.0 | (BFD) | 14.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 106.0 | 66.0 |
| 10th | 007 | Dna / Mischa / Dna | Mischa Heemskerk | 8.0 | (25.0) | 7.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 94.0 | 69.0 |
