A-Cat NED. July 2021, Racing is back @Hellecat
Good to see the Dutch A-Cat sailors racing again. – Photos & results sent by Sergio Zonligt, Hellecat Cat Club Race Officer:
“On the weekend of 17-18 of July the Catamaran club Hellecat organized its first racing event of the season after the sports event related Covid-19 restrictions were cleared. Finally the A-Cat Class was able to race in Holland once more after many months of inactivity.
A fleet of 16 boats enjoyed 2 days of Champagne sailing conditions with wind sun and flat water.
In the foiling class Misha Heemskerk had no rivals scoring 8 bullets in 8 races.
In the classic class Philippe Muyzers had also no rivals scoring 6 bullets in 8 races.
More pics at https://photos.app.goo.gl/pNoEGsPxkfAtqQPz8
Next event at Hellecat will be the A-Cat Open Dutch nationals 27-28-29 of August”.
Foiling
| Pos | Name | Last Name | Sail | Boat | Mast | Sailmaker | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | TOTAL | Net |
| 1 | Mischa | Heemskerk | NED 007 | DNA | DNA | Mischa Sails | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Thijs | Visser | NED 33 | DNA | Fiberfoam | Mischa Sails | -2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 |
| 3 | Wiro | Zijlmans | NED 44 | DNA | Fiberfoam | Mischa Sails | 3 | -5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ufd | 39 | 22 |
| 4 | Gert-Jan | Kos | NED96 | D3 | Fiberfoam | Bryt Sails | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -6 | ret | 4 | 42 | 24 |
| 5 | David | Van Aart | NED 111 | D3 | Fiberfoam | Mischa Sails | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | dnc | 5 | -6 | 45 | 27 |
| 6 | Wim | Plokker | NED 93 | DNA | Fiberfoam | Mischa Sails | 6 | 6 | 7 | dnc | dnc | 4 | 6 | 5 | 58 | 34 |
| 7 | Rutger | Krijger | NED 14 | Vision | Saarberg | Hammer Sails | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 2 | 3 | 3 | 68 | 44 |
| 8 | Robbert | Kant | NED 50 | DNA | DNA | North Sails | 7 | dnc | dns | 6 | 6 | dnc | dnc | dnc | 79 | 55 |
| 9 | Christian | Schäfer | GER 23 | D3 | Saarberg | Pink Hammer | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | dnf | dnf | dns | 79 | 55 |
| 10 | De Vries. John | De Vries | NED 18 | DNA | Fiberfoam | Mischa Sails | dnc | dnf | 6 | 7 | dnf | dnf | 7 | ufd | 80 | 56 |
| 11 | Pieterjan | Dwarshuis | NED 28 | DNA | Fiberfoam | Mischa Sails | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 96 | 72 |
Classics
| Pos | Name | Last Name | Sail | Boat | Mast | Sailmaker | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | TOTAL | Net |
| 1 | Muyzers | Philippe | BEL 54 | Vision | Saarberg | OXO | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | dnc | 1 | 1 | ufd | 18 | 6 |
| 2 | Gonzalez | Walter | BEL87 | DNA | Fiberfoam | Hammer Sails | -4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 |
| 3 | Kees | Krijger | NED 15 | BimareV1R | Saarberg | Hammer | 5 | 3 | 4 | dnc | dnc | 3 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 20 |
| 4 | Josje | Verbeeten | NED100 | DNA | Fiberfoam | Mischa Sails | 2 | 4 | 3 | dnc | dnc | 5 | 4 | ufd | 36 | 24 |
| 5 | Piet | Saarberg | NED 1 | Vision | Saarberg | Hammer sails | 3 | dnf | dns | dnc | dnc | 2 | 5 | dnf | 40 | 26 |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16