F18 Open Dutch Championships: Hans & Marius van Dam 1st
Open Dutch Allianz Regatta 2022. Several Classes participated in the event, the F18 had 16 boats registered. After 12 races held in three days Hans & Marius van Dam (Akurra / Goodall) won on a close margin over another father & son crew, Ad & Maarten Noordzij (Cirrus R / Mischa Sails) and Wik Becker & Pieter Oskam (Akurra / Goodall).
Photos by San der van der Borch published by Allianz Regatta, couldn’t find more. Event web allianzregatta.org/competitor-information-open-dutch-sailing-championships/ – Gallery by Sander van der Borch here
Top ten below, complete results here
| Nr | Sail | Team | T | N | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 |
| 1 | NED 77 | Hans van DAM Marius van DAM | 17 | 13 | -2 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | NED 15 | Ad NOORDZIJ Maarten NOORDZIJ | 51 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | RAF | DNF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | NED 222 | Wik BECKER Pieter OSKAM | 50 | 27 | DNF | 3 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | GER 21 | Kathrin SZASZ Peter FRANKE | 78 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DNF | 3 | OCS | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | NED 109 | Mark KLAAIJSEN Guus GROENEVELD | 85 | 49 | 4 | 5 | DNF | DNF | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 NED | Edward OOTEMAN Valentijn GROSMANN | 92 | 56 | 7 | 6 | DNF | 4 | 8 | 4 | DNF | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | GER 20 | Dirk BLEIKER Kevin STUHRMANN | 103 | 67 | 5 | DNC | DNC | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 9 | DNF |
| 8 | NED 112 | Leon van DALFSEN Ludvig DAAE | 116 | 80 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 9 | BEL 3 | Willie van der HEIJDEN Arthur MOERMAN | 117 | 81 | DNC | DNC | DNC | 10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | 720 | Emilie van EPS Hendrik FRANSSEN | 128 | 92 | 8 | 7 | DNF | DNF | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 12 | DNF |
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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