After six weeks we were finally able to sail a proper serie. After many weekends with 30+ knots of wind this weekend we got some excellent sailing. The training on Saturday was cancelled again due to heavy wind, but this gave us the change to prepare the boat in detail for the IJspegel on Sunday.

After the last IJspegel we were a lot more focused this time. This resulted in a very good first start and we were among the first at the top mark. The most interesting competition in group 1 had already left the course. The other mumm30, vanUden-TUDelft, broke their forestay, and the high performance 30-footer from Dubai, V1, had sail and rudder problems. Downwind we broached ones, but were able to regain control very fast. Other boats had equal problems and with speeds over 15 knots we were first at the downwind mark. We extended our lead over the race and finished 3.5 minutes before Daikin.

The second race we had a very good start again. After a solid first upwind beat we were first at the upwind mark. This was quite an achievement since we have the smallest boat in group one! Downwind we made no mistakes, achieving a top speed of 15.4 knots. Again the wind was quite strong, between 20 and 25 knots from the south. We led the entire race and had line honours for a second time. We managed this even though we had to sail half of the last downwind leg without spinnaker because the mast fitting of the spinnaker pole had broken.

Logically we are really satisfied with the result; finishing first on the water twice, as the smallest boat in the fleet, and also scoring two first places on handicap!

Team Triple P:

1  Ernst-Jan van Housselt

2  Patricia

3  Ko Stroo

4  Joost Kroon

5  Jur Gaarlandt

6  Fezi Khaleghi

7  Marc de Haas