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Reporting: Australians Bundock - Ashby DominateTexel Dutch Open - Day Two

Added by damonAdmin on Jun 16, 2006 - 03:06 AM

Texel Dutch Open, Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby (AUS) were unbeatableOn the second day of the Texel Dutch Open, Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby (AUS) were unbeatable. The Hobie Tiger-duo took three bullets. The weather conditions were fine with a north-eastern wind, force four and a considerable wash of waves. In total 43 teams started this morning. Mischa Heemskerk and Sander de Boer (NED) finished three times behind the Australians, with their Nacra F18 Infusion. Koen de Koning and Sacha Larsen (NED), also sailing with the new Nacra, are in third position after today.

Texel Dutch Open, Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby (AUS) The Polish Noetzel/Kaliski were quick with their explorer 20, but on rating they could not beat the Dutch and French F18-teams. They are now fifth position on the leaderboard. In the afternoon, more than forty catamarans sailed through the notorious ‘Molengat' to the ‘Hors' after eating a ‘scholletje' (plaice) they returned to ‘Paal 17'. In the evening, the Volvo Open 70's, with the Brasil 1 in the lead, passed close to the shore. The six participants in the Volvo Ocean Race are now sailing their ninth and last leg to Gothenburg in Sweden. They are expected to arrive there on the 17th of June 2006, the day of the Zwitserleven Round Texel.

Mischa Heemskerk and Sander de Boer, winners of the Zwitserleven Round Texel 2006 "Just a little bit rusty"
“We were a bit rusty”, Mischa Heemskerk said, while taking the boat to the pit lane. “We weren't sailing together smoothly and our rivals were sailing quite fast. Nevertheless, it was an excellent day.” Mischa Heemskerk and Sander de Boer, winners of the Zwitserleven Round Texel 2006 finished three times in second place, behind the Australians Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby. They were just too strong for us. Bundock: “In the first race, the difference was considerable, after that we had to fight more to stay in the lead.” Heemskerk and De Boer could only just keep the boat upright in the surf on their way back to the beach. De Boer: “We were completely washed by a wave. It was a good thing that we had that photo shoot on the waves of La Torche last year, otherwise we definitely would have capsized.”

Chris Rashly and Marcus Lynch (UK) literally had a flying start, The seventeen-year-old Chris Rashly and Marcus Lynch (UK) literally had a flying start, with which they obtained a third position. Lynch: “We had a problem with the jib, and therefore had to return to shore. When we sailed out again, we did not know how much time we still had. Close to the starting vessel all the teams were lined up, so we could join them immediately and sail straight to the upwind mark.” Jean-Christoph Mourniac and Frank Citeau had to get used to smaller cats again. They have been racing with 60-feet trimarans lately. During the Grand Prix in Nice they even nose dived, sailing the Banque Populair. Citeau about the return to the Formula 18: “It was tough. My trapeze broke and I lost the spinnaker sheet. During the last race we improved.” For the time being the French Nissan Pro Team is in fourth position.

TNG Short Track
The organisation invited ten top teams to race the TNG Short Track in front of the beach at Paal 17 on Friday afternoon. This is a series of three drop-out races. In the last race the two remaining boats can compete for overall victory. Naturally, the winner takes home the TNG-prize. The Round Texel eporter, Jeroen Tirion, will report the battle. This way, the people onshore can follow the race.

Live reports
Saturday, the big TV-screen on the beach will display the Zwitserleven Round Texel race live. People at home can also witness every detail, because thanks to I-net they can follow everything real time via the internet. The event will also reach the living rooms via Astra and cable in Texel and Noord-Holland. Radio channel 3FM and broadcaster TROS will spread their wings over the island on Saturday and they will be on the air live from the beach.

Top five after five races of Texel Dutch Open:
1. Bundock/Ashby (AUS), F18, 3 points
2. Heemsker/De Boer (NED), F18, 7 points
3. De Koning/Larsen (NED), F18, 13 points
4. Mourniac/Citeau (FRA), F18, 15 points
5. Noetzel/Kaliski (POL), explorer 20, 16,5 points

Apart from Zwitserleven, the event is also sponsored by TNG Swiss Watches, Repeat Sales Promotions, W&H/Liebherr, Yamaha Nederland, Nissan, Teso, VVV Texel, TROS, RoT Events, the Mondriaan Onderwijsgroep, de Meeuw, Zeilen and the Province Noord-Holland.

 
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