(machine translated in 2023) 10-10-10 Regiocup Zuid, my day!
Finally wind predicted again. Finally region cup again. Unfortunately, the wind fell away.
Weather was nice, nice sun. East wind, so had expected gusty winds. But I didn't expect the wind to completely disappear in the afternoon.

1st heat
Reasonable start, 3rd over the line, Andrea was first over the line, followed by Coen. At the first buoy Andrea fell silent and me and Coen went around it. Sat closer behind Coen for the rest of the heat, but couldn't catch up with him. Patrick van Mol sat behind me, walked in, but did not get ahead of me.

2nd heat
Bad start, was something of 6th way, poorly timed. But at all the shackles, people fell silent. From the 3rd buoy I only had Coen and Patrick in front of me. Patrick went out of his way to pump past Coen. That works just before the 4th buoy. After the buoy, however, he fell silent and Coen and I passed him. Coen pumped with all his might but had to watch as I pumped past him without pumping on my toes. I still doubted that the whole heat would not be canceled because so many people were standing still, but in the end it counted and I finally had a 1 on the scoreboard. Patrick eventually even finished 4th because he was also overtaken by Jan Beekman.

In the end a shared 1st place together with Coen (NED-262) Also a very good performance for him. Patrick finished 3rd, and with that the difference between Patrick and me can be bridged, hopefully I will get another chance to catch up with him.

Kabbelaarsbank

10:45 0.25 hour Wind: E
Board: AHD GT 85 - Drake R13 Race 60cm
Sail: North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - AL360 E3 Carbon 210-270
  (machine translated in 2023) Entry: went well, set immediately felt good. Wind was gusty. There was no wind in the bay either.
11:45 1 hour Wind: E
Board: AHD GT 85 - Drake R13 Race 60cm
Sail: North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - AL360 E3 Carbon 210-270
  (machine translated in 2023) Set of leip good, could plan easily, sometimes had to pump a few times, but if I didn't plan, the rest was also stationary. I was a little short of speed in the gusts. But because I could always plan, I could easily make up for a lot.
14:45 0.25 hour Wind: E
Board: AHD GT 85 - Drake R13 Race 60cm
Sail: North Daytona 8.3 - North Viper 75 490cm - AL360 E3 Carbon 210-270
  (machine translated in 2023) Too little wind, just couldn't plan. Bigger set!
15:15 0.75 hour Wind: E
Board: AHD GT 85 - Deboichet R12 M 64cm
Sail: North R-Type 9.5 - North Viper 75 510cm - AL360 E3 Carbon 210-270
  (machine translated in 2023) Could only just plan. Wind was very minimal, but still some dangers. Had trouble walking height, should have taken my 65cm R13.