Due to the overwhelming number of Optimist entries the Organising Committee decided to add an extra fleet of 88 Optimist juniors (born before 2006). The Dutch Youth Regatta 2017 is now open for a maximum of 440 Optimist juniors and 176 Optimist Benjamins (born in 2006 and later). All Optimist...
Race day 3 at the Dutch Youth Regatta will probably be known as the Black-Flag-Day as both Optimist race courses had to do so many restarts that several times one blackboard wasn’t enough to host all of the sail numbers of those boats who where over the line: the optimist...
Most of the fleet finished two races on race day 1. As it’s been a difficult day yesterday it’s likely that the results will shuffle on the second day of the event. Today’s races will decide which sailors will qualify for the gold fleet. Again some amazing weather and luckily a...
The Dutch Youth Regatta kicked off this morning after the final measurements and registration: 704 youth sailors, 632 boats and 22 nations are competing at this event in Workum, The Netherlands. It’s the first of the 4 days of racing scheduled. For now the Dutch are taking the lead in...
From 5- 8 may 2016 the Dutch Youth Regatta Foundation, in conjunction with the Royal Netherlands Watersport Association (RNWA) and the involved Class Associations, organizes the combined Open Dutch Championships for all participating classes. The participating classes are: Optimist, Optimist Benjamin, Laser 4.7 Youth, Laser Radial Under-21, Cadet, Splash Blue an...
Dear fellow sailors, After a severe heart attack the chairman of the Dutch Youth Regatta, Robert van Notten passed away on 18 November 2015. We will remember Robert as the passionate chairman of the DYR. Each year he succeeded, along with ‘his’ volunteers, in creating an amazing international event: one of the...
The event is meant for competitive sailors who go for the Open Dutch Championship in a good en sportive atmosphere in the Optimist, Optimist Benjamin, Laser 4.7 youth, Laser Radial Under-21, RS Feva, 29’er, Cadet, Splash, Techno 293 Under-19 en RS:X youth classes. The DYR has gained a good reputation...
