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Race day 3: Black-flag-day

Valentijn van Duijvendijk2018-02-15T23:45:34+01:00Race 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 fleet had 67 black flag disqualifications. There’s one more race day to go and the leaders of the class is still the same in the 29er, Cadet and Laser 4.7....

Day 2 races shuffle the leader board

Valentijn van Duijvendijk2018-02-16T00:02:33+01:00Most 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 bit more wind today.  Most of the fleet got away for the first race on schedule. Except for the Optimists on course A, they where too eager to get...

Welcome on the new Dutch Youth Regatta website

Valentijn van Duijvendijk2018-02-15T23:40:01+01:00From 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 29er. There will be no differentiation in fleets between Optimist and Optimist Benjamin. We will however publish separate results and rankings for the Optimist Benjamin and there will be an...

In memoriam Robert van Notten

Valentijn van Duijvendijk2018-02-15T23:38:20+01:00Dear 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 biggest international youth sail racing events in Europe. In his spirit we will continue his passion and we will make sure that the DYR 2016 will be an amazing...

Dutch Youth Regatta 2015

Valentijn van Duijvendijk2018-02-16T00:03:37+01:00The 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 between large international Regatta’s. It is the aim of the organization to continue or even further improve its good name. Until the very last race we have seen concentrated sailing...