Heemskerk-Tentijs & the Wildcat back on track


Photo: Pierrick Contin – 2009 Worlds  – After a close call for the F18 2009 World Championship, Mischa Heemskerk and Bastian Tentij returned to the highest place on podium at Westland Cup in Belgium. With the boat that replaced the venrated Tiger they won several regattas before the big one, and almost clinch the title on the Hobie Wildcat worlds debut. You have to remember that the Infusion didn´t won on her 1st try also, and the Shockwave was close too, but it’s still a challenge for a brand new design to take home the cup months that soon.

What remained clear at the Worlds is that the Wildcat performed at top level, and at Westland Misha beated a strong Infusion team, only the top gun de Koning was not there.
As I always remark here, the F18 provides several racing machines to choose from.

Looks, availability and local support will define your final election, now you know you can win on any F18 on the market, no more excuses, just review some previous posts if you still have some doubt.

So Buy yourself and F18 (any), train hard and enter the most competitive and popular performance catamaran class in the world.
I’m not aware of any other class where so much builders are being able to provide top performers boats in the same class, if you know one let me know…

Results at Westland Cup:

No Name Boat Pts 1 2 3 4 5
1 Heemskerk, M.
Tentij
Hobie Wildcat 5 1 2 1 1 -3
2 Larsen, G.
Dubbeldam,
Nacra Infusion 7 2 -3 2 2 1
3 Larsen, S. +
Helden
Nacra Infusion 11 -5 1 3 3 4
4 Macpherson, A.
West
Nacra Infusion 15 3 4 (dns) 6 2
5 Casey, J. +
Boschma
Hobie Wildcat 20 -14 6 4 5 5
6 Bosser, T. +
Gramme
Capricorn 21 6 5 6 4 -8
7 Veenman, J. +
Munck
Hobie Wildcat 24 4 7 (dns) 7 6
8 Duinmeijer, R.
Alessie
Nacra Infusion 43 8 13 7 15 (bfd)
9 Bruijne, K. de +
Rijs
Hobie Wildcat 43 (dns) 8 10 16 9
10 Dalfsen,
L.Uittenbogaar
Capricorn 47 7 15 15 -17 10