Round Texel 2008 Start

They are off! It was an amazing show…500 beach cats being pushed over the starting line by the strong current. But what can you do as race committee? Right, write as many early starters down as possible. We heard about 52 boats being early over the line. This morning, a total of 501 teams lined up for the impressive start of the 31st Zwitserleven Round Texel Race. It was a massive chaos at the beachside of the line. With one minute to go, one crew on an Exploder pulled on the sheet and went off. A bunch of cats did not have any choice, but pulling off as well. “Well, this is impossible with 500 boats being pushed by the tide”.