After the first “storm” (30 knots of wind) NED 602 met on August 20 2010 around midday, by accident with Max Havelaar, an Open 60 and one of the 4 accompanying boats on the Atlantic. About 200 pictures were taken by the Max Havelaar crew from a surfing NED 602. Though winds had dropped to 18 knots, with a little effort of the skipper, large surfs could still be made on the existing waves…. (click on photos for high-definition images)
See movie and interview of Finish Robert Rosen Jacobson and NED 602 in Les Sables d’Olonne:
http://www.lessables-lesacores.com/video
Ysbrand Endt, the only other Dutch participant, is dismasted. He carries on with this great self-invented jury-rig.
Dinsdag 24 augustus 2010 om 16:43:56 is Robert Rosen Jacobson als 5e serieschip in de tweede etappe gefinisht in Les Sables. Hij legde de 1300 zeemijl af in de razend snelle tijd van 7 dagen 1 uur 43 minuten en 56 seconden. Hulde!
Robert Rosen Jacobson finished 5th on Tuesday the 24th of August at 16:43:56 at Les Sables. Sailing 1300 nm in 7 days, 1 hour, 43 minutes and 56 seconds is an amazing job!
According to the official race website Robert has started gambling for a top-3 position:
“Seul concurrent à choisir de se démarquer de l’ensemble du groupe, Robert Rosenjacobson ( NED 602 ) qui, à la faveur d’un recalage dans le nord, tente un dernier coup de poker pour essayer d’accrocher le podium”.
According to the tracking page he changed course for a more northerly approach to the finish. Seems quite drastic to me …
This photo of Robert broaching is made by one of the accompanying ships.
More pictures of the Horta-stopover in the Gallery on this website.
Keep your fingers crossed!
Tuesday August 17th at 13:00 UTC the second leg from Horta back to Les Sables has started. After 25 of the 1275 nm NED602 has taken the lead. With 98% still to go it’s a little early, but ….
Robert can be followed real-time via this link.
NED 602 with Crater Pico in background. Pico is the highest Portugese mountain with an altitude of 2300 meter.
Another publication on the site of ClasseMini mentiones the start position of NED602. For those who can read French!
`Au départ du prologue, quelques concurrents montraient de belles dispositions, notamment Ryan Finn (252) premier à franchir la ligne ou bien encore Robert Rosenjacobson (NED 602) auteur d’un départ magistral en bout de ligne.`
