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).
Under “Gallery” and then page “Mid Atlantic Meeting with Max havelaar” a selection of these foto’s can be seen.
See movie and interview of Finish Robert Rosen Jacobson and NED 602 in Les Sables d’Olonne:
http://www.lessables-lesacores.com/video
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.`
The week before departure was hectic. I met my boat in disorder. The preparation and changes which should have been made had only for a part been started. The result was: no sleep during the first three nights and working full time to get the boat through the secu check. At the start I was exhausted Read more…
The last race of the Mini Transat 650 starts August 1st at 13:02 from Les Sables d’Olonne to the Isle of Faial, one of the islands of the Archipelago de los Acores, somewhere in the Atlantic in the direction of the Caribbean in about 1/3 of the distance. Read more…
Zondag 4 juli om 15:00 uur is de laatste presentatie en film voor de vakantie over Mini Transat zeilen en de TRANSAT 2009 deelname van TEAM NED 602!
Lokatie koetshuis van kasteel de Wittenburg, Landgoed de Wittenburg 1, 2244 BV Wassenaar Read more…
April 24, 2010. Robert and his NED602 after the start of the Pornichet Select towards the windward mark, outside the bay of La Baule. Jorg Riechters with his proto Mare D visible at right.
The next race starts August 1st in Les Sables D’Olonne (Vendee-France) to the Azores, isle of Faial, town of Horta and back to Les Sables d’Olonne after a few days rest. Read more…
