International Dutch W-Rally & race in 'Sneekweek'
Invitation to the International Dutch Wayfarer Rally 29th July-5th August 2011 and/or to race in ‘Sneekweek’ 6th -11th August 2011.
ENTRY FORM
The Rally will be held on the huge and charming Friesland lake and canal area and is based on the successful formula of 2006 - See Wayfarer News Autumn/Winter 2006 issue 109. The Rally starts in Heeg and finishes in Sneek to give the opportunity to take part in the famous ‘Sneekweek’. This is the biggest sailing event in The Netherlands with more than 1000 open sailing boats spread over 30-40 classes!
This time we have reserved two mother-ships on which we offer two-person cabins with shower, breakfast and supper on board. The first ship is the good old ‘In Dubio’ with ten two-person cabins and one family-room for five persons. The second ship is the sailing-clipper “Atalanta” also with ten two-person cabins and the same comfort. We have already received pre-registrations from twenty-six people and the proposed second ship raises the capacity to forty-five persons in total. So book now to avoid disappointment!
Cruise Program:
Because the ‘In Dubio’ is based in Heeg, she will be available for boarding from 6 pm on the evening of Friday the 29th July. The Atalanta’s home port is Lelystad and has first to sail eight hours to Heeg; so she will be ready for boarding on the evening of Saturday the 30th from 6 pm. Both vessels will remain in Heeg for the week-end to give the cruisers the opportunity to arrive on the Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Heeg is a splendid base for day-sailing trips to Gaastmeer, Oudega, Galamadammen or Workum. On Sunday 31st it is planned for everyone to gather aboard the large sailing ship Atalanta for a sailing trip on the lake Heegermeer and Fluessen and to finish Sunday-evening with a welcome-dinner ashore.
Depending on wind and weather the provisional program is to sail on Monday to the nice town of Sloten where we will stop for lunch. We will then continue on to Langweer where both vessels will be waiting for us with drinks and supper. Tuesday the planned sail is to Goingarijp for coffee, Terherne for lunch and finally to Akkrum to our vessels at the Wijde Ee. On Wednesday the vessels will stay on the Wijde Ee while we explore the Nature reserve Park at Princenhof(Eernewoude). On Thursday we sail for Sneek, where the vessels will be waiting for us. Friday the Rally ends. The ‘Atalanta’ has to depart Friday at 10 am back to Lelystad to be in time for the next booking. The ‘In Dubio’ stays till Sunday-evening, so we can store the luggage of the Atalanta-guests there and sail the whole day on lake Sneekermeer. During the day the departing cruisers can taxi together to Heeg – a short distance - to pick up their trailers and retrieve their boats at a slipway in Sneek.
Sneekweek Program:
Sneekweek starts Saturday 6th August and ends Thursday 11th August.
2011 is the 76th Sneekweek with 30-40 mostly traditional classes. There is one race per day of 2-3 hours duration and great fun with beer and music afterwards. It will be the first time the Wayfarer class has taken part as the newest recognized Dutch class in ‘Sneekweek’ - with so many sailors and the attendance of the press and TV present, this provides a unique opportunity to promote the Wayfarer-class in The Netherlands.
To stay overnight as group, Nedwa has booked a holiday-farm ‘t Boothuis 1.5 miles sailing to the race-area and at a distance of two kilometres from the centre of the city of Sneek.
The accommodation offers a private harbour, big dining-room, use of kitchen, bar, BBQ-hut, terraces, mini-camping for a maximum of twenty tents or campers and five sleeping-rooms for four persons each. The fee for sleeping inside or camping with use of all facilities is the same price including a self-service breakfast and lunch-package.
A complication is that all the facilities of ‘t Boothuis are only at our disposal from Sunday 8 pm till Friday 10 am. We have solved this logistical problem by booking ‘In Dubio’ till Sunday-evening and to be allowed to use the mini-camping only facilities from Friday evening. Therefore on Friday the cruisers participating in ‘Sneekweek’ can stay on ‘In Dubio’ or move to the mini-camping site. The leaving cruisers will say farewell on Friday afternoon and the new racers arrive during Friday and board for two nights on ‘In Dubio’ or camp at the mini-camping site. The registration for the races is on Friday-afternoon. On Sunday-evening the guests of ‘In Dubio’ move to ‘t Boothuis. ‘In Dubio’ will be moored in the neighbourhood of ‘t Boothuis. On Friday 12th August 10 am we have to leave ‘t Boothuis and the mini-camping site and say farewell after one or two weeks splendid sailing on the inshore-lakes of beautiful Friesland!
Fees.
Because the most of the payments for ‘In Dubio’, ‘Atalanta’ and ‘t Boothuis have to be made by early January, we have to be sure then about the expected number of participants.
So we will stimulate quick-entry with an early-bird fee with payment before 1st January for the Rally of € 450 pp and for ‘t Boothuis/mini-camping of € 120 pp.
The fee for late-entries with payment after 1st January is for the Rally € 500 and for ‘t Boothuis/mini-camping € 140 pp.
The Rally fees are inclusive of bed linen and five days full board of breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The fee for ‘t Boothuis/mini-camping includes a seven day self-service breakfast and lunch package.
The entry-fee for the Sneekweek is € 12,50/day.
Nedwa will arrange a collective entry for all Wayfarers, so mention your interest on the attached entry form.
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