The second official racing day of the 18th International Easter Optimist Regatta had two races planned. It was a sunny day with temperatures around 14 degrees Celsius and wind from Easterly directions, about 10-12 knots with some gusts and big shifts making it a demanding day for both the competitors and the racing committee. The first race started this morning at 10:00hrs. Some of the groups were too eager to start, which resulted in 15 BFD's but the other sailors had a nice two laps race.

All sailors went ashore for their lunchbreak before the start of the second (and last) race of today. This fifth race of the event was originally planned to start at 14:20hrs, but after some black flags, generall recalls and postponements the first group finally started at 15:15hrs with no less than 41 BFD's in the first fleet. Racing was difficult with the shifting and gusting wind, but the fleet stayed close together with over 80 finishing Opti's within 7 minutes. All in all we had a very nice day with the following results.

During the Easter weekend of 2003 (18 - 21 April) the Yacht club Braassemermeer and the OCN (Optimist Club Nederland) organise the 18th International Easter Optimist Regatta, sponsored by Brunotti Sportswear, Van Wettum Optimists, Optimax and Print Productions Scheveningen.

No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5
1 GBR 5149 Hannah Mills 6,0 2 1 (5) 1 2
2 NED 2497 Pelt Gijs 11,0 2 2 2 5 (bfd)
3 GER 11229 Follmann Patrick 13,0 1 6 2 4 (9)
4 GBR 4962 James Murdock 15,0 3 (7) 4 5 3
5 SWE 3921 Hanson Sebastiaan 17,0 9 4 1 3 (dnf)

Source: Bas van Grieken