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May-05: Scheveningen Revenge results in NSR win
Close racing in heavy breeze brought victory to BLUENOSE once again. On day 1 a small pack emerged from the crowd. On day 2, in a 27kt breeze, the boys were seperated from the men as BLUENOSE took the lead. Day 3 and 4 presented little challenge to us, and BLUENOSE ran for gold by a comfortable margin.

Nov-04: Presentation on Racing Rules of Sailing 2001-2004 available (pdf). Download here.

Aug-04: Messy performance at 2004 Scheveningen Open Dutch
Once again missed out on the metal at the Open Dutch. With one day cancelled (was it really blowing 25+ knots? Ehhhm...) and one day fighting the chop in a 9 knot breeze with only average results, day 3 didn't bring us what we needed. Before the party started, BLUENOSE broke her portside shroud. Not a nice meet-and-greet with the happy ones leaving the marina while turning back in...

Aug-04: Triple Whammie Couvee Beker at the 2004 Flevo Race!
The shiny big Flevorace mug is back in the house, for the third successive time. With a clean sheet, overall zero points (yeah right, bonus scoring) BLUENOSE captured all four races, leaving competition mostly clueless...

May-04: Splendid re-entry, second overall in the North Sea Regatta 2004
After a long and, moreover, accidentally extended period of repairing and rerigging, the 2004 North Sea Regatta was the first key event. BLUENOSE were once again back in the top end of the score sheets, outperformed only by Maxx, coming in second overall X-99 in the NSR.

April-04: More broken stuff
Dismasted in a moderate breeze. Check out yours, it might be next. Tuning up the new gear while others are racing their heads off in the 2004 IJtoren Race.

Winter-03: fixing things up!
Finally an opportunity to fix broken stuff...

Sep-03: BLUENOSE best-of-the-rest at the 2003 Dutch Open
Powerful performance brought victory to Artful Dodger, with TUPAK and X-treem and BLUENOSE at some distance. BLUENOSE misses out on medals ending 4th overall.

AUG-03: BLUENOSE Extends Flevorace Title!
After having won last year's edition, BLUENOSE once again captures gold in the 2003 Flevorace. In extremely variable conditions, competition was left behind. BLUENOSE recorded a 2-3-4-1 score sheet to retain the championship title. Click here to view the full results.

BLUENOSE: MASSIVE STRIKE AT NORTH SEA REGATTA RESULTS IN OVERALL WIN!
With four out of six straight wins, BLUENOSE x99sailingteam wins the 2003 Houtrust race, Fjellsto race, and North Sea Regatta overall. Click here to view the results.

BLUENOSE leads the way in 2002 Flevo Race: Overall Winner
BLUENOSE scored a magnificent series at the Flevo Race, taking line honors two out of four races, and winning the series by a landslide. Click here to see the results.

BLUENOSE ahead of the pack: TENTH PLACE AT THE WORLDS 2002
Great series for BLUENOSE, coming in 10th overall, the 3rd Dutch copetitor!

Great Worlds prologue in Medemblik: BLUENOSE scores 7 at Open Dutch
With 29 yachts starting, the Open Dutch in Medemblik were an excellent test run for the Worlds. BLUENOSE scored 7. Click here to view the full results.

Continued success at the NSR: Winner of Fjellstö Race, 2nd in Yeoman Challenge, 2nd Overall NSR
Full results available: click here.

IJtoren race results: 6 overall
BLUENOSE scored 6 overall in very windy conditions. The best race result (2nd in race 4) was not scored due to failure of the RC to substantiate their individual recall. As a consequence, all ships received OCS scores... Click here to view the full results.

BLUENOSE hit by fourth discard in IJspegel - 4 overall!
Although we outpaced both Corbulo and Yellow Rose, widening the score gap to our final advantage, we were very unfortunate in the overall scores. The completion of race nr. 16 triggered the fourth discard, placing Corbulo up alongside BLUENOSE with 42 points. With a best-series-result of 1, Corbulo was able to claim the third position over BLUENOSE... Click here to see the FINAL results.

X99 nr. 209 is SOLD!
Old BLUENOSE, nr. 209, is no longer for sale. She stays in Holland. BLUENOSE x99sailingteam congratulates her new owners Ton and Jolande, and welcomes them to the X99 Class!