At the moment a lot of SC residents and top sailors are getting hooked up by a new sailing boat the Green Turtle Tjalk or Skutsje. The racing in this boat, that started under FIYC flag, is rapidly becoming a racing class of its own.
The Skutsje is a traditional sailing barge form the Netherlands, with twin leeboards rather than a fixed keel or centerboard. Outside of the Netherlands, you'll often hear these boats referred to simply as a "Dutch Barge" This type of craft has a long racing history in the Netherlands that continues to the present day with the annual Skutsjesilen regatta held in Friesland.
Every friday 11.30 am slt there is a skutsjesilen race from the Plum Gut start line using the FY05 course. There you can witness the sailing of Delinda Dyrssen, BeeJee Boucher, ahjep Kattun, Epicurus Emmons among others. Delinda was recently awarded the title of Queen of Skutsje for winning the first two races.
Sunday Many 18th 10 am slt a new exciting development took place. Skutsjesilen racing was live broadcasted on Sail On TV. We used the Balboa course, starting at the Hollywood start line in the USS. Twelve Skutsje sailors showed up, and our own SC resident ahjep Kattun won the racing. You can watch the show here: http://slcn.tv/sailon
If you want to keep informed on developments please become member of the group Skutsjesilen, its open enrollment.
