DutchSail selection for YOUTH & Puig WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP Regattas Barcelona 2024 announced
Coaches Annemieke Bes and Pieter-Jan Postma announced on Tuesday, September 26th the twelve athletes that will represent DutchSail in the YOUTH & Puig WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP. Both events will take place consecutively in September and October 2024 during the America’s Cup in Barcelona, Spain. The regattas are sailed in 4-person foiling AC40 boats. To prepare for sailing in these spectacular racing machines DutchSail has its own simulator. The simulator was officially put into use by Ivo van der Mark – CEO of JAJO – during a presentation at Van der Zwan in Scheveningen.
YOUTH AMERICA’S CUP selection
Bart Lambriex (24), Bjarne Bouwer (20), Paul Hameeteman (20), Aleksandr Moliakov (22), Eliott Savelon (22), Wiebrand de Vos (21).
From left to right: Wiebrand de Vos, Aleksandr Moliakov, Ismene Usman, Bart Lambriex, Willemijn Offerman, Paul Hameeteman, Eliott Savelon. Missing on the picture: Bjarne Bouwer.
Picture: Sander van der Borch / DutchSail
Puig WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP selection
Odile van Aanholt (25), Annette Duetz (30), Maxime Jonker (28), Arianne van de Loosdrecht (29), Ismene Usman* (24), Willemijn Offerman* (24).
*part of both the Youth and Women’s selections.
From left to right: Arianne van de Loosdrecht, Odile van Aanholt, Ismene Usman, Willemijn Offerman, Annette Duetz, Maxime Jonker.
Picture: Sander van der Borch / DutchSail
CEO JAJO puts AC40 simulator into use
Ivo van der Mark – CEO of JAJO officially put the AC40 simulator into use on Tuesday by sailing a virtual race.
Van der Mark: “As JAJO we want to show that dreams come true if you persevere and work together. The Dutch participation in the America’s Cup for women and youth is such a dream. A dream that we like to support and with which we want to inspire generations with entrepreneurship, innovation, and courage.”
JAJO CEO Ivo van der Mark in the simulator next to him Bart Lambriex and in the back from left to right: Ismene Usman and Annette Duetz. Picture: DutchSail
Collaboration makes participation DutchSail possible
“This participation is unique, it’s the first time that a team will participate under the Dutch flag. This is only possible because many parties work together on a daily base.” Said Sander van der Borch, operationally responsible for the campaigns from DutchSail.
Coach Pieter-Jan Postma adds to Van der Borch: “When we continue to strengthen cooperation and work together, we have a good chance of being able to battle at the top. But that’s not something that will happen automatically. By doing everything a little smarter we try to be and stay one step ahead of the competition. We were one of the firsts to purchase the simulator, thanks to the support of our partner JAJO. Now we’re the first to have completed the trials.”
In addition, “We try to bring together all available knowledge from the various knowledge institutes but also the institutes in sport. Everything to get as prepared as possible to the start in a year’s time from now.”
One of the parties that supports the initiative is The Royal Netherlands Watersport Association. Not only are eight of the twelve sailors part of Team Allianz – the Dutch Olympic team – but the campaign can also use the facilities and knowledge available at the National Top Sports Center in The Hague.
Arno van Gerven – director of The Royal Netherlands Watersport Association: “We have a wonderful generation of young talented athletes and coaches who deserve the opportunity to get the most out their career. It’s good for the sport in general that committed people, clubs and companies now make this journey possible. And seize the moment to join forces.”
“We have had a wonderful World Sailing Championship in The Hague, The Olympic Games are just around the corner and straight after that another wonderful opportunity waits for this generation of sailors with the participation in both the Youth and Puig Women’s America’s Cup. As Federation we make our knowledge, experience, and facilities available for this special project.”
Team DutchSail picture: Sander van der Borch / DutchSail
About DutchSail
Both the KNZ&RV and KR&ZV ‘de Maas’ have a rich history in sailing. Since 2019 both clubs have been working together on (semi)professional sailing campaigns under the name of DutchSail to continue to be internationally competitive. Thanks to the collaboration, large sailing projects can be realized. DutchSail is not only a platform for sailors and the business community but also a platform for the many knowledge institutions in the Netherlands on the theme of innovation in the marine industry and watersports.
DutchSail’s YOUTH & Puig WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP Regattas Barcelona 2024 campaign is being made possible by the following partners: JAJO, Van der Zwan, DAMEN, MUSTO, the Watersportverbond, the KNZ&RV and KR&ZV ‘de Maas’.
About the YOUTH & Puig WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP Regattas Barcelona 2024
The America’s Cup is the oldest existing international sporting event in the world and has its origins in 1851. The YOUTH & Puig WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP Regattas Barcelona 2024 is an official part of the 37th edition of the America’s Cup. This 37th edition will be sailed in Barcelona, in the autumn of 2024. Emirates Team New Zealand is the defending champion.
In the YOUTH & Puig WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP Regattas twelve teams compete in both regattas. The participating teams consist of the youth and women’s teams of the America’s Cup teams and of teams from the six invited countries. Those invited countries are next to the Netherlands (DutchSail): Germany, Sweden, Canada, Spain, and Australia. Both regattas are sailed in the foiling AC40s, the same boat in which the participating teams in the America’s Cup prepare for their races in the AC75s.
The YOUTH AMERICA’S CUP is held from September 19 till October 2, 2024. The Puig WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP will take place from October 3 till 16, 2024. The protocol for the 37th America’s Cup stipulates that the winner of the Cup is obliged to organize another Youth & Women’s America’s Cup in the AC40’s during the 38th edition of the America’s Cup.