Let’s Cat together! World’s biggest Catamaran Race off the Dutch island Texel on June 28 will celebrate its 37th editon with more than 500 international participants competing and 15.000 attended visitors at the legendary Dutch Catamaran Regatta on the North Sea, sailing clockwise around the island of Texel. Gaastra, again, is the official clothing supplier of this competitive Cat Race. The Round Texel Race 2014 (Dutch: Ronde om Texel) is the pinnacle of the Round Texel Race Week running from 25-28 June including the Texel Dutch Open with in total ten scheduled races from Wednesday to Friday.
Round Texel 2014 and the Round Texel Race Week gather speed with two novelties this year: For the first time, the Dutch catamaran sailing events will be official events of the F18 class. Both events now count towards the Dutch F18 Championship 2014. Moreover, the Round Texel Race has been extended to the discipline Windsurfing being part of the ‘Open Dutch Championship Marathon Windsurfing‘. Texel will be the epicentre of catamaran sailing and windsurfing at the same time! Qualification for the Open Dutch Championship will be held on Friday 27th June. The 50 qualified windsurfers will race on Saturday 28th June starting at 8:45 am, fifteen minutes earlier before the catamaran-fleet starts at 09:00 am. The windsurfers will sail the exact same route as the catamarans do every year: rounding the island of Texel. Join world’s biggest Catamaran Race and get amazed!
As the official clothing supplier, Gaastra has created a sporty Round Texel Race 2014 Collection for Gaastra Men and Women in honour of the 37th edition of world’s biggest Cat Race. Season’s Gaastra Round Texel Poloshirt will uplift your style coming in fresh colours ranging from jeans blue, white, navy as well as orange for women and regatta blue as featured in the trendy Round Texel Gaastra men’s hoodie. Every piece is characterized by a special mix out of smart casual applications, exclusive prints and high quality embroideries. Get your wished size and prefered colour now to the event’s start!