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Diabo News

18 jun. 2007
New Business

Team Boskalis in and Team Renault out

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The sailing sport has a new enthusiastic sponsor, Royal Boskalis Westminister nv. They support a young and ambitious catamaran crew from the Netherlands, Stefan Dubbeldam (19) and Bastiaan Tentij (19). After the presentation of my communications plan, the dredging contractor hired me to take care of the team’s public relations. Meanwhile, I have sent the first press releases and we have worked on a website, built by Sailing1st.com. I do no longer work for Team Renault, as we did not really agree on how to proceed the project. After the Worlds in Cascais, I will focus on the coverage of the Hobie Cat 16 Euopeans in ‘s Gravenzande (NED). At the beginning of August, I will continue my pr-work for the organization of the Youth Europeans 420/470 in Medemblik (NED).

Team Boskalis Dubbeldam/Tentij
Since the year of 2007, Dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster nv sponsors Stefan Dubbeldam and Sebastiaan Tentij from the Netherlands. These technical students, who won last year’s Dutch Championship Hobie 16 with spinnaker, aim at participation in the Tornado class at the Olympics of 2012. To reach the level of world’s best cat sailors as fast as possible, the team attends a special Nacra Master Class given by professionals Mischa Heemskerk and Gunnar Larsen. Dubbeldam is sailing with Larsen to learn the tricks of the trade, and Tentij with Heemskerk. In these formations the crews participate in the international Formula 18 circuit. In the beginning of May, Heemskerk and Tentij won their first large regatta, Eurocat 2007, in Carnac (FR). Larsen and Dubbeldam obtained a tenth position.

The young Team Boskalis Dubbeldam/Tentij faces a double challenge: to graduate with flying colours and to become part of the catamaran world top. Dubbeldam is a sophomore of Marine Technology at Delft University of Technology. Tentij is a first-year student Civil Engineering at The Hague University. The student team, which is motivated by ambition and perseverance, will work in phases towards participation in the Olympics of 2012 in London. The adventure begins with the first Nacra Master Class in the competitive F18 class, after which the young sailors will move up to the Olympic Tornado. Roel Berends, Group Director Corporate Relations Boskalis: “The boys’ project fits into our new sponsoring policy. Their plan is not only of maritime nature, but it also involves innovative technique and it contains an important element of knowledge transfer. Apart from that, it is ambitious; these sportsmen want to win. So there are many associations with Boskalis. You could say that they might have been two of our men.”