Three separate boat collisions occurred during the skûtsjesilen (a traditional Frisian sailing competition in which villages and towns race against each other aboard flat-bottomed wooden or steel vessels called skûtsjes) in the northern Dutch province of Friesland. The incidents happened near the finish line, located in a narrow canal where the competing boats were sailing in close quarters, and one collision between the vessels from Drachten and Langweer left a crew member with a foot injury. The extent of damage to the boats involved has not yet been determined.