Courses

Approximately 2 nautical miles of the coast of Medemblik two course areas (orange and yellow) were used for the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games.


Per course area two course configurations were possible:

Area Orange		Area Yellow
Europe ( and )	O-Jolle	Flying Dutchman and Soling	Soling and Dragon

For the Soling the triangular course was used above 14 knots of wind.

Race organization

			EVENT MANAGEMENT
			Nancy Schoof   Sebastian Hopf
	Principal race officer		Chief measurer	Chairman of the jury
	Frouk Segaar		John Best	David Chivers
Race officer yellow area	Race officer orange area		Measurer	Members of the jury
Michiel Pouli	Frans Bolweg		Niki Nocke	Menno Meyer	Benno Loske	Huib Ozinga	Freddy Vergauwe	Cees Kurpershoek

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games came in different flavors:

• In cash
• In goods like
  • Petrol for rescue
  • High quality printing
• Discounts
• Donation of perpetum prizes

For more information on the sponsors see the website of the Vintage Yachting Games

Media coverage

The event was covered by the media in several ways:

• National TV 'SBS6' (NED)
• National newspaper 'Telegraaf' (NED)
• Local newspaper 'Noord-Hollands Dagblad'
• The Dutch sailing Magazine 'Zeilen'
• Several International internet sites for yachting
• Web page International Sailing Federation ISAF
• Web pages International Class Organizations (Vintage Classes)
  • Europe
  • O-Jolle
  • Flying Dutchman
  • Soling
  • Dragon
• Web pages several national Class organizations (Vintage Olympic Classes)

No shows

There was also disappointment for the sailors as well as the organizers and sponsors when 19 teams cancelled, for a variety of reasons, less than 48 hour before the opening, or simply did not came. The organization decided that those teams would show in the results.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony consisted of the following elements:

• Fleet review: During the part the mayor
  Mayor
  In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
  
   of Medemblik acted as fleet admiral. In that role he judged the execution of the manoeuvers of the fleets of Vintage Yachting classes. The 8 Metre Varg was use as the admirals flagship
• Parade
  Parade
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  : The sailors walked their flags from the Regatta centre to the medieval castle Radboud.
• Official opening: After the opening speeches and a short video clip of each of the Vintage Yachting Classes in their Olympic day's, the mayor declared the Vintage Yachting Games 2008 opened
• Social event: Finally the sailors and organizers enjoyed the dinner in the castle

Racing format

Races in all events were sailed in a fleet racing format of seven scheduled races. On Saturday 27 September the wind conditions did not allowed a valid race. The contestants raced around the course in a group, and each boat earned a score equal conform the bonus point system. The five best scores for each boat were summed up for the overall score.

Weather conditions

During the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games the sailors experienced the following weather conditions:

Date	General	Temperature	Wind	Waves	Precipitation
20 September 2008	Sunny	23C°	6–8 m/s NE	0.25m	Dry
21 September 2008	Sunny	23C°	6 m/s NE	0.25m	Dry
22 September 2008	Sunny	21C°	10 m/s N	0.5m	Dry
23 September 2008	Overcast	14C°	18–14 m/s N Decreasing	0.75m	Rain
24 September 2008	Sunny	19C°	6–8 m/s NE	0.3m	Dry
25 September 2008	Sunny	22C°	6 m/s NE-E	0.1m	Dry
26 September 2008	Sunny	22C°	6–2 m/s NE-E Decreasing	0.1m	Dry
27 September 2008	Sunny	24C°	<2 m/s E	NA	Dry

Final results

		Race							Net Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	(GER-66) Svenja PULS	1	1	1	2	1	5	CAN	3.0
	(ITA-1169) Silvia ZENNARO	4	4	DNS	1	2	4	CAN	17.0
	(ESP-631) Elisabet LLARGUÉS MASACHS	8	3	3	3	5	2	CAN	30.1
4	(FRA-5634) Aurélie MAURY	3	3	3	4	4	3	CAN	47.7
5	(ITA-1158) Daniela COLOMBO	6	9	8	6	7	1	CAN	50.4
6	(ESP-250) Ascension ROCA DE TUGORES	3	8	7	7	3	8	CAN	51.4
7	(GER-82) Stine PAEPER	7	7	4	5	4	7	CAN	52.0
8	Wildcard Wild card (sports) The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...  (ICO-343) Claudia JUAN VIGAR	5	2	6	DSQ	OCS	6	CAN	53.4
9	(SUI-221) Morgan RATTE	9	DNC	DNC	8	8	3	CAN	65.7
10	(NED-754) Lobke BERKHOUT	10	6	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	CAN	78.7

		Race							Net Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	(FRA-5592) Thomas RIBEAUD	1	1	2	2	1	2	CAN	6.0
	(ESP-384) Marc PARIS GILBERT	3	2	4	1	3	1	CAN	14.4
	(GER-61) Arne BERG	4	3	1	4	2	4	CAN	24.7
4	(ITA-1175) Andrea FERRACUTTI	2	7	3	3	2	3	CAN	28.1
5	(GER/1510) Sönke HERRMANN	OCS	4	5	5	5	6	CAN	49.7
6	(ESP-540) Miguel LLARGUES	5	5	6	6	6	5	CAN	53.1
7	(ITA-1177) Nicola MONTI	6	6	7	DNC	DNC	7	CAN	65.4
At the last moment there were 2 no-shows in the Europe (Male) class. These boats are taken into account for the score but their names will not be listed here.

		Race							Net Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	(NED-631) Max BLOM	3	1	1	2	1	3	CAN	8.7
	(NED-562) Herman VAN EIJK	1	2	2	1	2	2	CAN	9.0
	(NED-514) Jan KROM	2	3	3	3	3	1	CAN	20.1
4	(NED-627) Jan HORDIJK	5	4	4	4	4	5	CAN	42.0
5	Wildcard Wild card (sports) The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...  (NCO-619) Theo MEUS	4	DNF	DNS	5	5	4	CAN	52.0
6	(SUI-1) Felix HURTER	6	DNF	DNS	6	6	6	CAN	62.8
• At the last moment there were 3 no-shows in the O-Jolle class. These boats are taken into account for the score but their names will not be listed here. • Only moments after his arrival at Medemblik, the O-Jolle of Felix Hurter was stolen from the parkinglot of the regatta center. Felix was able to race due to the help of the Dutch O-Jolle class organization and Hendrik van Isselmuiden who lent out his O-Jolle.

		Race							Net Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	(HUN-70) Szabolcs MAJTHENYI (Helm) Andras DOMOKOS	1	1	1	1	1	1	CAN	0.0
	(GER-88) Kilian KOENIG (Helm) Johannes BRACK	7	3	3	4	7	2	CAN	35.4
	(GER-113) Kai SCHÄFERS (Helm) Marcus LANDGREBE	4	2	6	2	6	7	CAN	37.4
4	(AHO-3) Henry KONING (Helm) Rob TAAL	3	8	2	6	10	2	CAN	42.4
5	(AUT-382) Christoph AICHHOLZER (Helm) Philipp ZINGERLE	6	5	5	4	3	5	CAN	43.7
6	(NED-26) Enno KRAMER (Helm) Ard GEELKERKEN	2	DNC	4	OCS	2	9	CAN	50.0
7	(AUT-39) Sivia AICHHOLZER (Helm) Christoph ZINGERLE	5	DSQ	8	8	8	3	CAN	57.7
8	(NED-5) Fred SCHAAF (Helm) Casper SCHAAF	9	4	7	OCS	5	6	CAN	57.7
9	(ITA-7) Alberto BARENGHI (Helm) Roberto BENEDETTI	8	RDG	RDG	5	7	12	CAN	64.4
10	(CZE-14) Petr STORCH (Helm) Zbynìk ZANKER	11	6	10	3	12	10	CAN	66.4
11	Wildcard Wild card (sports) The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...  (NCO-122) Erika GEELKERKEN (Helm) Harald BERNING	10	7	9	9	9	8	CAN	72.0
12	(ROM-100) Mihai BUTUCARU (Helm) Liviu DOARA	12	9	DNC	10	11	11	CAN	83.0

		Race							Net Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	(NED-33) Rudy DEN OUTER (Helm) Leo DETERMAN Ronald DEN AREND	2	OCS	1	2	1	2	CAN	9.0
	Wildcard Wild card (sports) The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...  (NCO-34) Steven BAKKER (Helm) Sven KOSTER Joost HOUWELING	4	4	DNS	1	2	4	CAN	19.0
	(GER-49) Holger WEICHERT (Helm) Laurent SCHEEL Martin SETZKORN	1	2	2	5	3	5	CAN	21.7
4	(NED-38) Bram SOETHOUDT (Helm) Gabor HELMHOUT Geert VERHEIJ	3	3	3	4	4	3	CAN	30.8
5	(USA-832) Charlie KAMPS (Helm) Hans MEYER Toby KAMPS	5	5	4	3	5	1	CAN	33.7
6	(GBR-170) Derek PRIESTLEY (Helm) Casper VAN DRUNEN Gary ADAMS	6	4	5	6	6	6	CAN	53.1
At the last moment there were 6 no-shows in the Soling class. These boats are taken into account for the score but their names will not be listed here.

		Race							Net Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	(NED-345) Reinier WISSENRAET (Helm) Gijs EVERS Marc REIJNHOUDT	1	2	3	3	1	1	CAN	8.7
	(GBR-716) Miss Gavia WILKINSON-COX (Helm) Ron ROSENBERG Jon MORTIMER	2	3	2	1	2	2	CAN	12.0
	(AUS-206) Gordon INGATE (Helm) David GILES Keith MUSTO	4	1	1	2	4	4	CAN	19.0
4	(NED-22) Nick DE JONG (Helm) Don VAN AREM Miguel KARSTERS	3	4	4	4	3	6	CAN	35.4
5	Wildcard Wild card (sports) The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...  (NCO-380) Jacob ROOSJEN (Helm) Lydia VERDUYN Hugo ROOSJEN	5	6	5	5	6	3	CAN	47.4
6	(POL-1) Jarostaw NADOLNY (Helm) Piotr CICHOCKI Zuzanna CHICHOCKA	6	5	6	5	DNF	5	CAN	53.1
At the last moment there were 6 no-shows in the Dragon class. These boats are taken into account for the score but there names will not be listed here.

Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows:

• OCS – On the Course Side of the starting line
• DSQ – Disqualified
• DNF – Did Not Finish
• DNS – Did Not Start
• CAN – Race Cancelled
• RDG – Redress Given

VIP Race

During the closing ceremony in Medembliks historic Oosterhaven a final harbor race was sailed between the six winners of the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games. This element was introduced in the games as an alternative for the medal race in order to link the sailing event to the city of Medemblik and to bring a funpart of the racing close to the spectators of the event.

For this race the winners used six yachts of the 12' Dinghy class. This Class was used during the Olympic games of 1920

Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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 and 1928

Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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. For this occasion the sails were labeled with the class logos of the Vintage Olympic Classes.

Medal presentation

	Europe female
	Svenja PULS
	Silvia ZENNARO
	Elisabet LLARGUÉS MASACHS

	Europe male
	Thomas RIBEAUD
	Marc PARIS GILBERT
	Arne BERG

	O-JOLLE
	Max BLOM
	Herman VAN EIJK
	Jan KROM

	FLYING DUTCHMAN
	Szabolcs MAJTHENYI (Helm)	Andras DOMOKOS
	Kilian KOENIG (Helm)	Johannes BRACK
	Kai SCHÄFERS (Helm)	Marcus LANDGREBE

	SOLING
	Rudy DEN OUTER (Helm)	Leo DETERMAN	Ronald DEN AREND
	Steven BAKKER (Helm)	Sven KOSTER	Joost HOUWELING
	Holger WEICHERT (Helm)	Laurent SCHEEL	Martin SETZKORN

	Dragon
	Reinier WISSENRAET (Helm)	Gijs EVERS	Marc REIJNHOUDT
	Miss Gavia WILKINSON-COX (Helm)	Ron ROSENBERG	Jon MORTIMER
	Gorden INGATE (Helm)	David GILES	Keith MUSTO

	VIP race
	Szabolcs MAJTHENYI (Flying Dutchman)

	Country trophy
	Netherlands	Lobke BERKHOUT	No representative	Max BLOM	Enno KRAMER	Rudy DEN OUTER	Reinier WISSENRAET

Handing over the vintage flag to Italy

At the end of the closing ceremony the Flag of the Vintage Yachting Games was handed over by mayor Theo van Eijk to the Project manager of the 2012 Edition of the Vintage Yachting Games: Pietro Adamoli. This next edition will be organized at Lake Como

Lake Como

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 Italy

Italy

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 by a joint venture of yacht clubs: Multilario.

After this the chairman of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization thanked the mayor, sailors, organizers and sponsors and declared the first Vintage Yachting Games closed.

Celebration

The sailors and organizers joined in for a championship dinner and music at the old harbor in front of the 'Cafe Brakeboer'.