The O-Jolle – – was created as the Monotype class for the 1936 Olympic Games

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

 by designer Hellmut Wilhelm E. Stauch (GER, later RSA). The boat is a Bermuda rig

Bermuda rig

The term Bermuda rig refers to a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is also known as a Marconi rig; this is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats...

 and the hull was originally carvel

Carvel (boat building)

In boat building, carvel built or carvel planking is a method of constructing wooden boats and tall ships by fixing planks to a frame so that the planks butt up against each other, edge to edge, gaining support from the frame and forming a smooth hull...

 - later GRP

Glass-reinforced plastic

Fiberglass , is a fiber reinforced polymer made of a plastic matrix reinforced by fine fibers of glass. It is also known as GFK ....

 and cold moulded

Molding (process)

Molding or moulding is the process of manufacturing by shaping pliable raw material using a rigid frame or model called a pattern....

 plywood

Plywood

Plywood is a type of manufactured timber made from thin sheets of wood veneer. It is one of the most widely used wood products. It is flexible, inexpensive, workable, re-usable, and can usually be locally manufactured...

 construction were allowed. The O-Jolle has very good sailing capabilities and can cater for a wide spectrum of sailors from young to old and from light to heavyweight.

In 1936 Daan Kagchelland

Daan Kagchelland

Danièl "Daan" Marinus Johannes Kagchelland was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. There he won the gold medal in the Monotype Class .-References:*...

 took the Gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

 in the Olympic regatta

Regatta

A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...

 in Kiel

Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

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The O-Jolle is still one of the largest dinghy classes in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and the Netherlands - the International Olympiajollen Union has over 500 members. The O-Jolle is still raced in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

, Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 and Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. There are also minor fleets in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 and Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Since 2008 the O-Jolle has been one of the Vintage Yachting Classes during the Vintage Yachting Games

Vintage Yachting Games

The Vintage Yachting Games are the International Post-Olympic Yachting/Sailing event for former Olympic classes. The Vintage is held every four years....

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Olympic Games

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1936 Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of the 1904 and possibly the 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program.... Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...	Daan Kagchelland Daan Kagchelland Danièl "Daan" Marinus Johannes Kagchelland was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. There he won the gold medal in the Monotype Class .-References:*...	Werner Krogmann	Peter Scott Peter Scott Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC and Bar, MID, FRS, FZS, was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman....

Vintage Yachting Games

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2008 2008 Vintage Yachting Games -Courses:Approximately 2 nautical miles of the coast of Medemblik two course areas were used for the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games... Medemblik Medemblik Medemblik is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.- History :...	(NED) Max Blom	(NED) Herman van Eijk	(NED) Jan Krom
2012 2012 Vintage Yachting Games The 2012 Vintage Yachting Games is the second post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event will be held July 7–15, 2012 on Lake Como, Italy. The organization of this event lies in the hands of the Multilario, a joint venture of local yacht clubs at Lake Como... Lake Como Lake Como Lake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 km², making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore...	7-15 July 2012

European Championships

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1937	(G) Ernst Bickel
1938	(G) Ernst Bickel
1939	(H) A.F. Veen
1950	(OE) Harald Musil
1951	(OE) Dr. Wolfgang Erndl
1954	(B) André Nelis André Nelis André Nelis is a sailor and Olympian. He sailed in the Finn dinghy class, and won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and bronze at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Competing in the Finn Gold Cup, Nelis won in 1956 and 1961, finished second in 1958, 1959, and 1960, and third...
1955	(OE) Dr. Wolfgang Erndl
1963	(G) Hans Deuss
1964	(G) Uwe Woite
1965	(G) Uwe Woite
1966	(G) Uwe Woite
1967	Not sailed
1968	(G) Uwe Woite
1969	(G) Uwe Woite
1970	(G) Klaus Schenkel
1971	(G) Uwe Woite
1972	(G) Uwe Woite
1973	(G) Hans Eisold
1974	(G) Horst Klein
1975	(G) Klaus Pommeränig
1976	(H) Fre Mik
1977	(Z) Herman Krebs
1978	(G) Ulrich Kosfeld
1979	(H) Fre Mik
1980	(G) Walter Arndt
1981	(G) Ulrich Kosfeld
1982	(G) Detlef Pfenner
1983	(G) Volker Niederhausen
1984	(G) Klaus Stadler
1985	(G) Roland Franzmann
1986	(H) Dolf Peet
1987	(G) Volker Niederhausen
1988	(G) Horst Jentsch
1989	(G) Roland Franzmann
1990	(G) Knut Wahrendorf
1991	(G) Uwe Peschlow
1992	(GER) Knut Wahrendorf
1993	(GER) Knut Wahrendorf
1994	(GER) Knut Wahrendorf
1995	(GER) Olaf Wahrendorf
1996	(NED) Peter Peet
1997	(NED) Peter Peet
1998	(NED) Peter Peet
1999	(NED) Fred Moerman
2000	(GER) Knut Wahrendorf
2001	(NED) Fred Moerman
2002	(NED) Herman van Eijk
2003	(NED) Mels Jongeneel
2004	(NED) Jan ten Hoeve
2005	(GER) Göran Freise
2006	(GER) Wolfgang Höfener
2007	(GER) Donald Lippert	(GER) Frank Lietzmann	(GER) Axel Forstmann
2008 Plön Plön Plön is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 13,000 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides...	(GER) Donald Lippert
2009 Silvaplana Silvaplana Silvaplana is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the name of a lake in the municipality.-History:...	(GER) Frank Lietzmann	(GER) Martin Hofmann	(GER) Knut Wahrendorf
2010 Bellano Bellano Bellano is a comune and small town on the eastern shore of Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located at northern outlet of the Valsassina where the Pioverna forms a gorge before entering the lake....	(NED) Ton Op de Weegh	)NED) Mels Jongeneel	(GER) Frank Lietzmann
2011 Flensburg Flensburg Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig...	13 - 17 August

National Champions

	Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
1938					Daan Kagchelland
1939					Not sailed
1940					Jan Bier
1941					Hein Recourt
1942					Koos de Jong
1943		Dahme Jacht Club Berlin			Koos de Jong
1944					Not sailed
1945					Not sailed
1946					Koos de Jong
1947					Koos de Jong
1948					Koos de Jong
1949					Bob Markus
1950		G. Burghardt	W. Pohl		Bob Markus
1951		G. Burghardt	H. Mahnke		Not sailed
1952		O. Erhardt	E. Gollnick		Koos de Jong
1953		E. Soltau	J. Vogler		Koos de Jong
1954		W. Krogmann	Klaus Schröter		Bob Markus
1955		J. Vogler	J. Vogler		Jaap Stap
1956		E. Soltau	P. Schönfeld		Jaap Stap
1957		E. Soltau	Not sailed		Hans Willems
1958		H. Illies	W. Nagora		Jaap Stap
1959		D. Bauer	Karlheinz Schröter		Sjirk Haaksma
1960		Uwe Woite	H. Hermann		Bert Tournier
1961		W. Werner	Karlheinz Schröter		Nico Keijzer
1962		K. Möller	Karlheinz Schröter		Cas Visser
1963		W. Juran	W. Bretschneider		Bert Benschop
1964		Dieter Faaß	Karlheinz Schröter		Koert Jansen
1965		Uwe Woite	Klaus Schröter		Cas Visser
1966		Uwe Woite	Klaus Schröter		Jan Krom
1967		S. Uecker	W. Bretschneider		Cees van Tongeren
1968		Uwe Woite	Karlheinz Schröter		Cees van Tongeren
1969		Uwe Woite	Karlheinz Schröter		Thees Scheen
1970		M. Baum	Klaus Schröter		Jan Woldhuis
1971		Uwe Woite	Manfred Schrot		Cees van Tongeren
1972		Klaus Pommeränig	Karlheinz Schröter		Peter van Wamel
1973		Klaus Pommeränig	Karlheinz Schröter		Walter Pranger
1974		Karl-Heinz Berke	Karlheinz Schröter		Peter van Wamel
1975		Klaus Pommeränig	Knut Wahrendorf		Peter van Wamel
1976		Ulrich Kosfeld	Knut Wahrendorf		Nico Hofkamp
1977		Ulrich Kosfeld	Wilfried Lippert		Fre Mik
1978		Detlef Pfenner	Knut Wahrendorf		Thees Scheen
1979		Ulrich Kosfeld	Jochen Urban		Fre Mik
1980		Ulrich Kosfeld	Peter Lippert		Nico Hofkamp
1981		Frank Hübner	Knut Wahrendorf		Frank Hübner
1982		Frank Hübner	Wilfried Lippert		Frank Hübner
1983		Walter Pranger	Hans Thurner		Rinus Kagchelland
1984		Roland Franzmann	Knut Wahrendorf		Bram van der Veen
1985		Roland Franzmann	Knut Wahrendorf		Walter Pranger
1986		Roland Franzmann	Knut Wahrendorf		Dolf Peet
1987		Wolfgang Krebs	Peter Lippert		Wolfgang Kreb
1988		Roland Franzmann	Peter Lippert		Horst Jensch
1989		Roland Franzmann	Wilfried Lippert		Uwe Peschlow
1990		Wilfried Lippert			Wolfgang Höfener
1991		Uwe Peschlow			Karol Jablonski
1992		Knut Wahrendorf			Wolfgang Höfener
1993		Uwe Peschlow			Knut Wahrendorf
1994		Uwe Peschlow			Knut Wahrendorf
1995		Olaf Wahrendorf			Peter Peet
1996		Olaf Wahrendorf			Peter Peet
1997		Wolfgang Kirchner			Wolfgang Höfener
1998		Knut Wahrendorf			Peter Peet
1999		Knut Wahrendorf			Knut Wahrendorf
2000		Knut Wahrendorf			Martin Baas
2001		Knut Wahrendorf			Herman van Eijk
2002		Knut Wahrendorf			Jan ten Hoeve
2003		Donald Lippert			Mels Jongeneels
2004		Wolfgang Höfener			Fred Moerman
2005		Wolfgang Höfener			Mark Neeleman
2006		Knut Wahrendorf			Mels Jongeneels
2007		Stefan de Vries			Wolfgang Höfener
2008	Frank Lietzmann	Stefan de Vries			Wolfgang Höfener
2009	Axel Forstmann				Stefan de Vries
2010		Stefan de Vries			Martin Baas
2011	Knut Wahrendorf	Göran Freise			Jan Willem van den Hondel
	Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....