The 2018 Vintage Yachting Games was the third post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic and Paralympic Classes. The event was held from 16 to 22 September 2018 on Øresund, Copenhagen in Denmark. The organization of this event was executed by a joint venture of the Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub and the Hellerup Sejlklub. The Vintage Yachting Games Organization (VYGO) was the governing organization. The competition took place in 3 Vintage Yachting Classes.
Prologue First bidding process The first bidding process was officially launched on 14 December 2010. The bidding process intended to run till 31 December 2011. This period was extended on request of several candidates.
Before the bidding process started there was an interest for hosting the event from: Lake Chiemsee Black Sea Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy Stockholm
During the bidding process this group extended with: Boltenhagen Douarnenez
The Vintage Yachting Games supervisory board finally voted unanimous to accept the bid of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy and not for reopening or extending the bidding process. The venue of the 2016 Vintage Yachting Games was formally announced during the closing ceremony of the 2012 edition.
Second bidding process As soon as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy withdraw from the event a second bidding process was started for a postponed event in 2018. Bids arrived from four countries: Circolo Nautico Punta Imperatore, Forio d’Ischia Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub and Hellerup Sejlklub Lübecker Yacht – Club, (as part of the Travemünder Woche) Union Yacht Club Attersee and the Segel Club Kammersee The classes than had the possibility to vote. As result the Danish bid was chosen unanimously for the third edition (2018) and the Austria for the fourth edition (year t.b.d. 2020–2022). The dates of the 2018 Vintage were announced in 2016 to the Vintage classes.
Voting result The bonus point system was used over the eight voting classes (no discard) 1 10 points 2 47.7 points 3 53.4 points 4 64.4 points
2018 Vintage Organization
Race ManagementAlpha CourseBravo Course Chairman of the juryPeter Stephensen LübeckJesper Adler Jan Helge Madsen
Venue As Venue for the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games the Øresund for Hellerup chosen. The hostclubs were the Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub and the Hellerup Sejlklub. The clubhouse and harbor of the Hellerup Sejlklub was used to facilitate the event.
Calendar The program of the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games was as follows: DateMain activitySocial events16 September (Sunday)* Registration17 September (Monday)* Registration* Practice Race (14:00)Opening ceremony18 September (Tuesday)Race 1 (13:00)Daily prize giving19 September (Wednesday)Race 2 and 3Daily prize giving20 September (Thursday)Race 4 and 5* Championship dinner* Daily prize giving21 September (Friday)Race 6 & 7Daily prize giving22 September (Friday)* Race 8* VIP race* Prize giving* Closing ceremony* Passing of the Flag
Competition ContinentsCountriesClassesBoatsSailors 4 12 3 32 38
Continents Africa Europe North America Asia
Countries
Current Vintage Yachting Classes Class Type Design Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jibb/Genoa Spinnaker Gender 2008 2012 2018 Europe Dinghy One-Design 1 0 + - - • • • • 12' Dinghy (International 12' Rule) Dinghy One-Design 1 0 + - - • VIP VIP VIP 2.4 Metre Keelboat Metre Rule 1 0 + + - O-Jolle Dinghy One-Design 1 0 + - - • • • 12m² Sharpie Dinghy One-Design 2 0 + + - Flying Dutchman Dinghy One-Design 2 1 + + + • • Tempest Keelboat One-Design 2 1 + + + • Yngling Keelboat One-Design 3 1 + + + Star Keelboat One-Design 2 0 + + - Soling Keelboat One-Design 3 0 + + + • • • Dragon Keelboat One-Design 285 kgmax. 4 0 + + + • • 5.5 Metre Keelboat Metre Rule 3 0 + + + • 6 Metre Keelboat Metre Rule 5 0 + + + Events 7 9 4 • = Event in this year VIP = Used for the Vintage Inter Pares race = Open event = Female event = Male event
Due to circumstances that varied by class only three out of 12 of the Vintage Yachting Classes participated in the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games at Hellerup.
Course Area's and Courses
Wind conditions The Øresund in front of the Hellerup Sejlklub was during the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games one of the targets of the remains of the Hurricane Florence. This resulted in South-Westerly winds that varied between 12 and 38 knots over the period of the Vintage. DateRemarkWind directionWind speed (kn)18-SEP-2018Grand yachting weatherAll classes at race area AlphaSW12-1619-SEP-2018Strong yachting weather12' Dinghies moved to race area BravoSW15-2020-SEP-2018Strong yachting weather12' Dinghies on race area BravoWind veered and died when Florance announced herselfSW veering to NW20-421-SEP-2018Races cancelledSW25-3822-SEP-2018Very strong yachting weatherSoling moved to race area Bravo12' Dinghy and O-Jolle cancelledSW22-31
Measurement Since all three classes just had major championships that include measurement, no measurement took place in this Vintage.
Opening ceremony The opening ceremony took place in the main hall of the club house of the Hellerup Sejlklub. The formal opening was done by Rasmus Knude of Hellerup Sejlklub.
Closing ceremony Due to the weather conditions the VIP race could not be started. So the closing ceremony started with the prize giving by Lars Ive and Peter Lübeck Stephenson.
During the closing of the event Rudy den Outer handed over stainless remembrance plate with the Vintage logo to Peter Lübeck Stephenson. He also announced that the Union-Yacht-Club Attersee will be the host of the next Vintage Yachting Games. However, before the date will be set an evaluation with the classes and organizers will take place. After that the Vintage flag was received from Lars Ive, representing the Copenhagen organization. The flag was subsequently handed over to Stephan Beurle representing Austria as the next host country.
Media Coverage Pictures and video footage was received for Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International distribution from: Per Heegaard Ann Fillipa Madsen Lars Ive and others
Sailing Races in all events were sailed in a fleet racing format of eight scheduled races. The contestants raced around a course in one group, and each boat earned a score equal conform the bonus point system. Due to wind conditions not all scheduled races could be sailed.
Reports per event Per class separate pages reporting the facts are available (see the details section per class in the medals table).
Report Vintage InterPares race Due to the weather conditions the VIP race could not be sailed. Since all winners came from the Netherlands the decision was made to sail the VIP race on a later date in 2018/2019 somewhere in the Netherlands. This is in line with the history of the 12' Dinghy at the 1920 Summer Olympics were the last race was not sailed in Belgium but in The Netherlands.
Medal summary
Medals
12' DinghyInternational Rule: Wim Bleeker Jurri Rooyackers Anïl CETIN(Alternating helmsmen)Elena Romana GASENZER Hans ReyersAnneke Reyers O-Jolle: Thies Bosch Klaas de Boer Onno Klazinga Soling: Rudy den OuterTheo de LangeGabor Helmhout Peter W. HallJohan OffermansGord de Vries Igor YushkoSerhiy PichuhinSergiy Ivansits
Vintage 2018
Vintage 2008–2018
Country Trophy The best ranked competitor per class per country scores point for his country based on his overall ranking and the 1964 Olympic scoring system. The highest scored country wins the Country trophy.
RankClass(Entries)12' DinghyInternational Rule(19)O-Jolle(7)Soling(6)Totalpoints CountryRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints 1 11379 1 946 1 8793204 2 9 426 2 5781004 3 5 680 680 4 17 150 4 344 494 5 8 477 477 6 3 402 402 7 10 380 380 8 12 301 301 9 15 204 204 10 5 180 180 11 6 101 101 19 101 101
References
Information about the Vintage Yachting Classes (former Olympic classes) can be verified by the: International Olympic Committee World Sailing Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam
Information about the organization, conditions, sailors and results can be verified by the: Manage 2 Sail Vintage Yachting Games Organization 12' Dinghy International Rule: International Olympiajol Union International Soling Association