2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Dragon

Last updated
Dragon
2008 Vintage Yachting Games
Dragon (keelboat).svg
Event information
Race areaRace area Yellow,
IJsselmeer,
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
PeriodSeptember 20–27
Competitors36
Boats12
Countries10
Results
Gold Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Silver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Bronze Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Succession
Next 2012
2008 Vintage  
2008 Vintage Yachting Games Bow Sticker.png
Europe Female Female
Europe Male Male
O-Jolle Open
Flying Dutchman Open
Soling Open
Dragon Open

The Dragon was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 36 sailors, on 12 boats, from 10 nations entered.

Contents

Venue overview

Race area and Course

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.

VYG Course Areas 2008.png VYG Course4 2008.png
For the Dragon Course Area Yellow was available.Course 4

For the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The Dragon could use only course 4.

Wind conditions

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

DateGeneralTemperatureWindWavesPrecipitation
20 September 2008Sunny23°C6–8 m/s NE0.25mDry
21 September 2008Sunny23°C6 m/s NE0.25mDry
22 September 2008Sunny21°C10 m/s N0.5mDry
23 September 2008Overcast14°C18–14 m/s N
Decreasing
0.75mRain
24 September 2008Sunny19°C6–8 m/s NE0.3mDry
25 September 2008Sunny22°C6 m/s NE-E0.1mDry
26 September 2008Sunny22°C6–2 m/s NE-E
Decreasing
0.1mDry
27 September 2008Sunny24°C<2 m/s ENADry

Races

Summary

In the Dragon at race area Yellow only six races could be completed.

Close competition in the Dragon for the first three positions. Specially when the team of Gordon Ingate, Keith Musto and David Giles (AUS) turned out to be heavy weight specialist on the second day with two wins. The last two races were dominated by the Dutch team of Reinier Wissenraet, Gijs Evers en Marc Reijnhoudt wo took the gold in at the end. The Australians dropped back to third due to the consistent sailing of the British team of Gavia Wilkinson-Cox, Ron Rosenberg and Jon Mortimer who took the silver.

Results

Dragon insigna.png
Rank
Helmsperson (Country)Race IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VITotal
Points
[1]
Total
-1
[2]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Reinier WISSENRAET ,
Gijs EVERS and
Marc REIJNHOUDT  (NED)
10.023.035.735.710.010.014.48.7
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gavia WILKINSON-COX ,
Ron ROSENBERG and
Jon MORTIMER  (GBR)
23.035.723.010.023.023.017.712.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Gordon INGATE ,
David GILES and
Keith MUSTO  (AUS)
48.010.010.023.048.048.027.019.0
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Nick DE JONG ,
Don VAN AREM and
Miguel KARSTERS  (NED)
35.748.048.048.035.7611.746.135.4
5 3D VYGOlogo.png Jacob J. ROOSJEN,
Lydia VERDUYN and
Hugo ROOSJEN (Wildcard)
510.0611.7510.0510.0611.735.759.147.4
6Flag of Poland.svg  Jarostaw NADOLNY ,
Piotr Cichocki and
Zuzanna CHICHOCKA  (POL)
611.7510.0611.7dnf19.0510.0510.071.453.4
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Michel VAN CAUWELAERT ,
Ferdinand JANSSENS DE BISTHOVE and
Jan DE BIE  (BEL)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of France.svg  Jean Claude DANET ,
Luc PILLOT and
Nicolas ABIVEN  (FRA)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of Germany.svg  Gildas PHILIPPE ,
Yann KERSALE and
Tanguy RAVACH  (GER)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Len JONES ,
Jaime LEA and
Claus HOJ JENSEN  (GBR)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of Germany.svg  Andreas HAUBOLD ,
Martina KLEMMT and
Aksel ANDRESEN  (GER)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
3D VYGOlogo.png Fred IMHOFF,
Richard VAN RIJ and
Michiel PALS (Wildcard)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games Dragon Positions during the 2008 Vintage.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games

Victors

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics</span> Sailing at the Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens Greece. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1964 consisted of a total of five sailing classes. For each class, seven races were scheduled; these took place from 12 to 23 October 1964 off the coast of Enoshima in Sagami Bay. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vintage Yachting Games</span>

The Vintage Yachting Games are an international Quadrennial multi class sailing event for former Olympic classes and the former Classes of the Paralympic Games. The Vintage Games is held every four years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Vintage Yachting Games</span> Place in North Holland, Netherlands

The 2008 Vintage Yachting Games was the first post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event took place on the IJsselmeer of Medemblik, the Netherlands, from 20 September to 27 September 2008. A total of 66 sailors in 47 boats from 17 countries showed up to compete in six Vintage Yachting Classes

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Vintage Yachting Games</span> Place in Lombardy, Italy

The 2012 Vintage Yachting Games was the second post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event was held on 7–14 July 2012 on Lake Como in Italy. The organization of this event was in the hands of the Multilario, a joint venture of local yacht clubs at Lake Como. The Vintage Yachting Games Organization (VYGO) was the governing organization. A total of 225 sailors in 113 boats from 17 countries competed in seven Vintage Yachting Classes

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keith Musto</span> British sailor and businessman (born 1936)

Franklyn Keith Musto OBE is a British sailor and businessman. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman class and was reserve in the Flying Dutchman class for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

The Europe Female was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Five out of the nine scheduled race were scheduled. 11 sailors, on 11 boats, from 4 nations entered. The event was started together with the Europe Male event. However separate scores were given.

The Men's Europe was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Five out of the nine scheduled race were completed. 11 sailors, on 11 boats, from 5 nations entered. The event was started together with the Europe Female event. However separate scores were given.

The O-Jolle was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Five out of the nine scheduled race were completed. 11 sailors, on 20 boats, from 3 nations entered.

The Flying Dutchman was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Six out of the nine scheduled race were entered. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 9 nations entered.

The Tempest was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Six out of the nine scheduled race were entered. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 4 nations entered.

The Soling was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Six out of the nine scheduled race were completed. Seven nations entered 39 sailors in 13 boats.

The Dragon was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Five out of the nine scheduled race were entered. 39 sailors, on 13 boats, from 9 nations entered.

The 5.5 Metre was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Five out of the nine scheduled race were entered. 45 sailors, on 15 boats, from 7 nations entered.

The Europe Female was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 10 sailors, on 10 boats, from 6 nations entered.

The Europe Male was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 9 sailors, on 9 boats, from 5 nations entered.

The O-Jolle was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled races were completed. 9 sailors, on 9 boats, from 3 nations entered.

The Flying Dutchman was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 28 sailors, on 14 boats, from 10 nations entered.

The Soling was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 36 sailors, on 12 boats, from 10 nations entered.

The O-Jolle was an event on the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games program at Copenhagen, Denmark. Six out of the eight scheduled races were completed. Seven sailors, on seven boats, from two nations entered.

The 12' Dinghy International Rule was an event on the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games program at Copenhagen, Denmark. Six out of the eight scheduled races were completed. 22 sailors, on 19 boats, from nine nations entered.

References

  1. The 2008 Bonus scoring system was used.
  2. Total after applying discard.