2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Soling

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Soling
2008 Vintage Yachting Games
Soling Line Drawing.svg
Event information
Race areaRace area Yellow,
IJsselmeer,
Netherlands
Period20–27 September
Competitors36
Boats12
Countries10
Results
GoldNetherlands
Silver 3D VYGOlogo.png Wildcard
BronzeGermany
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 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.

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 VYG Course3 2008.png
For the Soling Course Area Yellow was available.Course 4Course 3

For the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games, four different courses were available. The Soling could use course 4 and course 3 (above windspeeds of 14kn).

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 Soling at race area Yellow, only six races could be completed.

Although the early start of the second race the consistent performance of the team of Rudy den Outer, Leo Determan and Ronald den Arend made sure they won the series. The team of former Soling World champion Steven Bakker with Sven/Dick Coster and Joost Houweling took the silver before the German team of Holger Weichert, Laurent Scheel, and Martin Setzkorn.

Results

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Rank
Helmsperson (Country)Race IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VITotal
Points
[1]
Net points [2]
RankPtsRankPtsRankPtsRankPtsRankPtsRankPts
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Rudy den Outer ,
Leo Determan and
Ronald den Arend  (NED)
23.0ocs19.010.023.010.023.028.09.0
Silver medal icon.svg 3D VYGOlogo.png Steven Bakker,
Sven/Dick Coster and
Joost Houweling (Wildcard)
48.048.0dns19.010.023.048.046.027.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Holger Weichert ,
Laurent Scheel and
Martin Setzkorn  (GER)
10.023.023.0510.035.7510.031.721.7
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bram Soethoudt ,
Gabor Helmhout and
Geert VERHEIJ  (NED)
35,735.735.748.048.035.738.830.8
5Flag of the United States.svg  Charlie Kamps ,
Hans MEYER and
Toby Kamps  (USA)
510.0510.048.035.7510.010.043.733.7
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Derek Priestley ,
Casper VAN DRUNEN and
Gary ADAMS  (GBR)
611.748.0510.0611.7611.7611.764.853.1
7Flag of Brazil.svg  George Nehm ,
Marcos Pinto Ribeiro and
Lucio Pinto Ribeiro  (BRA)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of Denmark.svg  Frank H Larvsen ,
Jacob Andersen and
Carsten Moesgaard  (DEN)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of Germany.svg  Roman Koch ,
Maxl Koch and
Gregor Bornemann  (GER)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of Hungary.svg  George Wossala ,
Peter NÉMETH and
Károly Vezér  (HUN)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Antonio Tanger ,
Luis SANTOS and
Manuel Tanger  (POR)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Bostjan Antoncic ,
Gennadi Strakh and
Karlo Hmeljak  (SLO)
dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.0dnc19.011495.0

    Legend:DNC – Did not come to the starting area;DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;OCSOn the course side of the starting line;RET – Retired;

    Daily standings

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

    Victors

    References

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