2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Dragon

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Dragon
2008 Vintage Yachting Games
Dragon (keelboat).svg
Dragon
Event information
Race areaRace area Yellow,
IJsselmeer,
Netherlands Netherlands
PeriodSeptember 20–27
Competitors36
Boats12
Countries10
Results
GoldNetherlands Netherlands
SilverUnited Kingdom Great Britain
BronzeAustralia Australia
Succession
Next2012
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 Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 36 sailors, on 12 boats, from 10 nations entered.

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:

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

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[]

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Rank 		Helmsperson (Country) Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Total
Points
[1] 		Total
-1
[2]
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  ,
and
 (NED)		 1 0.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 3 5.7 1 0.0 1 0.0 14.4 8.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  ,
and
 (GBR)		 2 3.0 3 5.7 2 3.0 1 0.0 2 3.0 2 3.0 17.7 12.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Gordon INGATE,
David GILES and
Keith MUSTO (AUS)		 4 8.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 3.0 4 8.0 4 8.0 27.0 19.0
4  Nick DE JONG,
and
 (NED)		 3 5.7 4 8.0 4 8.0 4 8.0 3 5.7 6 11.7 46.1 35.4
5 3D VYGOlogo.png ,
and
(Wildcard)		 5 10.0 6 11.7 5 10.0 5 10.0 6 11.7 3 5.7 59.1 47.4
6  ,
and
 (POL)		 6 11.7 5 10.0 6 11.7 dnf 19.0 5 10.0 5 10.0 71.4 53.4
7  ,
and
Jan DE BIE (BEL)		 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 114 95.0
 ,
Luc PILLOT and
 (FRA)		 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 114 95.0
 Gildas PHILIPPE,
Yann KERSALE and
 (GER)		 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 114 95.0
 ,
and
Claus HOJ JENSEN (GBR)		 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 114 95.0
 ,
and
 (GER)		 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 114 95.0
3D VYGOlogo.png Fred IMHOFF,
and
(Wildcard)		 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 dnc 19.0 114 95.0
  • dnc = did not compete
  • dns = did not start
  • dnf = did not finish
  • dsq = disqualified
  • ocs = on course side
  • ret = retired after finish
  • Crossed out results did not count for the total result.

Daily standings[]

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

Victors[]

Medalist 2008 Vintage Yachting Games: Dragon

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Netherlands

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) United Kingdom

  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Australia

  • Reinier Wissenraet (l),
    Gijs Evers (m) and
    Pim ten Harmsen van der Beek (r)

  • Gavia Wilkinson-Cox (r),
    Ron Rosenberg (m) and
    Jon Mortimer (l)

  • Gordon Ingate (l),
    Keith Musto (m) and David Giles (r)

References[]

  1. ^ The was used.
  2. ^ Total after applying discard.
  • Vintage Yachting Games Organization. "Results 2008 Vintage Yachting Games: Dragon". Vintage Yachting Games Organization. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
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