2012 Vintage Yachting Games

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

2012 Vintage Yachting Games
Poster of the
2nd Vintage Yachting Games
Event Title
Edition2nd
HostMultilario
Event Details
VenueLake Como
 Italy
Dates7–14 July 2012
Yachts113
Key people
* Chairman: Rudy den Outer
  • President Multilario 2012: Carlo Bossi
  • Project manager: Pietro Adamoli
Opened byAlberto Barenghi
 Italy
Competitors
Competitors225
Competing nations17
Results
Gold Germany
Silver Netherlands
Bronze Italy
Vintage InterParesYevgen Braslavetz
 Ukraine
Classes
DinghiesEurope , Europe ,
O-Jolle, Flying Dutchman
KeelboatsTempest, Soling, Dragon, 5.5 Metre
VIP race12' Dinghy
 2008
2018 

Prologue

Bid process

Multilario as organizer was chosen after a bidding process in the summer of 2008. The two other contestants were Yacht Club Cannes for the Mediterranean and Hungarian Yachting Federation for Lake Balaton. Multilario responded enthusiastic on the request of Alberto Barenghi, President of the International Flying Dutchman Class Organization and chairman of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization's Supervisory board, for candidate Lake Como as host for the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games and submitted an extensive proposal based on the bidding template to the Vintage Yachting Games Organization. It was this proposal the voting classes based their vote on.

Only one voting round was needed to determine the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games location. In the voting process the Vintage Olympic Classes of 2008 each class could cast one vote and each vote counted as one. The potential 2012 classes could also each cast one vote but the outcome of the potential classes counted as one in the total.

The outcome of the voting was:

Following loosely the Olympic tradition, Como's project manager Pietro Adamoli (right) received the Vintage Yachting Games Flag during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Vintage in Medemblik, The Netherlands from the mayor of Medemblik: Theo van Eijk.

Kick-off and preparation

The Kick-off for the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games project was given on Sunday 17 May 2009 in Gravedona, Italy, during a dinner at the Associazione Velica Alto Lario.[1] Present were the management of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization and Multilario.

A yearly meeting was held between the Vintage Yachting Games Organization and Multilario to evaluate the progress of the preparation.

Vintage

Organization

Race Management Multilario
Carlo Bossi
Principal race officer Chief measurer Chairman of the jury
Carlo Bossi
John Best
Bruno Tamburini
Campo Alpha Campo Bravo Campo Charlie Members of the jury
Guido Ricetto
Walter Ghezzi
Giorgio Battinelli
Frans Bolweg (IJ)
Rafael Iturrioz (IJ)
Guido Piessens (IJ)
Marco Sarcoli (NJ)

Venues

Bellano
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°2′35″N 9°17′55″E
Country Italy
RegionLombardy
ProvinceLecco
Websitehttp://www.comune.bellano.lc.it/
Dervio
Coordinates: 46°4′13″N 9°18′3″E
Country Italy
RegionLombardy
ProvinceLecco
Websitehttp://www.dervio.org/

For the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games several venues were used to cater for the several Vintage Yachting Classes.

All of them located on the east coats of the Northern part of Lake Como, Italy.[2]

Wind conditions

The Northern part of Lake Como was reportedly a thermic wind venue. In this time of year the normal situation is that at about 13:00 the Swiss mountains are heated up and a Southern wind hits the racing areas with about 10 to 14 knots. As result of this no races were scheduled in the morning. Unfortunately during the event the temperature was low in Switzerland during the Vintage. As result the actual wind did not came above the 8 knots during the races.

Calendar

The program of the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games was as follows:

Date Main activity Social events
7 July (Saturday)Registration
Measurement
8 July (Sunday)Registration
Measurement
Opening ceremony
9 July (Monday)Race 1 and 2Daily prize giving
10 July (Tuesday)Race 3 and 4Daily prize giving
11 July (Wednesday)Race 5 and 6Daily prize giving
12 July (Thursday)Spare day* Lake tour
* Italian food plaza
13 July (Friday)Race 7 and 8Daily prize giving
14 July (Saturday)Race 9Closing ceremony
* VIP race (12' Dinghy)
* Prize giving
* Passing of the flag

Competition

Continents Countries Classes Boats Sailors
4178113225
  • Rolf Bähr: Multiple World Champion Tempest, President German National Sailing Authority
  • Stuart H. Walker: Olympic participant 1968, rear president of the International Soling Class, successful lifetime regatta sailor and author of many books on sailing and winning. Oldest participant during the 2012 Vintage (89)
  • Johannes Alvarez: Youngest participant during the 2012 Vintage (13)

Continents

Countries

Countries that participated in the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in the Vintage
Yellow: Participated in earlier Vintages
Green: Country participated in her first Vintage
Gold: Country participated also on previous Vintages
 Netherlands Antilles Austria Denmark
 Spain Finland France
 Germany Hungary Italy
 Netherlands Poland Russia
 South Africa Slovenia  Switzerland
 Ukraine United States

Vintage Yachting Classes

ClassTypeEventSailorsTrapezeMainsailJib/GenoaSpinnakerFirst VintageVintagesBoats
Europe (Female)Dinghy10+--2008211
Europe (Male)Dinghy10+--2008211
12 foot dinghyDinghyVintage InterPares Race10+--200828
O-JolleDinghy10+--2008220
Flying DutchmanDinghy21+++2008214
TempestKeelboat21+++2012115
SolingKeelboat30+++2008213
Dragon (keelboat)Keelboat30+++2008213
5.5 MetreKeelboat30+++2012115

Measurement

Measurement during the Vintage Yachting Games was limited to new sails and safety equipment of the competing boats. Sails, rigging and boats used in the previous year at Continental and World championships was only "stamped". No major measurement issues were found.

Stuart H. Walker (center) during Sail Measurement

Opening ceremony

Due to the fact of three locations: Bellano, Dervio and Santa Cecilia harbor, it was not possible to have the original planned fleet review. As alternative a fanfare followed by a long parade of sailors and organizers walked from the Dervio city hall to the Vintage meeting point near the waterfront. There the opening ceremony of the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games took place. Besides the Italian National Anthem two choirs of Italian Opera singers sung Va, pensiero from Verdi during the flag hoisting procedure. Furthermore there were short speeches from The Vintage Yachting Games Organization, the representatives of Bellano and Dervio, the organizing clubs and the Italian Sailing Federation. Finally Alberto Barenghi, president of the International Flying Dutchman Organization and chairman of the Vintage Yachting Games supervisory board declared the games opened.

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony started with the Vintage InterPares race in the 12' Dinghies. This was followed by the prize giving with the team of father and daughter Maccari as presentation duo.

During the closing of the event Rudy den Outer handed over stainless remembrance plates with the Vintage logo to the cities of Bellano and Dervio. He also announced that "Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy", host of this year's Olympic sailing regatta, will be the host of the 2016 Vintage Yachting Games. After that the Vintage flag was received from Pietro Adamoli and Carlo Bossi, representing the Multilario organization. The flag was subsequently handed over to John Best representing Great Britain as the next host country.

The Vintage Flag was transferred from Carlo Bossi and Pietro Adamoli (Multilario), via Rudy den Outer (Vintage Yachting Games Organization) to John Best representing the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, the 2016 host.)

Media coverage

The official photographer of the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games was Silvio Sandonini.

The following footage is available on YouTube:

Sailing

Races in all events were sailed in a fleet racing format of nine scheduled races. The contestants raced around a course in one group, and each boat earned a score equal conform the bonus point system. The five best scores for each boat were summed up for the overall score. 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

Victor of the Vinatge InterPares Race: Yevhen Braslavets, representing The International Dragon Class

By crossing an Italian colored ribbon Yevhen Braslavets, the responsible person of the victorious Ukrainian Dragon Bunker Prince, won the Vintage InterPares race 2012. In this race all winners of the Vintage Yachting Games meet each other in a battle between the classes. This race is held in the 12' Dinghy, an Olympic class in 1920 and 1928. This class is still very active in 10 countries including The Netherlands, Italy and Japan. For privacy reasons the rest of the finishing order will remain a secret. The International Dragon Class will be "THE" Vintage Yachting Class for the next four years.

Medal summary

Medals

Example of a 2012 Vintage Yachting Games Medal
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Europe Female:

 Germany
Janika Puls
 Denmark
Anne-Line Lybgsø Thomsen
 Denmark
Anna Livbjerg
Europe Male

 Denmark
Frederik Rask
 Germany
Sverre Reinke
 Denmark
Jacob Cholewa
O-Jolle:

 Netherlands
Ton op de Weegh
 Netherlands
Martin Baas
 Netherlands
Thies Bosch
Flying Dutchman:

 Austria
Christoph Aichholzer
Philipp Zingerle
 Austria
Silvia Aichholzer
Christoph Zingerle
 Spain
Ginés Romero Bernabeu
Álvaro Moreno Egea
Tempest:

  Switzerland
Cornelia Christen
Ruedi Christen
 Germany
Rolf Bähr
Christian Spranger
 Germany
Klaus Wende
Max Reichert
Soling:

 Ukraine
Igor Yushko
Sergiy Pichugin
Dmitriy Yarmolenka
 Netherlands
Rudy den Outer
Gavin Lidlow
Ramzi Souli
 Austria
Peter Neumann)
Rudolf Rager
Rudolf Hubauer
Dragon:

 Ukraine
Yevhen Braslavets
Georgii Leonchuk
Sergey Timokhov
 Netherlands
Reinier Wissenraet
Pim ten Harmsen van der Beek
Marc Reijnhoudt
 Russia
Vasiliy Senatorov
Igor Ivashintsov
Alex Muzichenko
5.5 Metre:

 Finland
Anders Nordman
Robert Segercrantz
Johan Hjelt
 Germany
Herbert 'Biwi' Reich
Wolfgang Oehler
Christian Hemmerich
 France
William Borel
Yves Duclos-Grenet
Adrien Baumelle

Vintage 2012

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Ukraine (UKR)2002
2 Germany (GER)1315
 Netherlands (NED)1315
4 Denmark (DEN)1124
5 Austria (AUT)1113
6 Finland (FIN)1001
  Switzerland (SUI)1001
8 France (FRA)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (10 nations)88824

Vintage 2008 - 2012

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)44210
2 Germany (GER)24410
3 Ukraine (UKR)2002
4 Denmark (DEN)1124
5 Austria (AUT)1113
6 France (FRA)1012
7 Finland (FIN)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
  Switzerland (SUI)1001
10 Spain (ESP)0123
11 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 Italy (ITA)0101
 Wildcards0101
14 Australia (AUS)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (15 nations)14141442

Country Trophy

RankClass
(Entries)
Europe (Female)
(11)
Europe (Male)
(11)
O-Jolle
(20)
Flying Dutchman
(15)
Tempest
(15)
Soling
(13)
Dragon
(13)
5.5 Metre
(15)
Total points
CountryRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
1 Germany11142284148002976457829765313
2 Netherlands114022914291474323662
3 Italy823954436499467592611018046752962
4 Denmark28411114254812464
5 Austria11277102773738131632457
6  Switzerland1136193231127764992440
7 Ukraine11215112152430
8 France63641110164991117438001938
9 Finland112771277
10 Russia112363738974
11 United States55787370948
12 Spain3800800
13 Netherlands Antilles4675675
14 Poland101427432574
15 South Africa8312312
16 Hungary9226226

References

Information about the Vintage Yachting Classes (former Olympic classes) can be verified by the:

and

  • Vintage Yachting Games,Olympic Classes. Bergambacht: 2008 Vintage Organizing Committee. 2008. ISBN 978-90-78440-23-9.

Information about the organization, conditions, sailors and results can be verified by the:

  • Vintage Yachting Games Organization: Vintage Yachting Games
  • International Europe Class Union: Europe
  • International Twelve Foot Dinghy Class Association: 12' Dinghy
  • Olympiajolle Class Union: O-Jolle
  • International Flying Dutchman Class Organization: Flying Dutchman
  • International Yngling Association: Yngling
  • International Tempest Association: Tempest
  • International Soling Association: Soling
  • International Dragon Association: Dragon
  • International 5.5 Class Association: 5.5 Metre
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