2008 Vintage Yachting Games – O-Jolle

O-Jolle
2008 Vintage Yachting Games

Event information
Race area Race area Orange,
IJsselmeer,
Netherlands Netherlands
Period September 20–27
Competitors 9
Boats 9
Countries 2
Gold Netherlands Netherlands
Silver Netherlands Netherlands
Bronze Netherlands Netherlands
Succession
Next 2012
2008 Vintage 
Europe Female Female
Europe Male Male
O-Jolle Open
Flying Dutchman Open
Soling Open
Dragon Open

The O-Jolle 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 2 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.

For the O-Jolle the Course Area Orange was available.Course 2

For the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The O-Jolle could only use course 2.

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 O-Jolle at race area Orange only six races could be completed.

The battle for gold was severe between Henman van Eijk en Max Blom. Almost after each race the positions reversed. In the end Max took the series wit only 0.3 point to spare. Jan Krol became third.

Results


Rank
Helmsperson (Country) Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Total
Points
[1]
Total
-1
[2]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
1st Max BLOM (NED)35.710.010.023.010.035.714.48.7
2nd Herman VAN EIJK (NED)10.023.023.010.023.023.012.09.0
3rd Jan KROM (NED)23.035.735.735.735.710.025.820.1
4  Jan HORDIJK (NED)510.048.048.048.048.0510.05242
5 Theo MEUS (ICO)48.0dnf16.0dns16.0510.0510.048.06852
6  Felix HURTER (SUI)611.7dnf16.0dns16.0611.7611.7611.778.862.8
7  Roland FRANZMANN (GER)dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.096.080.0
8  Balazs HAJDU (HUN)dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.096.080.0
9  Stefan DE VRIES (NED)dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.0dns16.096.080.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the O-Jolle during the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games

Victors

Medalist 2008 Vintage Yachting Games: O-Jolle
1st Netherlands 
2nd Netherlands 
3rd Netherlands 
Max Blom 
Herman van Eijk 
Jan Krom 

References

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