Vintage Yachting Games

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[1].

Vintage Yachting Games
Vintage Yachting Games Logo
First held2008
OrganizerVintage Yachting Games Organization
TypeQuadrennial multi-class regatta
ClassesEurope (m & w), 12' Dinghy,
2.4 Metre, O-Jolle, 12m² Sharpie, Flying Dutchman, Yngling, Tempest, Star, Soling, Dragon,
5.5 Metre & 6 Metre.
Websitehttp://vintageyachtinggames.org

The idea behind the Vintage is to Organize a four yearly high-end event in the calendars of all the former (Paralympic) Olympic Classes after their discontinuation at the Olympics or Paralympic Games. First the idea was discusses and developed locally by Rudy den Outer and representatives of several Dutch class organizations of former Olympic classes (Martijn van der Driest of Europe, Harold Wijgers of Flying Dutchman, Johan Offermans of Soling, Michiel van Dis of Dragon and Hans Nadorp of 5.5 Metre). In the next phase the presidents/chairman of the international classes became involved (Jan Abrahamsen of Europe class, Theo Meus of O-Jolle, Alberto Barenghi of Flying Dutchman, Rose Hoeksema of Soling and Rupert Fisher of Dragon).

The first edition was held in Medemblik 20–27 September 2008. During the closing ceremony the next host country, Italy, received the Vintage flag from the mayor of Medemblik, Th. van Eijk.

The Vintage Yachting Games Organization (VYGO), a foundation under Dutch Law, was founded on 11 December 2006 by Rudy den Outer, Nancy Schoof and Sebastian Hopf. The VYGO has since become the governing body of the Vintage Yachting Games, whose structure and actions are defined by her constitution and charter. The VYGO’s ownership lies with the Vintage Yachting Classes.

Vintage Yachting Games principles

The Vintage Yachting Games are governed by the following set of principles:

  • Charter Vintage Yachting Games
  • Constitution Vintage Yachting Games
  • VYGrules
  • Standard VYG Notice of Race
  • Standard VYG Sailing Instructions

Charter Vintage Yachting Games [2]

The constitution of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization is based upon the Vintage Yachting Games Charter. Decisions made by the board or supervisory board and even race management must be in line with this charter:

  1. Sailing is a sport to be performed with light sailing vessels (yachts). Sailing is done by sailors. Sailors participate in the sport in order to win races or series. This winning must be reached only by fair sailing, superior speed, strategically and tactical maneuvering, use of knowledge, excellent performance of skill and showing correct behavior
  2. The Vintage Yachting Games is the result of the organized action, carried out under the authority of the Stichting Vintage Yachting Games Organization (VYGO), of all participating individuals and entities who like the game of Sailing. Its symbol is the yachts logo
  3. All Individual Competitors, Judges, Coaches, Measurers, Members of the Regatta Committee, Sponsors, Organizers, Supervisory Board Members as well as Board Members regard the Competing Sailor in the Vintage Yachting Games as the most important stakeholder of the Vintage Yachting Games. They must act in order to guard the interest of those Sailors. The way active and competitive sailors want to play the game of Sailing is paramount for the Vintage Yachting Games
  4. The interest of Vintage Yachting Games sailors in a specific class will be guarded by the relevant International Class Organizations (ICO) participating in the Vintage Yachting Games Organization’s Supervisory Board
  5. During the Vintage Yachting Games the sailors represent their National Class Organization (NCO) In the absence of a NCO the relevant ICO will act in her place
  6. Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with the object Vintage Yachting Games and its organization

Constitution of Vintage Yachting Games [3]

The constitution governs the way of management of the VYGO. This is the deed under Dutch law of the VYGO foundation.

VYG rules [4]

Describes under what conditions the Vintage Yachting Games edition will be sailed, organized and managed.

Standard VYG Notice of Race (NOR) [5]

This document is the basis of the final NOR that is determined in cooperation by the Host club and the VYGO. The final NOR must be published at least one year before the start of the first race of a Vintage Yachting Games edition.

Standard VYG Sailing Instructions (SI) [6]

This document is the basis of the final SI that is determined in cooperation by the Host club and the VYGO. The final SI must be published at least one month before the first race of a Vintage Yachting Games edition.

Vintage Yachting Games Event Structure
Fleet review as part of the
2008 Vintage Yachting Games Opening Ceremony

The structure of an edition of the Vintage Yachting Games is similar to that of an Olympic sailing event. It consists of:

  • Opening ceremony if possible with fleet review
  • A series of races per Vintage Yachting Class (at least 7 scheduled)
  • A closing ceremony that includes the Vintage InterPares (VIP) race and medal presentation. Also the country trophy will be handed to the winning country.
  • Passing of the Vintage Yachting Games Flag to the next host country
  • Celebration

Fleet review

The fleet review of is a part of the opening ceremony of the Vintage. The element can be compared with the athletes parade into the stadium at the opening of the Olympics.

The races of the Vintage Yachting Games
Perpetual trophy of the Vintage Yachting Games (one trophy per event). On the base the winners of the Vintages are engraved. On the backplane the Olympic medalists of the class are stated.

Each edition of the Vintage Yachting Games will have a series of at least seven scheduled races per Vintage Yachting Class. At least five races must be completed to make a valid series. The top three of each Vintage class are granted the right to fly the Vintage Yachting Games logo in gold, silver or bronze in her mainsail for the next four years.

Vintage InterPares race
Vintage InterPares Trophy, donated by Marine Yachting

As a part of the closing ceremony the winning helmsman of each class will sail one final race in a former Olympic class. The winner will be win the title of Vintage InterPares (VIP) and is granted the right to fly the Vintage Yachting Games logo in her sail for the next four years. The VIP race is the substitute for the medalrace during the Olympic sailing event. In 2008 the 12' Dinghy was used for the VIP race.

Country Trophy
Country Trophy, created and donated by Menno Meyer

The country trophy is handed to the national team of the best performing country during an edition of the Vintage. This trophy is donated by the artist, sailor, International Judge and former international umpire Menno Meyer.

Venues
Vintage EditionYearVenueFromOpeningClosingClassesHost Club(s)
12008IJsselmeer (Medemblik)20 September21 September27 SeptemberEurope, O-Jolle, Flying Dutchman, Soling, DragonSZ & WV Uitdam
22012Lake Como (Bellano & Dervio)7 July8 July14 JulyEurope, O-Jolle, Flying Dutchman, Tempest, Soling, Dragon & 5.5 MetreMultilario
32016Weymouth Bay (Weymouth)Cancelled by hostclubWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
2018Øresund (Hellerup)16 September17 September22 September12' Dinghy, O-Jolle & SolingKongelig Dansk Yachtklub & Hellerup Sejlklub
42022Attersee (Salzkammergut)t.b.d.t.b.d.t.b.d.Vintage Yachting ClassesUnion-Yacht-Club Attersee

Classes

To become a Vintage Yachting Class a class must:

  • Be a former Olympic class or former Class in the Paralympics
  • Still be sailed in regattas in five or more countries
  • Have one single set of class rules
  • Be represented in the VYGO's supervisory board.

The Vintage Yachting Classes consist of 13 Classes. The Vintage Yachting Classes are eligible for competition in the Vintage Yachting Games.

ClassTypeDesignSailorsTrapezeMainsailJibb/GenoaSpinnakerGender200820122018
EuropeDinghyOne-Design10+--••
••
12' Dinghy (International 12' Rule)DinghyOne-Design10+--•
VIPVIPVIP
2.4 MetreKeelboatMetre Rule10++-
O-JolleDinghyOne-Design10+--•••
12m² SharpieDinghyOne-Design20++-
Flying DutchmanDinghyOne-Design21+++••
TempestKeelboatOne-Design21+++•
YnglingKeelboatOne-Design31+++
StarKeelboatOne-Design20++-
SolingKeelboatOne-Design30+++•••
DragonKeelboatOne-Design285 kg
max. 4		0+++••
5.5 MetreKeelboatMetre Rule30+++•
6 MetreKeelboatMetre Rule50+++
Events794
  • • = Event in this year
  • VIP = Used for the Vintage Inter Pares race
  • = Open event
  • = Female event
  • = Male event
Current Vintage Yachting Class designs

Facts and figures

These facts and figures aere based upon the entries documented in the Official Vintage Results and on the Wikipedia pages:

Country trophy
VintageWinning CountryPoints
2008Netherlands3869
2012Germany5313
2018Netherlands3205

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)76417
2 Germany (GER)24410
3 Ukraine (UKR)2013
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 Canada (CAN)0101
 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 Italy (ITA)0101
 Wildcards0101
15 Australia (AUS)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (16 nations)17171751

Statistics

The statistics are based upon the boats that are taken into account in the final results. For 2008 this were all entries. For 2012 only the paid entries.

200820122018Total
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)224
 Austria (AUT)420327
 Australia (AUS)33
 Belgium (BEL)33
 Brazil (BRA)33
 Canada (CAN)44
 Czech Republic (CZE)22
 Denmark (DEN)310316
 Spain (ESP)8412
 Finland (FIN)33
 France (FRA)825134
 Great Britain (GBR)9110
 Germany (GER)1833354
 Hungary (HUN)6814
 Italy (ITA)63945
 Ireland (IRL)22
 Japan (JPN)11
 Netherlands (NED)23282172
 Poland (POL)3811
 Portugal (POR)33
 Romania (ROU)22
 South Africa (RSA)33
 Russia (RUS)1010
 Slovenia (SLO)325
  Switzerland (SUI)21820
 Turkey (TUR)11
 Ukraine (UKR)639
 United States (USA)369
 Uganda (UGA)11
 Wildcards1414
Sailors13122539389
Countries21171228
New countries2144NA
Continents4446
New continents411NA
Classes6839
New classes621NA
Boats6611332211
Average class size1114.110.710.8
Average team size1.92.01.41.8
200820122018Total

Vintage InterPares
VintageVintage InterParesClass
2008 Szabolcs MajthenyiFlying Dutchman
2012 Yevhen BraslavetsDragon
2018Due to weather conditions this race will be sailed on a later date in the Netherlands

Medal leaders (by Vintage)
Vintage of Leader Gold Silver Bronze Total
2008 Medemblik  Netherlands (NED) 3 1 1 5
2012 Lake Como  Ukraine (UKR) 2 0 0 2
2018 Copenhagen  Netherlands (NED) 3 2 2 7

Multiple medalists
Position Sailor Country Period Gold Silver Bronze Total Classes
1Rudy den Outer Netherlands (NED)2008–20182103* Soling
2Szabolcs Majthenyi Hungary (HUN)20082002* Flying Dutchman
* Vintage Inter Pares
Yevhen Braslavets Ukraine (UKR)20122002* Dragon
* Vintage Inter Pares
3Reinier Wissenraet
Marc Reijnhoudt		 Netherlands (NED)2008–20121102* Dragon
Igor Yusko
Sergiy Pichugin		 Ukraine (UKR)2012–20181102* Soling

Ranking of Vintage Gold medalists

The ranking is done based upon the 1964 Olympic scoring system. Best seven races count. If less than seven races are sailed 0 points are given to the cancelled (can) races.

PosTeamClassYearEntriesPlacePointsTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)
Willem Bleeker		12' Dinghy (International 12' Rule)201819112111can13801380107913801380138007979
2 Hungary (HUN)
Szabolcs Majthenyi
Andras Domokos		Flying Dutchman200814111111can12471247124712471247124707482
3 Austria (AUT)
Christoph Aichholzer
Philipp Zingerle		Flying Dutchman201215311241can80012771277976675127706282
4 Netherlands (NED)
Reinier Wissenraet
Gijs Evers
Marc Reijnhoudt		Dragon200812123311can11808797037031180118005825
5  Switzerland (SUI)
Cornelia Christen
Ruedi Christen		Tempest201215216611can97612774994991277127705805
6 Ukraine (UKR)
Igor Yushko
Sergiy Pichugin
Dmitriy Yarmolenka		Soling201213323211can7389147389141215121505734
7 Netherlands (NED)
Ton op de Weegh		O-Jolle20122055111cancan703703140214021402005612
8 Germany (GER)
Svenja Puls		Europe (Female)200810111215can110111011101800110140205606
9 France (FRA)
Thomas Ribeaud		Europe (Male)20089112212can10551055754754105575405427
10 Netherlands (NED)
Max Blom		O-Jolle20089311213can57810551055754105557805075
11 Netherlands (NED)
Rudy den Outer
Leo Determan
Ronald den Arend		Soling2008122OCS1212can87901180879118087904997
12 Netherlands (NED)
Rudy den Outer
Theo de Lange
Gabor Helmhout		Soling2018611114518798798798792771808794852
13 Ukraine (UKR)
Yevhen Braslavets
Georgii Leonchuk
Sergey Timokhov		Dragon20121321415cancan97612156131215516004535
14 Finland (FIN)
Anders Nordman
Robert Segercrantz
Johan Hjelt		5.5 Metre2012151511OCScancan1277578127712770004409
15 Germany (GER)
Janika Puls		Europe (Female)20121122132cancan8418411142665841004330
16 Netherlands (NED)
Thies Bosch		O-Jolle20187111622can94694694616864564504296
17 Denmark (DEN)
Frederik Rask		Europe (Male)20121123921cancan8416651888411142003677

References

Information about the former Olympic classes can be verified in the book: Vintage Yachting Games, Olympic Classes[7]

  1. Vintage Yachting Games
  2. "Vintage Yachting Games Charter" (PDF). www.vintageyachtinggames.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. "Vintage Yachting Games Constitution" (PDF). www.vintageyachtinggames.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. "Vintage Yachting Games Rules" (PDF). www.vintageyachtinggames.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  5. "Vintage Yachting Games NOR 2018". www.vintageyachtinggames.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. "Vintage Yachting Games SI 2018". www.vintageyachtinggames.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  7. Vintage Yachting Games, Olympic Classes. Bergambacht: 2008 Vintage Organizing Committee. 2008. ISBN 978-90-78440-23-9.
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