2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Europe Male

Europe Male
2008 Vintage Yachting Games

Event information
Race area Race area Orange,
IJsselmeer,
Netherlands Netherlands
Period September 20–27
Competitors 9
Boats 9
Countries 5
Gold France France
Silver Spain Spain
Bronze Germany Germany
Succession
Next 2012
2008 Vintage 
Europe Female Female
Europe Male Male
O-Jolle Open
Flying Dutchman Open
Soling Open
Dragon Open

The Europe Male 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 5 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 Europe Male the Course Area Orange was available.Course 1

For the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The Europe Male could only use course 1.

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 Europe Male at race area Orange only six races could be completed.

By the male participants, Thomas Ribeaud, France, got a major lead of over 16 points over his opponent Marc Paris Gilbert from Spain. Arne Berg from Germany took the bronze.

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country) Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Total
Points
[1]
Total
-1
[2]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
1st, gold medalist(s) Thomas RIBEAUD (FRA)10.010.023.023.010.023.09.06.0
2nd, silver medalist(s) Marc PARIS GILBERT (ESP)35.723.048.010.035.710.022.414.4
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Arne BERG (GER)48.035.710.048.023.048.032.724.7
4  Andrea FERRACUTTI (ITA)23.071335.735.748.035.741.128.1
5  Sönke HERRMANN (GER)ocs16.048.0510.0510.0510.0611.765.749.7
6  Miguel LLARGUES (ESP)510.0510.0611.7611.7611.7510.066.153.4
7  Nicola MONTI (GER)611.7611.7713.0dnc16.0dnc16.0713.081.465.4
8  Sven STADEL (ESP)dnc16.0dnc16.0dnc16.0dnc16.0dnc16.0dnc16.096.080.0
 Ewout BEKET (NED)dnc16.0dnc16.0dnc16.0dnc16.0dnc16.0dnc16.096.080.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Europe Male during the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games

Victors

Medalist 2008 Vintage Yachting Games: Europe Female
1st, gold medalist(s) France 
2nd, silver medalist(s) Spain 
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Germany 
Thomas Ribeaud 
Marc Paris Gilbert 
Arne Berg 

References

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