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V INTAGEINTAGE Y ACHTING G AMES

2008, Issue 1 2008: The First Vintage Year 01-JAN-2008

From 20—27 of September races. The races will em- Inside this issue: 2008 the first Vintage phasize on the game of Games will be . Amongst other held in the , off things this means that New Website life 2 the coast of Medemblik. everything will be focused Therefore we will celebrate on fair racing conditions for Making your entry 2 2008 as our first Vintage all competitors. Year. As in the days of the Olym- Selection systems 2 2008 will be a year of ma- pic history of the classes jor importance for sailing. The class top-down the selection of the com- Not only critical decisions petitors must be done by Making your entry 2 will be made on issues the countries. Only this about the America’s cup time by the National Class and the (re) selection Olym- Organizations. First nominees 3 vene in a regatta organized pic classes. But 2008 will in the light of their Olympic The Vintage Yachting also produce a new genera- history. Games Organization is VYG wildcard sys- 3 tion of Olympic and Para- The Vintage Yachting aiming for about 20+ tem lympic medalists. Games! at the starting line in each For the Europe, O-Jolle, class. Proposed wildcards 3 During the Vintage - of the VYGO , ing Games a selected Let this be a highly com- and classes, 2008 group of top sailors from petitive Vintage Year. will be the first year that each country will partici- these classes will recon- . Special points of pate in seven challenging interest:

• www.vintageyachtinggames.org

• www.europeclass.org Bulletin • www.olympiajol.de

• www.sailfd.org

In front of you is the first in April/May, the third just one. • www.soling.com issue of the Vintage Yacht- before/during the 2008 In the Bulletin we aim to • www.intdragon.org ing Games Bulletin. event and the fourth, in- give you more articles on cluding results and pictures We have the intention to the 2008 event as well as of the event in October. publish at least 4 issues of some articles about the this bulletin each year. For When an extra edition is Olympic history of the cur- 2008 this means this one relevant we will not hesi- rent and future Vintage in January, the second one tate to publish an extra Yachting Games Classes. Page 2 Bulletin

New Website life

Just before the new year about travel and lodging, Classes. our newly developed web- NOR and Sailing Instruc- And we will keep you up to site went life. tions. Also the (provisional) date on the 2012 location entry list will be made avail- The site, developed by our for the Vintage Yachting able ASAP. Weather infor- sponsor, Flexure, contains Games. mation on the IJsselmeer off all information available on the coats of Medemblik will If you are missing informa- the Vintage Yachting Games be given. tion on the site or have other 2008. Ronald den Arend, questions, please mailto: the key developer, did a lot of Over time the history of the [email protected] overtime in order to make Olympic sailing regatta’s will Hard O-Jolle work on the Northsea this possible be published on the site as well as the history and Soon the site will be ex- specifications of all former panded with information and current Olympic

Making your entry

Last Olympic Gold When you want to compete tional Class Organization gives other sailors in a early for your country in the 2008 (NCO) before making your stage more information on Medalists in each class Vintage Yachting Games entry final. who is coming to you can enter on our web- Medemblik. By organizing the entry pro- are offered a wildcard by site. cedure this way we make it Finally it gives the National the Vintage Yachting After making the entry you as simple as possible for the Class Organizations in a will be listed as provisional. sailors to enter. The Na- country more time to find Games Organization The Vintage Yachting tional Class Organizations each other and discuss the Games Organization will ask will have an idea who is in- forming of their “National confirmation from your Na- terested in the event. It also Team”.

Selection systems

When the 5 participating • The first system is the appoint- In the past there was NO classes where still Olympic ment system. The NCO just significant difference in gold appoints the teams she think medals between the 3 sys- there where- in general- 3 will have the best results. tems☺ systems of selection in use • The second system is that of a trial. The NCO organizes a Note: by the National Authorities. regatta and the teams with the Since teams have to qualify best results will go. • The German Soling Class will for the Vintage Yachting • In the third system the NCO use it’s 2007 ranking list. appoints a series of regatta’s The Flying Dutchman: still Games in their country it • Trials will be held for the Cana- “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” over a period of time. The teams dian might be a good idea to de- with the best result overall will scribe those three systems: go. 2008, Issue 1 Page 3

First nominees

The first selected sailors for the 2008 edition of the Vin-

tage Yachting Games are known.

The “Deutsche Europe Klas- senvereinigung” has an-

nounced their first partici- pants to the event. Svenja Puls (GER 66) from Lübeck and Arne Berg (GER 61) are the first se- Close racing in the Soling lected sailors to represent their National Europe Class Organization.

Vintage Yachting Games wildcards system

For the 2008 Vintage • Host Country team. This team may NOT Your entry has to be • Organization Yachting Games in • Vintage Yachting Games Organization be Dutch. Medemblik the selection per This means that the Dutch confirmed by your Also the Vintage Yachting class will be made by the class organizations may Game Organization will ap- National Class National Class Organiza- appoint one Dutch team for point a team in each class. tions in each country. For each class that did not qual- Organization those who do not qualify ify according to their normal Wildcard holders will not there are three levels of procedure. compete for their own nation wildcards: but will be considered a The IECU, IOU, IFDCO, ISA country on their own. and IDA each may appoint a

Proposed wildcards of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization

For the First Vintage Yacht- • (NOR) 2004 in the Europe (Female) ing Games, that will be held • (ESP) in the Flying Dutch- So that they can “defend” in The Netherlands, off the man 1992 • (DEN) 2008 in the Soling their title. coast of Medemblik, from • JOHN CUNEO (AUS) 1972 in the Dragon. • In the Europe (Male) we like to offer the When a team that is offered 20—27 of September 2008, wildcard to: the Wildcards of the Vintage CHRISTOPHER GUNDERSEN (NOR) for his a wildcard can not make use outstanding performance in 2004, the last Yachting Games Organiza- Olympic year of the Europe of it, the wildcard is offered • In the O-Jolle class we like to offer the tion will be primarily offered Wildcard to: to another team . RINUS KAGCHELLAND (NED), son of the Competition from all continents in to the latest Olympic Gold 1936 Olympic gold medalist Daniel Kagchel- Dragons Medalist in each class. land. There is NO regatta like the . Lets make the Vintage Yachting Games special TOO!

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A bit of history 1928: week? Or the Olympics!

At this moment sailors in 11 in spring, in sum- It would be nice to know classes from all over the mer and gymnastics in au- what decision those sailors world are working very hard tumn. Unfortunately the would have made when they to get selected for the 2008 dates planned for sailing knew what we know now Olympics in . For many where overlapping the al- about the Olympics. it is seen as the ultimate ready established Cowes This year some of the - regatta to sail. For others it week. This proved to be a ors in the Europe, O-Jolle, is the stepping stone to a difficult choice for the top The class had a difficult Flying Dutchman, Soling and career as professional sailor. sailors at the time. The choice in 1928. Dragon must make a choice president of the Royal Dutch In 1928 the situation was too . Yachting Union, made a somewhat different. The journey in 1927 to England Lets make the sailing event of the Amster- to make explicit that the Vintage Yachting Games dam Olympics was organ- 1928 Olympic Regatta Special too! ized in only 3 classes (12” would be special! Fortu- , 6 Metre and 8 Me- nately some highly re- tre). In the early days of the spected sailors, like King Olympic Games each sport Olav from , made had it’s own period in the the choice for Amsterdam. Olympic year. E.g. Athletics Some others went to Cowes.