# 2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Dragon

2008 Vintage :
| Europe Female | Female |
| Europe Male | Male |
| O-Jolle | Open |
| Flying Dutchman | Open |
| Soling | Open |
| Dragon | Open |
The Dragon was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 36 sailors, on 12 boats, from 10 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 Dragon Course Area Yellow was available. | Course 4 |
For the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The Dragon could use only course 4.

### 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 | 23°C | 6–8 m/s NE | 0.25m | Dry |
| 21 September 2008 | Sunny | 23°C | 6 m/s NE | 0.25m | Dry |
| 22 September 2008 | Sunny | 21°C | 10 m/s N | 0.5m | Dry |
| 23 September 2008 | Overcast | 14°C | 18–14 m/s N Decreasing | 0.75m | Rain |
| 24 September 2008 | Sunny | 19°C | 6–8 m/s NE | 0.3m | Dry |
| 25 September 2008 | Sunny | 22°C | 6 m/s NE-E | 0.1m | Dry |
| 26 September 2008 | Sunny | 22°C | 6–2 m/s NE-E Decreasing | 0.1m | Dry |
| 27 September 2008 | Sunny | 24°C | <2 m/s E | NA | Dry |

## Races
### Summary

In the Dragon at race area Yellow only six races could be completed.
Close competition in the Dragon for the first three positions. Specially when the team of Gordon Ingate, Keith Musto and David Giles (AUS) turned out to be heavy weight specialist on the second day with two wins. The last two races were dominated by the Dutch team of Reinier Wissenraet, Gijs Evers en Marc Reijnhoudt wo took the gold in at the end. The Australians dropped back to third due to the consistent sailing of the British team of Gavia Wilkinson-Cox, Ron Rosenberg and Jon Mortimer who took the silver.

### Results

| Rank | Helmsperson (Country) | Race I | Race I | Race II | Race II | Race III | Race III | Race IV | Race IV | Race V | Race V | Race VI | Race VI | Total Points | Total -1 |
| Rank | Helmsperson (Country) | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | Reinier WISSENRAET, Gijs EVERS and Marc REIJNHOUDT (NED) | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 14.4 | 8.7 |
| | Gavia WILKINSON-COX, Ron ROSENBERG and Jon MORTIMER (GBR) | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 17.7 | 12.0 |
| | Gordon INGATE, David GILES and Keith MUSTO (AUS) | 4 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 27.0 | 19.0 |
| 4 | Nick DE JONG, Don VAN AREM and Miguel KARSTERS (NED) | 3 | 5.7 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 46.1 | 35.4 |
| 5 | Jacob J. ROOSJEN, Lydia VERDUYN and Hugo ROOSJEN (Wildcard) | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 59.1 | 47.4 |
| 6 | Jarostaw NADOLNY, Piotr Cichocki and Zuzanna CHICHOCKA (POL) | 6 | 11.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | 11.7 | dnf | 19.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 71.4 | 53.4 |
| 7 | Michel VAN CAUWELAERT, Ferdinand JANSSENS DE BISTHOVE and Jan DE BIE (BEL) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Jean Claude DANET, Luc PILLOT and Nicolas ABIVEN (FRA) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Gildas PHILIPPE, Yann KERSALE and Tanguy RAVACH (GER) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Len JONES, Jaime LEA and Claus HOJ JENSEN (GBR) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Andreas HAUBOLD, Martina KLEMMT and Aksel ANDRESEN (GER) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Fred IMHOFF, Richard VAN RIJ and Michiel PALS (Wildcard) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
* dnc = did not compete
* dns = did not start
* dnf = did not finish
* dsq = disqualified
* ocs = on course side
* ret = retired after finish
* Crossed out results did not count for the total result.

### Victors

* Reinier Wissenraet (l), Gijs Evers (m) and Pim ten Harmsen van der Beek (r)
* Gavia Wilkinson-Cox (r), Ron Rosenberg (m) and Jon Mortimer (l)
* Gordon Ingate (l), Keith Musto (m) and David Giles (r)