# 2008 Vintage Yachting Games – O-Jolle

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 races were completed. 9 sailors, on 9 boats, from 3 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 | 23 °C | 6–8 m/s NE | 0.25 m | Dry |
| 21 September 2008 | Sunny | 23 °C | 6 m/s NE | 0.25 m | Dry |
| 22 September 2008 | Sunny | 21 °C | 10 m/s N | 0.5 m | Dry |
| 23 September 2008 | Overcast | 14 °C | 18–14 m/s N Decreasing | 0.75 m | Rain |
| 24 September 2008 | Sunny | 19 °C | 6–8 m/s NE | 0.3 m | Dry |
| 25 September 2008 | Sunny | 22 °C | 6 m/s NE-E | 0.1 m | Dry |
| 26 September 2008 | Sunny | 22 °C | 6–2 m/s NE-E Decreasing | 0.1 m | Dry |
| 27 September 2008 | Sunny | 24 °C | <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 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 |
| | Max BLOM (NED) | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 14.4 | 8.7 |
| | Herman VAN EIJK (NED) | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 |
| | Jan KROM (NED) | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 25.8 | 20.1 |
| 4 | Jan HORDIJK (NED) | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 52 | 42 |
| 5 | Theo MEUS (ICO) | 4 | 8.0 | dnf | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 68 | 52 |
| 6 | Felix HURTER (SUI) | 6 | 11.7 | dnf | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 78.8 | 62.8 |
| 7 | Roland FRANZMANN (GER) | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | 96.0 | 80.0 |
| 8 | Balazs HAJDU (HUN) | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | 96.0 | 80.0 |
| 9 | Stefan DE VRIES (NED) | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | dns | 16.0 | 96.0 | 80.0 |
* 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

* Max Blom
* Herman van Eijk
* Jan Krom