# 2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Soling

2008 Vintage :
| Europe Female | Female |
| Europe Male | Male |
| O-Jolle | Open |
| Flying Dutchman | Open |
| Soling | Open |
| Dragon | Open |
The Soling 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 Soling Course Area Yellow was available. | Course 4 | Course 3 |
For the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games, four different courses were available. The Soling could use course 4 and course 3 (above windspeeds of 14kn).

### 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 Soling at race area Yellow, only six races could be completed.
Although the early start of the second race the consistent performance of the team of Rudy den Outer, Leo Determan and Ronald den Arend made sure they won the series. The team of former Soling World champion Steven Bakker with Sven/Dick Coster and Joost Houweling took the silver before the German team of Holger Weichert, Laurent Scheel, and Martin Setzkorn.

### 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 | Net points |
| Rank | Helmsperson (Country) | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Rank | Pts | Total Points | Net points |
| | Rudy den Outer, Leo Determan and Ronald den Arend (NED) | 2 | 3.0 | ocs | 19.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 28.0 | 9.0 |
| | Steven Bakker, Sven/Dick Coster and Joost Houweling (Wildcard) | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | dns | 19.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 46.0 | 27.0 |
| | Holger Weichert, Laurent Scheel and Martin Setzkorn (GER) | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 31.7 | 21.7 |
| 4 | Bram Soethoudt, Gabor Helmhout and Geert VERHEIJ (NED) | 3 | 5,7 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 38.8 | 30.8 |
| 5 | Charlie Kamps, Hans MEYER and Toby Kamps (USA) | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 43.7 | 33.7 |
| 6 | Derek Priestley, Casper VAN DRUNEN and Gary ADAMS (GBR) | 6 | 11.7 | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 64.8 | 53.1 |
| 7 | George Nehm, Marcos Pinto Ribeiro and Lucio Pinto Ribeiro (BRA) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Frank H Larvsen, Jacob Andersen and Carsten Moesgaard (DEN) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Roman Koch, Maxl Koch and Gregor Bornemann (GER) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | George Wossala, Peter NÉMETH and Károly Vezér (HUN) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Antonio Tanger, Luis SANTOS and Manuel Tanger (POR) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
| 7 | Boštjan Antončič, Gennadi Strakh and Karlo Hmeljak (SLO) | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | dnc | 19.0 | 114 | 95.0 |
Legend: DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; RET – Retired;
* Crossed out results did not count for the total result.

### Victors

* Rudy den Outer (l), Leo Determan (m) and Ronald den Arend (r)
* Steven Bakker (l), Joost Houweling (m) and Dick Coster (r)
* Holger Weichert (l), Laurent Scheel (m) and Martin Setzkorn (r)