# 2018 Vintage Yachting Games – 12' Dinghy International Rule

2018 Vintage :
| 12' Dinghy International Rule | Open |
| O-Jolle | Open |
| Soling | Open |
The 12' Dinghy International Rule was an event on the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games program at Copenhagen, Denmark. Six out of the eight scheduled races were completed. 22 sailors, on 19 boats, from nine nations entered.

## Venue overview
### Race area and course

Both of the course areas on the Øresund in front of Hellerup were available for the 12' Dinghy event. On the first two days, course Alpha was used. The next day the class moved to course Bravo for less wind and waves.
| Both course areas were available for and used by the 12' Dinghy. | Only course 1 was used for the 12' Dinghy. |

### Wind conditions

The Øresund in front of the Hellerup Sejlklub was during the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games one of the targets of the remains of the Hurricane Florence. This resulted in South-Westerly winds that varied between 12 and 38 knots over the period of the Vintage. Course area Alpha was more in the open sea. With the South-Westerly winds this meant more wind and more waves. Also the wind was more stable and predictable then closer to shore.
| Date | Race | Sky | Wind direction | Wind speed (kn) | Course area |
| 18-SEP | I | Grand yachting weather | SW | 12-16 | Alpha |
| 19-SEP | II | Strong yachting weather | SW | 12-20 | Alpha |
| 20-SEP | IV | Strong yachting weather | SW | 11-15 | Bravo |
| 20-SEP | V | Strong yachting weather | SW | 12-8 | Bravo |
| 20-SEP | V | Strong yachting weather | SW | 10-6 | Bravo |
| 20-SEP | VI | Strong yachting weather | SW veering to NW | 8-4 | Bravo |
| 21-SEP | No races due to too much wind | No races due to too much wind | No races due to too much wind | No races due to too much wind | No races due to too much wind |
| 22-SEP | No races due to too much wind | No races due to too much wind | No races due to too much wind | No races due to too much wind | No races due to too much wind |

## Races
### Summary

In the 12' Dinghy six out of the planned eight races were completed.
The 12' Dinghy class (Olympic in 1920, 1928 and candidate for the 1940 Tokyo Olympics) brought large fleet from nine countries to the Vintage. This was due to the driving force of the class admiral Bert Hamminga. The races were dominated by Wim Bleeker. The big fight was for the other podium places. When there is a lot of wind it is customary that sailors that are not able to handle the conditions start crewing for sailors that are higher ranked. Due to this elegant principle no sailors need to stay ashore on windy days. This shows on the many DNC results.

### Results

| Rank | Team (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 | Team (Country) | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | Netherlands (NED) 869 Wim BLEEKER | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| | Netherlands (NED) 673 Jurri Rooyackers Turkey Anïl CETIN (Alternating helmsmen) Germany Elena Romana GASENZER | DNC | 26.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 48.0 | 22.0 |
| | Netherlands (NED) 411 Hans REYERS Anneke REYERS | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 36.4 | 24.7 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) 830 Sipke SCHUURMANS Astrid SCHUURMANS | 5 | 10.0 | DNF | 26.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 70.4 | 44.4 |
| 5 | Uganda (UGA) 824 Bert HAMMINGA Yōichi KOMORI | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 62.1 | 47.1 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) 888 Pieter BLEEKER Leen VAN WILLIGEN | 4 | 8.0 | DNF | 26.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 8 | 14.0 | 75.7 | 49.7 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED) 831 Lambertus HAMMINGA | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 74.7 | 59.7 |
| 8 | Ireland (IRL) 8 Mark DELANY | 12 | 18.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 11 | 17.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 82.7 | 64.7 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) 340 Nicky ARNOLDUS | 11 | 17.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 83.0 | 79.0 |
| 10 | Turkey (TUR) 874 Rifat EDIN | 10 | 16.0 | BFD | 26 | 10 | 16.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 105.0 | 54.4 |
| 11 | Ireland (IRL) 11 George MILLER Andrew MILLER | 9 | 15.0 | 6 | 11.7 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 111.7 | 85.7 |
| 12 | France (FRA) 588 Jaap VAN HASSELT Alix NOËL | 6 | 11.7 | 9 | 15.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 130.7 | 104.7 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) 848 Leen VAN WILLIGEN | 13 | 19.0 | 5 | 10.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 133.0 | 107.0 |
| 14 | Netherlands (NED) 414 Ed VAN CORTENBERGHE | 8 | 14.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 144.0 | 118.0 |
| 15 | Great Britain (GBR) 48 Doug BRANSON | 14 | 20.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 150.0 | 124.0 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) 112 Dirk STOLP | 15 | 21.0 | DNF | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 151.0 | 125.0 |
| 17 | Germany (GER) 223 Elena Romana GASENZER | 16 | 22.0 | DNF | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 152.0 | 126.0 |
| 18 | Netherlands (NED) 278 Harm PLOEGER | 17 | 23.0 | DNF | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 153.0 | 127.0 |
| 19 | Japan (JPN) 675 Yōichi KOMORI | DNF | 26.0 | DNF | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | DNC | 26.0 | 156.0 | 130.0 |
* dnc = did not compete
* dnf = did not finish
* bdf = Black flagged
* Crossed out results did not count for the total result.

### Victors

* Elena Romana GASENZER (l), Jurri ROOYACKERS, Wim BLEEKER, Hans REYERS (r). Missing on the picture are Anïl Cetin (also Silver) and Anneke REYERS (also Bronze).