12 footers at the Vintage Yachting Games 2018 Copenhagen - Overall
by Vincent Delany 22 Sep 2018 22:22 BST
16-22 September 2018
Wim Bleeker (NED) wins the Vintage Yachting Games in Copehagen © George Miller
Unfortunately, the weather in Hellerup, near Copenhagen for the past two days has not been suitable for racing in small dinghies. However, event PRO Peter Stephensen Lubeck (DEN) was wise enough to predict this scenario, and doubled up the number of races on Thursday, and in so doing he achieved six good races of the original eight race series for the 12 Foot Dinghies.
As predicted by some 12 Foot Dinghy buffs, one or other of the two Bleeker brothers from the Netherlands was likely to rise to the top of this event which takes place every four years. After six good races it was Wim Bleeker (who was Dutch 12 Foot Dinghy champion of 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017) who won the Vintage Yachting Games 2018, in the largest class competing.
The other classes competing in this year's Vintage Yachting Games were the Soling and O-Jolle or Olympiajolle (which was a singlehander used for the 1936 Olympic games in Kiel, and still popular in Germany and Holland).
The venue for the games in four year's time has yet to be decided.
www.vintageyachtinggames.org/2018
Overall Results:
| Pos | Helm | Sail No | Boat | No. of crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts |
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| 1 | Wm. Bleeker | NED 869 | Trupial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Jurri Rooyackers | NED 673 | Lotje | 1 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 22 |
| 3 | Hans Reyers | NED 411 | Kaagbaby | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 10 | 3 | 24.7 |
| 4 | Sipke Schuurmans | NED 830 | Geintzje | 2 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 44.4 |
| 5 | Bert Hamminga | NED 824 | Oranjetipje | 1 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 47.1 |
| 6 | Pieter Bleeker | NED 888 | Bruin Blauwtje | 1 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 11.7 | 14 | 49.7 |
| 7 | Lambertus Hamminga | NED 831 | Eliert | 1 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 11.7 | 59.7 |
| 8 | Mark Delany | IRL 8 | Cora | 1 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 5.7 | 17 | 13 | 64.7 |
| 9 | Nicky Arnoldus | CAN 340 | Duikelaartje | 1 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 66 |
| 10 | Rifat Edin | TUR 874 | Turkish Delight | 1 | 16 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 79 |
| 11 | George Miller | IRL 11 | Pixie | 2 | 15 | 11.7 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 85.7 |
| 12 | Jaap van Hasselt | FRA 588 | Papoose | 1 | 11.7 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 104.7 |
| 13 | Leen van Willingen | NED 848 | Proud | 1 | 19 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 107 |
| 14 | Ed van Cortenberghe | NED 414 | Vlerk | 1 | 14 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 118 |
| 15 | Doug Branson | GBR 49 | English Rose | 1 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 124 |
| 16 | Dirk Stolp | H 112 | Anneke | 1 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 125 |
| 17 | Elena Romana Gasenzer | GER 223 | Melodie | 1 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 126 |
| 18 | Harm Ploeger | H 278 | Pinokkio | 1 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 127 |
| 19 | Yoichi Komori | JPN 675 | Chuchubi | 1 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 130 |