12 footers at the Vintage Yachting Games 2018 Copenhagen - Day 1

by Vincent Delany 19 Sep 2018 10:46 BST 16-22 September 2018

It must be remembered that when the International 12 Foot Dinghies competed in the Olympic Games in 1920, they raced off Ostend on a huge course more suited to the 12 metre and 6 metre yachts. The wind and tide conditions were such that the event could not be completed within the allocated time.

In those days all the 12 footers raced with a crew of two. Today at the Royal Danish Yacht Club and Hellerup Sailing Club, the 19 competitors could decide if they would sail with a crew of one or two crew.

In race one, on 18th September the wind was blowing about 22 knots in strong sunshine and flat water, and the racing was dominated by the experienced Dutch teams.

The racing was interesting as the boats which had two crew performed better upwind, while the single-handed boats did best downwind.

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Results after day 1:

Pos	Helm	Sail No	Boat	No. of crew
1	Wm. Bleeker	NED 869	Trupial	1
2	Hans Reyers	NED 411	Kaagbaby	2
3	Bert Hamminga	NED 824	Oranjetipje	1
4	Pieter Bleeker	NED 888	Bruin Blauwtje	1
5	Sipke Schuurmans	NED 830	Geintzje	2
6	Jaap van Hasselt	FRA 588	Papoose	1
7	Lambertus Hamminga	NED 831	Eliert	1
8	Ed van Cortenberghe	NED 414	Vlerk	1
9	George Miller	IRL 11	Pixie	2
10	Rifat Edin	TUR 874	Turkish Delight	1
11	Nicky Arnoldus	CAN 340	Duikelaartje	1
12	Mark Delany	IRL 8	Cora	1
13	Leen van Willingen	NED 848	Proud	1
14	Doug Branson	GBR 49	English Rose	1
15	Dirk Stolp	H 112	Anneke	1
16	Elena Romana Gasenzer	GER 223	Melodie	1
17	Harm Ploeger	H 278	Pinokkio	1
18	Yoichi Komori	JPN 675	Chuchubi	1
19	Jurri Rooyackers	NED 673	Lotje	1