12 footers at the Vintage Yachting Games 2018 Copenhagen - Day 3

by Vincent Delany 21 Sep 2018 06:13 BST 16-22 September 2018

On Thursday four races were held for the 12 Foot Dinghy Class as there is a large storm heading towards Copenhagen, which may create unsailable conditions for small boats.

Having won all of the races except for his discarded race, Wim Bleeker from Holland has show his complete superiority over the rest of the fleet. Behind Wim, the leaderboard has been given a huge reshuffle, partly as a result of the discarded race kicking in. Sipke Schuurmans overall position was risen from 12th to 4th place, and Jaap van Hasselt has dropped from 5th to 12th, but despite that, the Dutch are still maintaining a stranglehold on the top seven places.

A significant issue on Thursday was the wind, which was very strong when the dinghies launched. As a result some helmsmen did not like the conditions, and in the interests of safety, returned to port. However, for the others who persisted, on reaching the race area off Skovshoved Havn about 4km from their base the wind direction changed, and the wind dropped progressively to a gentle 5-8 knots. Thus, some boats only competed in the afternoon races. The PRO does not expect that it will be possible to race on Friday.

Results after Day 3:

Pos	Helm	Sail No	Boat Name	No. of crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
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