The 2018 Vintage Yachting Games was the third post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic and Paralympic Classes. The event was held from 16 to 22 September 2018 on Øresund, Copenhagen in Denmark. The organization of this event was executed by a joint venture of the Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub and the Hellerup Sejlklub. The Vintage Yachting Games Organization (VYGO) was the governing organization. The competition took place in 3 Vintage Yachting Classes.
Prologue
First bidding process
The first bidding process was officially launched on 14 December 2010. The bidding process intended to run till 31 December 2011. This period was extended on request of several candidates.
Before the bidding process started there was an interest for hosting the event from: Lake Chiemsee Black sea Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy Stockholm
During the bidding process this group extended with: Boltenhagen Douarnenez
The Vintage Yachting Games supervisory board finally voted unanimous to accept the bid of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy and not for reopening or extending the bidding process. The venue of the 2016 Vintage Yachting Games was formally announced during the closing ceremony of the 2012 edition.
Second bidding process
As soon as the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy withdraw from the event a second bidding process was started for a postponed event in 2018. Bids arrived from four countries: Circolo Nautico Punta Imperatore, Forio d’Ischia Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub and Hellerup Sejlklub Lübecker Yacht – Club, (as part of the Travemünder Woche) Union Yacht Club Attersee and the Segel Club Kammersee The classes than had the possibility to vote. As result the Danish bid was chosen unanimously for the third edition (2018) and the Austria for the fourth edition (year t.b.d. 2020–2022). The dates of the 2018 Vintage were announced in 2016 to the Vintage classes.
Voting result
The bonus point system was used over the eight voting classes (no discard) 1 10 points 2 47.7 points 3 53.4 points 4 64.4 points
2018 Vintage
Organization
Venue
As Venue for the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games the Øresund for Hellerup chosen. The hostclubs were the Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub and the Hellerup Sejlklub. The clubhouse and harbor of the Hellerup Sejlklub was used to facilitate the event.
Calendar
The program of the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games was as follows:
Competition
Continents
Africa
Europe
North America
Asia
Countries
Current Vintage Yachting Classes
• = Event in this year
VIP = Used for the Vintage Inter Pares race
= Open event
= Female event
= Male event
Due to circumstances that varied by class only three out of 12 of the Vintage Yachting Classes participated in the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games at Hellerup.
Course Area's and Courses
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.
Measurement
Since all three classes just had major championships that include measurement, no measurement took place in this Vintage.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony took place in the main hall of the club house of the Hellerup Sejlklub. The formal opening was done by Rasmus Knude of Hellerup Sejlklub.
Closing ceremony
Due to the weather conditions the VIP race could not be started. So the closing ceremony started with the prize giving by Lars Ive and Peter Lübeck Stephenson.
During the closing of the event Rudy den Outer handed over stainless remembrance plate with the Vintage logo to Peter Lübeck Stephenson. He also announced that the Union-Yacht-Club Attersee will be the host of the next Vintage Yachting Games. However before the date will be set an evaluation with the classes and organizers will take place. After that the Vintage flag was received from Lars Ive, representing the Copenhagen organization. The flag was subsequently handed over to Stephan Beurle representing Austria as the next host country.
Media Coverage
Pictures and video footage was received for Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International distribution from: Per Heegaard Ann Fillipa Madsen Lars Ive and others