2012 Vintage Yachting Games – 5.5 Metre

The 5.5 Metre was an event on the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games program at Lake Como, Italy. Five out of the nine scheduled race were entered. 45 sailors, on 15 boats, from 7 nations entered.

5.5 Metre
2012 Vintage Yachting Games
Event information
Race areaCampo Alpha,
Dervio,
Italy
PeriodJuly 7 to July 14
Competitors45
Boats15
Countries7
Results
Gold Finland
Silver Germany
Bronze France
Succession
Next2016
2012 Vintage 
Europe Female Female
Europe Male Male
O-Jolle Open
Flying Dutchman Open
Tempest Open
Soling Open
Dragon Open
5.5 Metre Open

Race area and Course

Of the three Campo's (Race Area's) available for the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games at Lake Como Campo Alpha was used for the 5.5 Metre event. In general this Campo is situated in North of Dervio.

For the 5.5 Metre the Campo Alpha was available.Course 2

For the 2012 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games three different courses were available. The 5.5 Metre could use only course 2.

Wind conditions

The Northern part of Lake Como was reportedly a thermic wind venue. In this time of year the normal situation is that at about 13:00 the Swiss mountains are heated up and a Southern wind hits the racing areas with about 10 to 14 knots. As result of this no races were scheduled in the morning. Unfortunately during the event the temperatures in Switzerland were low. Also was the thermal South breeze battling with the gradient wind from the North. As result the actual wind did not came above the 8 knots during the races and was instable at times.

Campo Alpha has normally a tendency to have a slightly higher wind speed than Campo Charlie this due to the fact that it is more Northern than Charlie so that the Southern thermal breeze is strengthened.

DateRaceSkyWind directionWind speed (m/s)
09-JULISW8-12
09-JULIISW8-12
10-JULNo races due to lack of wind
11-JULIIISW8-12
11-JULIVSW8-12
12-JULNo races due to lack of wind
13-JULVSW8-12
14-JULNo races due to lack of wind

Races

Summary

In the 5.5 Metre five out of the planned nine races were completed.

The fleet of the 5.5 Metre (Olympic between 1952 – 1968) was very impressive. With 15 boats racing it was not the largest fleet but the size of the boats and the sail area made the class very present at Lake Como. Since all 5.5’s are built from a different design, the speed of each boat can differ as well. But the racing remained close and competitive. The class had chosen to bring the classic designs to the Vintage. This means boats designed in their Olympic period from 1952 to 1968. The choice of design period for the next Vintage is still open. The races went between William Borel, Yves Duclos-Grenet, Adrien Baumelle, from France, Anders Nordman, Robert Segercrantz, Johan Hjelt, from Finland and the team of Olympian Hubert Reich, Dr. Wolfgang Oehler, Christian Hemmerich, from Germany sailing in their Olympic boat from 1964. In the end the Finnish team took the gold followed by the German team of “Biwi” Reich.

Results

Rank		 Team[1] (Country) Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Total
Points
[2]		 Total
-1
[3]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
 Finland (FIN)
Anders NORDMAN
Robert SEGERCRANTZ
Johan HJELT		10.0510.010.010.0ocs22.032.010.0
 Germany (GER)
Hubert 'Biwi' REICH
Dr. Wolfgang OEHLER
Christian HEMMERICH		23.010.048.035.723.019.711.7
 France (FRA)
William BOREL
Yves DUCLOS-GRENET
Adrien BAUMELLE		35.723.035.7510.010.024.414.4
4 Italy (ITA)
Vittorio POZZO
Enzo MAROLLI
Gianluca MAROLLI		814.035.7510.023.035.738.424.4
5 France (FRA)
Gurvan JAOUEN
Mael DUIGOU
Anne LALLEMAND		510.0611.723.01016.048.048.732.7
6  Switzerland (SUI)
Tobias ISLER
Rolf KELLENBERGER
t.b.d.		1218.0814.0611.7611.7510.065.447.4
7 Netherlands (NED)
Peter VAN KLINK
Margreet ELFRING
Harold ELFRING		1117.0915.01016.048.0713.069.052.0
8 Italy (ITA)
Giuseppe MATILDI
Guido CAVALLAZZI
Lorenzo SCLANO		915.01016.0814.0814.0611.770.754.7
9  Switzerland (SUI)
René CARPE
Nicolas PONSOT
Rose CORENTIN		1016.048.0915.01117.0ocs22.078.056.0
10 Germany (GER)
Kaspar STUBENRAUCH
Jorg SONNTAG
Johannes ALVAREZ		611.71117.01117.0915.0814.074.757.7
11 Italy (ITA)
Guido TOMMASI
Claudio MAZZANTI
Alessandro MAROLLI		713.0ocs22.0713.0713.0dsq22.083.061.0
12 Italy (ITA)
Roberto CANESE
Giuseppe D'AMATO
Pierfrancesco CE		48.0713.0dsq22.0dns22.0dns22.087.065.0
13 Austria (AUT)
Ingo HOPFGARTNER
Wolfgang JOEBSTL
Hans KLINGAN		1319.0dnf22.01218.01218.0915.092.070.0
14 Germany (GER)
Ekkehard SCHLICHTENHORST
Joachim ZIMMERMANN
Josef MERK		1420.01218.01319.01319.01016.092.072.0
15 France (FRA)
Tugdual JAOUEN
Ollivier JAOUEN
Ingwenog JAOUEN		dnc22.0dnc22.0dnc22.0dnc22.0dnc22.0110.088.0
  • dnc = did not compete
  • dns = did not start
  • dnf = did not finish
  • dsq = disqualified
  • ocs = on course side
  • ret = retired after finish
  • Crossed out results did not count for the total result.

Daily standings
Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre the 2012 Vintage Yachting Games

Victors
Medalist 2012 Vintage Yachting Games: 5.5 Metre
  • Reinier Hubert REICH,
    Dr. Wolfgang OEHLER and
    Christian HEMMERICH
  • Anders NORDMAN,
    Robert SEGERCRANTZ and
    Johan HJELT
  • William BOREL,
    Yves DUCLOS-GRENET and
    Adrien BAUMELLE

Notes
  1. The first mentioned person is the helmsperson
  2. The 2012 Bonus scoring system was used.
  3. Total after applying discard.

References
  • Vintage Yachting Games Organization. "Results 2012 Vintage Yachting Games: 5.5 Metre". Vintage Yachting Games Organization. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
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