Period September 20–27 Boats 14 Gold Hungary | Competitors 28 Countries 10 | |
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Race area Race area Yellow,
IJsselmeer,
Netherlands | ||
The Flying Dutchman was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 28 sailors, on 14 boats, from 10 nations entered.
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Race area and Course
Approximately 2 nautical miles of the coast of Medemblik two course areas (orange and yellow) were used for the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games.
For the 2008 edition of the Vintage Yachting Games four different courses were available. The Flying Dutchman could only use course 3.
Wind conditions
During the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games the sailors experienced the following weather conditions:
Summary
In the Flying Dutchman at race area Yellow only six races could be completed.
In the Flying Dutchman it was a massive victory for the team of Szabolcs Majthenyi, at the helm, and Andras Domokos representing Hungary. With only first places! Silver was for the German team of Kilian Koenig and Johannes Brack. In third place came the second German team of Kai Schäfers and Marcus Landgrebe.