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

5.5 Metre
Event information
Race area	Campo Alpha, Dervio, Italy
Period	July 7 to July 14
Competitors	45
Boats	15
Countries	7
Results
Gold	Finland
Silver	Germany
Bronze	France
Succession
Next	2016

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.

Date	Race	Sky	Wind direction	Wind speed (m/s)
09-JUL	I		SW	8-12
09-JUL	II		SW	8-12
10-JUL	No races due to lack of wind
11-JUL	III		SW	8-12
11-JUL	IV		SW	8-12
12-JUL	No races due to lack of wind
13-JUL	V		SW	8-12
14-JUL	No 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 (Country)	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Total Points	Total -1
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Finland (FIN) Anders NORDMAN Robert SEGERCRANTZ Johan HJELT	1	0.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	ocs	22.0	32.0	10.0
	Germany (GER) Hubert 'Biwi' REICH Dr. Wolfgang OEHLER Christian HEMMERICH	2	3.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	19.7	11.7
	France (FRA) William BOREL Yves DUCLOS-GRENET Adrien BAUMELLE	3	5.7	2	3.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	1	0.0	24.4	14.4
4	Italy (ITA) Vittorio POZZO Enzo MAROLLI Gianluca MAROLLI	8	14.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	2	3.0	3	5.7	38.4	24.4
5	France (FRA) Gurvan JAOUEN Mael DUIGOU Anne LALLEMAND	5	10.0	6	11.7	2	3.0	10	16.0	4	8.0	48.7	32.7
6	Switzerland (SUI) Tobias ISLER Rolf KELLENBERGER t.b.d.	12	18.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	6	11.7	5	10.0	65.4	47.4
7	Netherlands (NED) Peter VAN KLINK Margreet ELFRING Harold ELFRING	11	17.0	9	15.0	10	16.0	4	8.0	7	13.0	69.0	52.0
8	Italy (ITA) Giuseppe MATILDI Guido CAVALLAZZI Lorenzo SCLANO	9	15.0	10	16.0	8	14.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	70.7	54.7
9	Switzerland (SUI) René CARPE Nicolas PONSOT Rose CORENTIN	10	16.0	4	8.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	ocs	22.0	78.0	56.0
10	Germany (GER) Kaspar STUBENRAUCH Jorg SONNTAG Johannes ALVAREZ	6	11.7	11	17.0	11	17.0	9	15.0	8	14.0	74.7	57.7
11	Italy (ITA) Guido TOMMASI Claudio MAZZANTI Alessandro MAROLLI	7	13.0	ocs	22.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	dsq	22.0	83.0	61.0
12	Italy (ITA) Roberto CANESE Giuseppe D'AMATO Pierfrancesco CE	4	8.0	7	13.0	dsq	22.0	dns	22.0	dns	22.0	87.0	65.0
13	Austria (AUT) Ingo HOPFGARTNER Wolfgang JOEBSTL Hans KLINGAN	13	19.0	dnf	22.0	12	18.0	12	18.0	9	15.0	92.0	70.0
14	Germany (GER) Ekkehard SCHLICHTENHORST Joachim ZIMMERMANN Josef MERK	14	20.0	12	18.0	13	19.0	13	19.0	10	16.0	92.0	72.0
15	France (FRA) Tugdual JAOUEN Ollivier JAOUEN Ingwenog JAOUEN	dnc	22.0	dnc	22.0	dnc	22.0	dnc	22.0	dnc	22.0	110.0	88.0

• 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

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  Reinier Hubert REICH,
  Dr. Wolfgang OEHLER and
  Christian HEMMERICH
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  Anders NORDMAN,
  Robert SEGERCRANTZ and
  Johan HJELT
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  William BOREL,
  Yves DUCLOS-GRENET and
  Adrien BAUMELLE

References

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