2008 Vintage Yachting Games – Soling
The Soling was an event on the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games program at the IJsselmeer, Netherlands. Six out of the seven scheduled race were completed. 36 sailors, on 12 boats, from 10 nations entered.
Rudy den Outer (l), Leo Determan (m) and Ronald den Arend (r)
Steven Bakker (l), Joost Houweling (m) and Dick Coster (r)
Holger Weichert (l), Laurent Scheel (m) and Martin Setzkorn (r)
Image: Soling NED 33 2008
2008 Vintage Yachting Games
The 2008 Vintage Yachting Games was the first post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event took place on the IJsselmeer of Medemblik, the Netherlands, from 20 September to 27 September 2008.
A total of 66 sailors in 47 boats from 17 countries showed up to compete in six Vintage Yachting Classes
Memory plaque at the Regatta Center
Organizing Committee 2008 Vintage Yachting Games
In Flying Dutchman: Szabolcs Majthenyi
In Dragon: Gordon Ingate