2016 Vintage Yachting Games
| Edition | 3rd |
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| Venue |
Copenhagen,  Denmark
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| Host | Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub and the Hellerup Sejlklub |
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| Classes | |
| Dinghies |
Europe  , Europe  ,O-Jolle, 12m² Sharpie, Flying Dutchman |
| Keelboats | Tempest, Soling, Dragon, 5.5 Metre |
| VIP race | 12' Dinghy |
| Candidate classes | Star, Tornado and former Olympic Metre classes |
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← 2012
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The 2018 Vintage Yachting Games would be the 3rd post-Olympic multi-class sailing event for discontinued Olympic classes. The event was originally planned to be held at Weymouth Bay in Dorset, Great Britain for 2016. However, early 2015 the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy returned the right to organize the event. After a new selection procedure the Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub and the Hellerup Sejlklub, Copenhagen, Denmark were selected to host the third edition. Since it was not possible to find a periode in 2016 were the Vintage Classes and the host club without overlapping events the third edition was postponed to 2018. The Vintage Yachting Games Organization (VYGO) will govern the organization.
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:
During the bidding process this group extended with:
By the end of the process two candidates host clubs were left:
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.
When the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy withdraw from the event a second bidding process was started. Bids arrived from four countries:
The classes than had the possibilitie 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 bonus point system was used over the eight voting classes (no discard)
1 Denmark 10 points
2 
Austria 47.7 points
3 
Germany 53.4 points
4 
Italy 64.4 points
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