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Ernest Cribb
Ernest Frank Cribb (August 4, 1885 – August 18, 1957) was a Canadians, Canadian sailing (sport), sailor who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he was a crew member of the Canadian boat ''Santa Maria'' which won the silver medal in the 8 metre class. He died in Vancouver. External linksErnest Cribb's profile at databaseOlympics 1885 births 1957 deaths Canadian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Sailors at the 1932 Summer Olympics – 8 Metre Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps. On water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is a regatta, which usually consists of multiple individual races, where the boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
