The

Snowbird Snowbird is a common name for the dark-eyed junco (''Junco hyemalis''). Snowbird may also refer to: Places *Snowbird, Utah, an unincorporated area and associated ski resort *Snowbird Lake, a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada *Snowbird ...

was a sailing event on the

Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens Greece). With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The ...

program in Los Angeles Harbor. Eleven races were scheduled. 12 sailors, on 11 boats, from 11 nation competed.

Race schedule

Course area and course configuration

The courses had been well prepared. The marks were laid by the

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in the form of large Government. Visiting yachts were kept at a safe distance from the racing boats by the

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. Tows were arranged by the US Navy to and from Los Angeles Harbor to the race area. The Snowbird stayed inside the breakwater to protect them from the

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. Unfortunately no documentation is found about the course configuration(s) yet.

Weather conditions

Due to the normal afternoon sea breeze in Los Angeles Harbor it was decided to race the Snowbirds in the morning. However it turned out that in various morning there was no wind at all. This made it necessary to run the Snowbirds races in the afternoon in windy conditions. It also made id difficult for several sailors to sail the races in the Snowbird as well in one of the other classes.

Final results

Daily standings

Notes

* For this event one yacht from each country, crewed by 1 amateur maximum (maximum number of substitutes 1) was allowed. * This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out that only men participated.

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1932 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the Snowbird: After the finish of the last race, Maas seemed to have won the gold medal. His French opponent Jacques Baptiste Lebrun, however, successfully had a protest re-opened about an earlier penalty after the competition had ended, which moved him into first place, and put Maas back to second place.

References

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Snowbird (sailboat)