The

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was a sailing event on the

Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' ( land yacht) over a chosen co ...

program in

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. Seven races were scheduled. 61 sailors, on 13 boats, from 13 nations competed.

Race schedule

Course area and course configuration

For the 6 Metre the used courses were about 5 nm out of the locks, East of the Isle of

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on the

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. At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the

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. The sea water was salt or at best

brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

. Waves could be steep and short due to the shallow waters.

Weather conditions

Results

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

Final results

Daily standings

Notes

* For this event one yacht from each country, manned by 5 amateurs maximum (maximum number of substitutes 5) was allowed. * This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out to be a man's only event.

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

References

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6 Metre class sailing competitions