Olympics Sailing - The Complete SCHEDULE

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With the Olympics around the corner...and a plethora of events - it seems impossible to live without a CORRECT Schedule.


The fabulous Olympic Sailing Center standing in all it's Glory - it is likely to be the hub of furious activity.

A certain Olympic Race Format is adhered to in order to make sure that all the nations get fair competition and the winner is the best man or woman or team.


OLYMPIC SAIL-BOAT CLASSES

This time around, there are 8 classes for which races will be held.

1) 470 (Men/ Women)

2) 49ER

3) FINN

4) LASER (Men/ Women)

5) RS (Men/ Women)

6) STAR MEN

7) TORNADO

8) YNGLING


OLYMPIC SAILING SCHEDULE

9 August 2008, Saturday

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 01

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 01

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 02

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 02


10 August 2008, Sunday

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 01

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 03

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 03

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 02

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 04

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 04

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 03


11 August 2008, Monday

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 01

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 01

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 04

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 01

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 01

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 05

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 05

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 02

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 02

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 05

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 02

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 02

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 06

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 06

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 06


12 August 2008, Tuesday

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 01

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 01

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 03

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 03

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 03

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 03

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 02

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 02

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 04

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 04

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 04

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 04


13 August 2008, Wednesday

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 05

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 05

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 07

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 03

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 03

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 07

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 07

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 06

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 06

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 08

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 04

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 04

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 08

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 08

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 09


14 August 2008, Thursday

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 10

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 05

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 05

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 05

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 05

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 09

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 09

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 11

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 06

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 06

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 06

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 06

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 10

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 10

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 12


15 August 2008, Friday

Multihull - Tornado - Race 01

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 01

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 13

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 07

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 07

Multihull - Tornado - Race 02

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 02

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 14

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 08

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 08

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 15


16 August 2008, Saturday

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn - Race 11(Medal Race)

Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn Medal Ceremony

Women's Keelboat Yngling - Race 11(Medal Race)

Women's Keelboat Yngling Medal Ceremony

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 07

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 07

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 07

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 07

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 09

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 09

Multihull - Tornado - Race 03

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 03

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 08

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 08

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 08

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 08

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 10

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 10

Multihull - Tornado - Race 04

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 04


17 August 2008, Sunday

Skiff Dinghy-49er - Race 16(Medal Race)

Skiff Dinghy-49er Medal Ceremony

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 09

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 09

Multihull - Tornado - Race 05

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 05

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 10

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 10

Multihull - Tornado - Race 06

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 06


18 August 2008, Monday

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 11(Medal Race)

Men's Two Person Dinghy-470 Medal Ceremony

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 - Race 11(Medal Race)

Women's Two Person Dinghy-470 Medal Ceremony

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 09

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 09

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 10

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 10


19 August 2008, Tuesday

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser - Race 11 (Medal Race)

Men's One Person Dinghy-Laser Medal Ceremony

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial - Race 11(Medal Race)

Women's One Person Dinghy-Laser Radial Medal Ceremony

Multihull - Tornado - Race 07

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 07

Multihull - Tornado - Race 08

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 08


20 August 2008, Wednesday

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 11(Medal Race)

Men's Windsurfer -RS:X Medal Ceremony

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X - Race 11(Medal Race)

Women's Windsurfer -RS:X Medal Ceremony

Multihull - Tornado - Race 09

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 09

Multihull - Tornado - Race 10

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 10


21 August 2008, Thursday

Multihull - Tornado - Race 11(Medal Race)

Multihull - Tornado Medal Ceremony

Men's Keelboat - Star - Race 11(Medal Race)

Men's Keelboat - Star Medal Ceremony


OLYMPICS SAILING - RACE FORMAT

All events, with the exception of the 49er, are scheduled to sail 11 races. The 49er event is scheduled to sail 16 races. For each event the regatta will consist of an opening series and a medal race. The medal race will be scheduled on the day designated for each event's medal ceremony, if by that day six races of the full schedule have already been completed.


The top ten boats in the opening series will advance to compete in the medal race. All advanced boats will be required to compete in the medal race. On-the-water umpiring will be used in the medal race.

A race course will extend from the start line to the finish line via a series of marks, around which the boats must sail. Some courses may include multiple rounding of the same mark. The courses to be sailed will be detailed in the Sailing Instructions.

The boats will have four minutes after the start to cross the start line, or else they will be recorded as "did not start" (DNS). Boats that are on the course side of the start line at the starting signal and do not return and re-cross the start line will be noted as "on course side" (OCS) and will be disqualified.

There will be one discard for the series scores but the medal race shall not be discarded.

Competitors will carry their opening series scores (i.e. total of race scores after discard) to the medal race.

Race scores for the medal race will be doubled (i.e. 2 points for the first place, 4 points for the second place, and so on) and added to the opening series scores.

If the total scores of any series tie after the medal race, it will be broken in favor of the boat finishing higher in the medal race. If the medal race is not completed, medals will be awarded based on the series scores for all the prior races (in the normal way).

After each day's racing there is a protest period, in which the sailors or officials may lodge protests. After this period, the protests will be adjudicated in a series of hearings conducted by the International Jury. Protests may result in scores being adjusted by disqualification (DSQ) or redress (RDG).
(SOURCE)

OLYMPIC SAILING CENTER

The Qingdao International Sailing Center for the Games of the 29th Olympiad is located on the old site of the Beihai shipyard by Qingdao's Fushan Bay in China's Shangdong Province. The Center will cover a total area of 45 hectares (450,000 sq.m.), two thirds of which will be utilised for the competitions.


The whole project is comprised of the Land Area, and the Harbor and the Off-shore Section. The projects on land will provide the administration and competition management center, the athletes' center, the press center, the logistic and functional center, and other affiliated facilities as well. The Harbor and Off-Shore parts will focus on the engineering of the major and secondary breakwater, an embankment, a quay featuring the Olympic Memorial Wall, and the renovation of the shore wall.(SOURCE)

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