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Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling

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Competitors
  
30 from 15 nations

Start date
  
2008

Teams
  
15 boats

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Dates
  
First race: August 9, 2008 (2008-08-09) Last race: August 17, 2008 (2008-08-17)

Location
  
Qingdao International Sailing Centre, Qingdao, China

Venue
  
Qingdao International Sailing Centre

The Women's Yngling was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only nine races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.

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Course areas and course configurations

For the Yngling course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

Outer courses

  • O1: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
  • O2: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
  • O3: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish

    • Inner courses

  • I1: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
  • I2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
  • I3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish

    • Windward-leeward courses

  • W2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
  • W3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
  • W4: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish

    • Weather conditions

    In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.

    Final results

    Legend: DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
    QUA     – Qualified for next phase;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

    References

    Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling Wikipedia
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