Venue
| Former Olympic Harbor Buiten Y | |
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| Coordinates: 52°22′41″N 4°59′31″E / 52.37806°N 4.99194°E / 52.37806; 4.99194 | |
As venue for the Amsterdam Olympics the South Westerly part of the Zuiderzee was chosen. The Olympic harbor was just five kilometers outside the city center near the village of Durgerdam. For the 12' Dinghy courses could be used just outside the Olympic harbor on the Buiten Y. For the 6 and 8 Metre courses were used about 5 nm out of the harbor, East of the Isle of Marken.
At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish. Waves could be steep and short due to the shallow waters.
In 1932 a dam was built between the North Sea and the Zuiderzee and the Zuiderzee was called IJsselmeer. As result of this the lake contains fresh water. Inside the lake new land was reclaimed. At this moment the center of the 1928 6 and 8 Metre course is located in the city of Almere. Also the city of Amsterdam reclaimed land from the sea and moved towards the lake. When the sailors from the 1928 Summer Olympics could return to their venue they would hardly recognize it.
Read more about this topic: Sailing At The 1928 Summer Olympics