Remarks
- This Olympic sailing event was gender independent, but only two women, Frances Rivett-Carnac in the 7 Metre, and the Duchess of Westminster as extra on her 8 Metre, participated. The duchess of Westminster also distributed the diplomas of special merit to the competitors of the other Olympic sports on July, 25 1908.
- The matches at Ryde were held in light air conditions.
- All members of a team had to be a citizen of the country they represent. However the boats used did not have to be built in the same country that the team was representing since the Olympic games are considered a test of skills and handling for the team and not a test of the yacht. This in contrast with the matches for the America's cup of that time.
- A second 7 Metre yacht was entered under command of Capt. Sloan Stanley but failed to make it to the starting line.
- At the end of the official report the following suggestion was made:
It has been suggested that in the yacht racing of future Olympic Games it might be better to select a fleet of “one-design” boats in the waters where the Games are held, and let all the crews entered draw lots for them every day, with the proviso that no crew should have the same boat twice.
Sailing had to wait until 1920 before the first “one-design” class was selected for the Games.
Read more about this topic: Sailing At The 1908 Summer Olympics
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