Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Cercle de la Voile de Paris Bassin Olympique de Meulan Les Mureaux
Burgee of the Cercle de la Voile de Paris
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Club House
Address	30, quai Albert Glandaz
Town or city	78130 Les Mureaux
Country	France
Coordinates	49°00′1″N 1°54′54″E
Elevation	Sealevel
Completed	14 May 1894
Owner	Cercle de la Voile de Paris

Meulan was the venue for the Olympic regatta's in the French National Monotype. The host club for the 1924 Olympic Sailing at Meulan was the Cercle de la Voile de Paris. Like in 1900 the race conditions at Meulan during the Olympic regatta were not ideal. The light breeze during the first elimination series could hardly make the sailing interesting. When the wind picked up in the second series the conditions must have improved. During the first semi-final the wind came from South East. As a result, the yachts could sail most of the course without tacking or jibing, therefore not challenging the capabilities of the sailors. In the second semi-final however the wind shifted to East-North-East so that tacking was needed in the final legs of the laps.

La Société des Régates du Havre Le Havre
Burgee of the Société des Régates du Havre
General information
Status	Destroyed
Type	Club House
Location	Le Palais de la Société des Régates au Havre (The clubhouse) was used in 1914 and 1940 as British Army hospital. Bombed in 1940 and finally destroyed in 1942.[1]
Country	France
Coordinates	49°29′30″N 0°5′45″E
Elevation	Sealevel
Owner	La Société des Régates du Havre

Le Havre was the venue for the Olympic regattas for the 6 and 8 Metre. The host club for the 1924 Olympic Sailing at Le Havre was the Société des Régates du Havre. Due to the Easterly winds the courses at Le Havre were mostly reaches. As result sailing a windward leg was not really tested. This however was more or less custom for that time.

This was the first Olympic where just one boat per country per class was allowed.

After the enormous number of classes used during the Olympic sailing event of 1920 the International Yacht Racing Union decided that for 1924 just three classes would be used. The choice was made in favor of two Metre classes (6 and 8) and monotype (One Design) class.[2]

The 1924 Olympic classes
Class	Type	Venue	Event	Sailors	First OG	Olympics so far
French National Monotype	Dinghy	Meulan		1	1924	1
6 Metre	Keelboat	Le Havre		3	1908	4
8 Metre	Keelboat	Le Havre		5	1908	4
Legend: = Mixed gender event
The 1924 Olympic Classes in action French National Monotype 1924 6 Metre 8 Metre

During the sailing regattas at the 1924 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

•  Switzerland (SUI), one of the great 20th century's adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman, Ella Maillart
•  Belgium (BEL), three times Olympic medalist, Léon Huybrechts
•  France (FRA), the famous French aircraft manufacturer and engineer, Louis Breguet