The Essentials 

Information about London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sailing.

Where: Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, Dorset
When:

• Olympics - Racing from Sunday 29 July to Saturday 11 August
• Paralympics – Racing from Saturday 1 September to Thursday 6 September

Who:

• 16 sailors in 10 Olympic classes
• 6 sailors in 3 Paralympic classes

Olympic classes:

• Finn - single-handed heavyweight dinghy for men
• Laser - single-handed dinghy for men
• Laser Radial - single-handed dinghy for women
• 470 Men – double-handed dinghy for men
• 470 Women – double-handed dinghy for women
• 49er - double handed high performance twin trapeze dinghy for men or women
• Star- two-man keelboat.
• Elliott 6.0m - three-woman keelboat (women’s match racing)
• RS:X Men – windsurfer sailed by men using a 9.5m2  sail
• RS:X Women - windsurfer sailed by women using 8.5m2 sails

Paralympic classes:

• 2.4 Metre – one-person keelboat
• SKUD 18 – two-person keelboat
• Sonar – three-person keelboat

ISAF Documentation -

Olympic NOR (Notice of Race)

Olympic Sailing Instructions (SIs)

Paralympic NOR

Paralympic SIs

Olympic and Paralympic SI (Sailing Instructions)