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But of the 20 plus nations involved in the sport keep an eye out for Argentina, The Cook Islands, Uzbekistan and Lebanon. At Olympic leven the sport features various craft ranging from dinghies and keelboats to windsurfing boards. Great Britain has won the most gold medals in Sailing with the United States a close second overall.

Norway, Spain and France are particlularly strong with New Zealand and Australia certainly making waves. Britain has was five straight medals in the one person dinghy event with Croatia fielding a gold medal-winning team at the Rio Games. Each event is a series of races with points awarded according to position. The winner gets one point, the runner up two, and so on. The final race is called the medal race, with double points at stake. The individual or crew with the fewest total points is the eventual winner.

Each boat must pass marker buoys a certain number of times and in a predetermined order. Racing will take place between Sunday the 26 th of July and Wednesday the 5 th of August between and hours. The IOC wants to have the best athletes, and the widest geographic representation at a place where everyone will want to hang out.

California will come to Japan for sure. Four athletes will compete at any one time. Because a sailboat can't sail directly into the wind, teams sail on starboard tack boat at left or port tack right and zig zag their way upwind.

Lightweight skiffs such as the 49er shown also zig zag when sailing with the wind e. The Finn Dinghy is typically sailed by a tall, heavy sailor with the strength and skills to manage a large sail and heavy boat.

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