Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Star

Star[1] at the Games of the X Olympiad
Line drawing of the Star
Venue	Los Angeles Harbor
Dates	First race: August 5, 1932 (1932-08-05) Last race: August 12, 1932 (1932-08-12)
Competitors	14 from 7 nations
Teams	7
Medalists
Gilbert Gray Andrew Libano   United States   George Colin Ratsey Peter Jaffe   Great Britain   Gunnar Asther Daniel Sundén-Cullberg   Sweden

Sailing at the  1932 Summer Olympics
Snowbird			Open
Star			Open
6 Metre			Open
8 Metre			Open

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics program in Los Angeles Harbor. Seven races were scheduled plus possible tie breakers. 14 sailors, on 7 boats, from 7 nation competed.^[2]

Race schedule^[1]

Course area and course configuration

The courses had been well prepared. The marks were laid by the United States Lighthouse Service in the form of large Government. Visiting yachts were kept at a safe distance from the racing boats by the US Coast Guard. Tows were arranged by the US Navy to and from Los Angeles Harbor to the race area. The Star sailed outside the breakwater.

1932 Olympic Course Areas and Course Configurations

Open street map view of the current map of Los Angeles. Projected are the 1932 Olympic courses of the Star (Blue Area).

Star course used during race 1 (8nm).

Star course used during race 2 & 5 (10nm).

Star course used during race 3 & 4 (8nm).

Star course used during race 6 & 7 (6nm).

Weather conditions ^[3]

The correct historic weather data for Los Angeles during the Star races can be obtained for about US$20.- at http://weather-warehouse.com/index.html.

Date	Race	Wind	Wind direction	Details
5-AUG-1932	1st Race	Heavy		Most Stars reef
6-AUG-1932	2nd Race	Light		Freshening to
7-AUG-1932	3rd Race	Fresh		Increased to 20 knots (10 m/s)
8-AUG-1932	4th Race	20 knots (10 m/s)
9-AUG-1932	5th Race	Light
10-AUG-1932	6th Race	Light		Freshening
11-AUG-1932	7th Race	Light
12-AUG-1932	8th Race	No data available

Final results^[1]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Race 8		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
01 !	United States	Gilbert Gray	Andrew Libano	Jupiter	1	7	3	5	1	7	1	7	1	7	2	6	1	7			46
02 !	Great Britain	George Colin Ratsey	Peter Jaffe	Joy	2	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	1	7	3	5			35
03 !	Sweden	Gunnar Asther	Daniel Sundén-Cullberg	Swedish Star	3	5	7	1	5	3	5	3	4	4	3	5	2	6	SOL	1	28
4	Canada	Harry Wylie	Henry Simmonds	Windor	5	3	5	3	2	6	2	6	6	2	4	4	5	3	DNS	0	27
5	France	Jean-Jacques Herbulot	Jean Peytel	Tramontane	DNF	0	2	6	3	5	3	5	2	6	DSQ	0	4	4			26
6	Netherlands	Bob Maas	Jan Maas	Holland	4	4	6	2	6	2	DNF	0	5	3	5	3	DNS	0			14
7	South Africa	Cecil Goodricke	Arent Van Soelen	Springbok	DNF	0	1	7	DNF	0	DNS	0	DNS	0	DNS	0	DNS	0			7

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1932 Summer Olympics

Notes

• For this event one yacht from each country, manned by 2 amateurs (maximum number of substitutes 2) was allowed.^[1]
• This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out to be a man's only event.

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1932 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the Star:

Star victors at the 1932 Olympic Games
Gilbert Gray Andrew Libano (USA)

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2015. 
• "Sailing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Mixed Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 May 2015. 
• "Los Angeles 1932". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 

References