1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

YACHT RACING.GENERAL REGULATIONS.1. At the request of the Swedish Olympic Committee, the Olympic Yacht Raceswill be organized by the Royal Swedish Yacht Club. The management willbe in the hands of the Sailing Committee of the Club.2. The helmsman and every member of the crew of a yacht competing in theOlympic yacht races, must be an amateur.3. Every member of a recognized sailing club is an amateur, who has nevercarried on yacht sailing as a profession, nor, during the last five years, hasfollowed other sailing as a trade.4. Yachts and crews competing in the Olympic Yacht Races must be selectedand entered by such National Authority as defined in the rules of the InternationalYacht Racing Union, or, where no such authority exists, by the OlympicCommittee of that nation.5. The amateur status of every competitor must be guaranteed by the NationalAuthority, or, where no such authority exists, by the Olympic Committee ofthat nation.6.7.Only two (2) yachts from every nation can be entered for each class.A “nation” in the Olympic sense, is any country having such National Authorityas defined in the rules of the International Yacht Racing Union, or havingseparate representation on the International Olympic Committee, or, where nosuch representation exists, any country recognized as a “nation” at the lastOlympic Games, and, further, any sovereign state, not forming part of astates-union, as well as any states-union under one and the same sovereignjurisdiction.Natural-born or naturalized subjects of a “nation” or of a sovereign state,of which a “nation” forms part, are alone eligible to represent that “nation”at the Olympic Yacht Races.8. In each class there will be 2 ordinary races, with the following method of scoring:9.10.11.12.1:st place2:nd place3:rd placepointspointspointShould two or more yachts in any class tie under these conditions, they shallre-sail, as stated in the accompanying table.The Olympic yacht races are arranged for the 6-, 8-, 10- and 12-Metreinternational R. classes.The Olympic yacht races will be sailed under the racing rules of the InternationalYacht Racing Union, with the additions made in this notice.The following prizes will be awarded in each class:I:st prize: Gold Olympic Medal to the helmsman, and silver-gilt OlympicMedal to every member of the crew.2:nd prize: Silver Olympic Medal to the helmsman and every member ofthe crew.3:rd prize: Bronze Olympic Medal to the helmsman and every memberof the crew.In addition to this, the Commemorative Plaque of the Royal Swedish YachtClub will be presented to the owner of every prize-winning yacht.In the 12-metre class, a Gold Olympic Medal will be presented to the mateor leading hand of the winning yacht, instead of the silver-gilt Olympic Medal,and, in the 6-metre class, the Challenge Cup of the French Governmentwill be awarded to the owner of the winning yacht.1097