Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of the 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1908 was open for a total of five sailing classes (disciplines), but actually only four Sailing events were contested. The planned venue of all races, named matches, was Ryde, Isle of Wight.
The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics program in Ryde. Three races were scheduled. Each nation could enter up to 2 boats. 15 sailors, on 5 boats, from 4 nation competed.
The 7 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics program in Ryde. Three races were scheduled. Each nation could enter up to 2 boats. 5 sailors, on 2 boats, from 1 nation registered for competition.
The 8 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics program in Ryde. Three races were scheduled. Each nation could enter up to 2 boats. 26 sailors, on 5 boats, from 3 nation competed.
Sailing has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weather conditions. Apart from the 1904 Summer Olympics, sailing has been present in every edition of the Olympic Games.
The 12 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics program in Nynäshamn. Two races were scheduled plus eventual sail-off's. 27 sailors, on 3 boats, from 3 nations entered.
John Henry Downes was a Scottish sailor who competed for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
John Buchanan was a Scottish sailor who competed for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
John Symington Aspin was a Scottish businessman and sailor who competed for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club at Hunters Quay and represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Hunters Quay is a village, on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands. Situated between Kirn to the south and Ardnadam to the north, Hunters Quay is the main base of Western Ferries, operating between Hunters Quay and McInroy's Point.
Alfred Mylne (1872–1951) was a Scottish yacht designer, born in Glasgow. He founded A Mylne & Co. in 1896.
Albert Martin was a Scottish sailor and Olympic champion. He competed for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club at the 1908 Summer Olympics at Hunters Quay, and won a gold medal in the 12 metre class.
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps.
The Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club is a yacht club founded in Scotland in 1978, by merger of the Royal Northern Yacht Club and the Royal Clyde Yacht Club.
William Phythian Davidson was a British sailing competitor at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
J. Graham Kenion was a sailor from the Great Britain, who represented his native country at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Hunters Quay, Great Britain. Kenion was a crew member of the British boat Mouchette, which won the silver medal in the 12-metre class.
Charles R. MacIver was British sailing competitor at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Sources give his name as Charles Ronald MacIver, the son of Charles MacIver.
Charles Macleod-Robertson was British sailing competitor at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Sources also give his name as Colin McLeod Robertson.
John F. D. Spence was British sailing competitor at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Sources also give his name as James Fleming Drever Spence.
John McCullough Adam was a British sailing competitor at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
