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Olympics Sailing
Also known as yachting, sailing is one of the sports played at the Olympic Games since the Games of the I Olympiad in Greece in 1896. Except from the 1904 Summer Olympics, sailing has been part in every other edition of the Olympic Games.
13 Questions
How many countries in the olympic games sailing?
In the 2012 Olympics, the sailing will be at Weymouth. Lucky I'm about 10 mins walk from the beach :)
What is the minimum age to compete in Olympic sailing?
That depends on how much wind there is and the class, a 49er will do a much larger course in strong winds than in light winds, and a 49er will do a larger course than a Laser simply because the 49er is faster.
Also, it does depend on the race committee because some are known to set huge courses and some smaller, for more intense racing.
There is no set course distance for olympic sailing
How many gold medals has Ben Ainslie won?
Rower Matthew Pinsent of Great Britain has won 4 Olympic gold medals, two in coxless pairs at the 1992 Games in Barcelona and the 1996 Games in Atlanta and two in coxless fours at the 2000 Games in Sydney and the 2004 Games in Athens.
What is the difference between olympic boxing and professional boxing?
in Olympic boxing you were a head guard in professional boxing you dont
What country has the Most olympic medals in sailing?
Great Britain is the most successful Oylimpic Sailing nation with (upto and including 2008) 28 Gold, 15 Silver and 12 Bronze medals since sailing was introduced in the 1900 Paris Oylimpics.
The USA comes in 2nd with 20 Gold, 24 Silver and 17 Bronze. Norway come 3rd with 17 Gold, 11 Silver and 4 Bronze. However Norways recent performance has been poor, not winning any medals in Beijing 2008 and only 1 Gold in Athens 2004.
Name of single handed olympic sailing dinghy?
single handed sailing classes: laser or Finn (strictly a keelboat)
Who won 4 gold at 2008 Olympics in sailing?
Great Britain was the only country to win 4 gold medals at the 2008 Games:
1) Paul Goodison - men's laser class
2) Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson - men's star class
3) Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson - women's yngling class
4) Ben Ainslie - open Finn class
How do you treat a burn with a first aid kit?
With any first aid situation, assess the scene make sure it is safe. Then start the primary survey as follows...
ABC's:
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Firstly, run the burn under cool water for 15 minutes. Do not put ice on it, for it may cause tissue damage.
In the first aid kit, (or some of them anyways) you will find dressing specifically for burns. Never use gauze, or toilet paper. This will stick to the burn. You may want to wet the bandages or dressings before applying. Apply securely on the burn, call for medical help.
Put a very cold ice bag or cold cloth over the burn(s) and have the person rest for a few hours. Put some Aquaphor (petroleum jelly) AROUND the wound to soothe it.
Alternate Advice (A little gruesome for the squeamish, but it's a gruesome topic...if easily upset stop reading NOW.)
Use COOL sterile water, not ice bags, to gently flush the burn, to literally bring the temperature of the burned area down so the physical burning stops. Just like a steak will continue to cook from residual heat when taken off a BBQ grill, so will your flesh if the burn is from heat such as a flame. Then LIGHTLY put sterile dressing gently over the burn, to help shield the burn area from air flow, which can causes additional pain. In extreme cases you might pour some sterilized water over the sterile dressing for partial temporary pain release (to some minor degree. ) Seek medical attention as soon as possible.
Do NOT use "a very cold" ice bag: You can actually cause MORE damage to the area by 'freezing' it, and accidently causing frostbite on top of your burn.
Keep all additives such as petroleum jelly or butter away from the burnt area. In the case of a severe burn, hospital personnel will have to remove any foreign matter from the burn area to help prevent infection. If you have put petroleum jelly (or butter!) onto the burnt area, this may cause much additional pain as the medical professionals later need to scrub the area to remove the ointments! This is also why you only lightly cover the burn area...putting a tight bandage on will only increase the pain when medical professionals have to remove it to further render treatment.
Note medical advice has changed in this matter over the years. When growing up in the 50's I had a red cross first aid book that recommended putting butter directly on a burn area to "sooth" it. By the 70's when i attended multiple first aid training classes, the newer releases of the same red cross first aid book strongly advised AGAINST putting any ointment (petroleum jelly, butter, other) on a burn.
If your burn is just reddening or minor blisters, you may be ok treating it yourself. If you have broken blisters or actually burnt skin, you really need to seek professional treatment as quickly as possible!
I have put this advice to personal use: I suffered small surface 2nd degree burns on my hands while winter camping in the middle of Nevada desert when a lit stove fell and by instinct I reached out to grab it. (Not the best of instinctive reactions!)(I was in the Humboldt Sink, hours from Fallon and the nearest hospital.) Following the advice listed above got me through the process without any downstream complications...I was lucky, but I also knew enough NOT to use "ice" or "salves", and to only loosely cover the area and not tightly bandage it. Admittedly my burns were 2nd degree on only a few square inches of skin on 3 fingers. (It still hurt like hell.)
How many people can sail in a Olympic sailing boat?
possibly 2-4 people at a time in a boat,maby more.
