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The O-Jolle was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics program in Firth of Kiel. Seven races were scheduled. 25 sailors, on 25 boats, from 25 nation competed.

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 O-Jolle stayed inside the breakwater to protect them from the ocean swell. Unfortunately no documentation is found about the course configuration(s) yet.

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

Due to the normal afternoon sea breeze in Los Angeles Harbor it was decided to race the O-Jolles in the morning. However it turned out that in various morning there was no wind at all. This made it necessary to run the O-Jolles races in the afternoon in windy conditions. It also made id difficult for several sailors to sail the races in the O-Jolle as well in one of the other classes.

Other information
During the Sailing regattas at the 1936 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the O-Jolle:

After the finish of the last race, Maas seemed to have won the gold medal. His French opponent Jacques Baptiste Lebrun, however, successfully had a protest re-opened about an earlier penalty after the competition had ended, which moved him into first place, and put Maas back to second place.