page_title: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
section_title: Incidents
hierarchical_section_title: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics / Remarks / Incidents
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of 1996's Hurricane Bertha north of Hispaniola at peak intensity on July 9, 1996.
context_page_description: Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1996 consisted of a total of ten sailing classes. For each class, with the exception of the Soling, eleven races were scheduled from 22 July to 2 August 1996 off the coast of Savannah at the Wassaw Sound. For the Soling ten fleetraces were scheduled followed by a series of matchraces for the top 6 boats of the fleetrace result.
context_section_description: The Olympic sailing facility at Savannah was before the opening of the Olympic Games (10 July) within the Hurricane Bertha warning area. Tornados, Stars and Solings were moved to the Sheraton facility. The Day Marina and the Sheraton were evacuated; the evacuation was complete by 6 PM.
  On 27 July, a bomb exploded in Centennial Park in Atlanta, one person died, and 111 were injured, though the Games continued.
caption: Hurricane Bertha
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