1-2 Ton Race One, Open

After a break of one day after the opening Concours d’Honneur, the Olympic regatta continued, with the first races for the less than ½ ton, 1-2 tons, and 2-3 tons classes. As was the case with the Concours d’Honneur, the competing yachts in these three events engaged in what was effectively a mass-start, with only a brief interval between the starting time for each yacht.

Eight yachts started Race One of the 1-2 ton class, over a course of 19 km, which consisted of one long and two short rounds. A maximum of four crew members were allowed. The winner was the only foreign yacht, the “Lérina” from Switzerland. The crew consisted of the Count and Countess de Pourtalès and their nephew Bernard. At the helm of the second placed boat “Marthe” was François Vilamitjana, a French sailor of Spanish descent. While the distance between the first and second placed yachts was only two minutes, the third placed “Nina Claire” – also from France – was more than nine minutes behind “Marthe.”

Prizes for both races in this class were as follows: 1st – 600 francs; 2nd – 400 francs; 3rd – 250 francs; 4th – 100 francs; and 5th – 50 francs.