| | Event type
C-Class, Open
| Date | 29 August 1908 — 10:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Southampton Water, Southampton | |
| Participants | 5 from 1 countries | |
| Format | Five laps of a course of approximately 8 nautical miles for a total distance of 40 nautical miles. | |
This class was limited to motorboats from 6.5 to 8 metres in length, weighing not less than 800 kg. without fuel or crew, and with a total piston area not exceeding that of four cylinders, each of 106 mm. bore. This race was very close until the Sea Dog was forced to stop due to a “hot bearing.”
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gyrinus |  GBR | 2-28:26 | Gold | |||||
| Thomas Thornycroft • Bernard Redwood • John Field-Richards | |||||||||
| Sea Dog | GBR | – | |||||||
| Warwick Wright • Thomas Weston | |||||||||