Ostend offers a fair condition for sailing on the North Sea.

However, in the case of the 1920 Summer Olympic regatta's the prevailing breeze did not show.

An unprecedented and unique Olympic situation happened with the races in the 12' Dinghy.

Source:[3] The Olympic Sailing event of 1920 was without any doubt the most strangest in history so far.

By doing this the 1920 Olympics acted as a test laboratory from which the IYRU could draw conclusion for the further development of the sport.