[2] For each class races were scheduled from 2–9 August 1928 on the Buiten Y near Amsterdam and on the Zuiderzee.

The organizing committee of the sailing event was the Koninklijk Verbond Nederlandsche Watersport Vereniging.

The Six Harbor was in that time the location of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- & Roeivereeniging.

This resulted that all competing yachts had to go through the Oranje Locks to enter the Buiten Y and Zuiderzee.

A total of two race areas were used for sailing at the Amsterdam Olympics: At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea.