2008 Olympic Sailing Competition - Venue

The venue for the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Competitions is Qingdao. Racing will take place on Jiangquan Bay, Fushan Bay and outside of Damai Island

The 2008 Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOCOG) has implemented a full programme of development of the area, which was previously the North-sea Shipyard. The following images detail the development programme with building progress and the projected final view.

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	A general view of Qingdao, highlighting the area that will be converted into the competition venue.
	Map of the competition venue site, indicating specific areas to be used for the venue and the two harbour areas. Harbour 1 will be used for competitors and harbour 2 for officials, media boats and spectator boats.
	Harbour and Offshore Engineering Projects Phase I: start 28 April 2004 - Finish 28 April 2004 Phase II: Start 26 May 2005 - Finish 31 December 2005 Phase III: Start 19 July 2004 - Finish: 31 December 2005 Phase IV: Start 1 August 2005 - Finish March 2005
	Clearance of the North-sea Shipyard was completed on 30 June 2004.
	Building progress as at January 2005
	Land Engineering Projects: Phase I - Start: 30 July 2004 - Finish: 31 December 2004 Phase II - Start 13 August 2004 - Finish: 30 June 2006 Phase III - Start 3 December 2004 - Finish: 30 June 2006
	Aerial impression of how the venue will look when completed.