Sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics Seine near Meulan. For the larger yachts an Olympic regatta was held at Le Havre. During the Olympic regattas of the Exposition Universelle of 1900 there were more than 100 yachts racing from Paris, Rouen, Cannes, Nantes and Arcachon and yachts from England, Germany, the United States and Holland. The Bassin Olympique was the river Seine near the that served as the Olympic harbor. The race conditions at Meulan during the Olympic regatta were not ideal. A light breeze could hardly make the sailing interesting. Since the river Seine mainly runs from east to west, the light north-easterly breeze was
Course of the Willamette River the river, the main channel flows north by Sauvie Island, which is on the left and marine terminals and industrial areas, which are on the right. About from the mouth, the Columbia Slough enters from the right. Kelley Point Park is to the right at the confluence of the Willamette and the Columbia, about from the larger river's mouth on the Pacific Ocean. The elevation at the mouth is about above sea level. The reaches of the river below Willamette Falls are influenced by tidal effects from the Columbia River. Over its entire course, the main stem of the Willamette