TOKYO, Japan – Stu McNay '05 sets sail on his fourth Olympic Games on Wednesday, July 28, when the 470 men's racing begins at Enoshima Yacht Harbour.

The sailing events will be held south of Tokyo in the city of Enoshima, the same sailing venue utilized during the 1964 Summer Games. Fifteen athletes will represent the United States of America in 10 Olympic classes, including McNay in the 470.

Each event consists of a series of races. Points in each race are awarded according to position: the winner gets one point, the second-place finisher scores two and so on. The final race is called the medal race, for which points are doubled. Following the medal race, the individual or crew with the fewest total points is declared the winner.
 
During races, boats navigate a course shaped like an enormous trapezoid, heading for the finish line. They must pass marker buoys a certain number of times in a predetermined order.

The former Yale All-American competes for three straight days in series events, takes a day off and then has two days (Aug. 1 and 2) of final series racing to qualify for the medal race on Aug. 4.
  
McNay finished fourth at Rio in 2016, while also racing at Beijing in 2008 (13^th place) and at the London 2012 (14^th) Games.

A dozen Yale sailors have competed in the Olympics since Luis Aguilar '57 navigated Tokyo's Sagami Bay during Japan's 1964 Games. However, only McNay has sailed in three different Games, and he will become the school's fifth athlete in any sport to participate in four Olympics.

To see some of the action and get results, click HERE. Just remember Japan is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Time.