The Beijing Olympics are now well underway. In Qingdao, venue for the sailing events, the first classes to race were the Finn and Yngling.

The BBC is showing live sailing during the Beijing Olympics and a recorded highlights package later in the day. The Olympic regatta in Qingdao runs from Saturday 9 to Thursday 21 August. To catch the live action on BBC Interactive, click your red button and you'll have Richard Simmons and Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson guiding you through each tack and gybe. There's a highlights package of at least 30 minutes on BBC1 every morning, and an hour of the day's Olympic highlights on BBC1 from 1900-2000. See a full schedule on the BBC website

Mon 18 day 10: BBC1 0900-0930/Int 0600-1200/Int repeat 1915-2215
Tuesday 19 day 11: BBC1 0900-0930/Int 0600-1100/Int repeat 2000-2300
Wednesday 20 day 12: BBC1 (slot between 0900-1200)/Int 0600-1200/
Int repeat 1700-2115
Thurs 20 day 13: BBC1 0900-1000/Int 0600-1215/Int repeat 1930-2215

(Int=BBC Interactive)
Yachting Monthly, 8 August 2008