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ColH
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Topic: Sailors or just Monkeys...? Posted: 08 Jun 17 at 7:59pm |
No disrespect to the irrefutable athleticism, but it seems that only half the crew has any need to know the first thing about sailing.....? (And I mean more than just knowing when to run from one pit to the other).
In the monohull days, didn't every crew-member need to be able to trim a sail, set a spinnaker pole height, etc? |
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 17 at 8:22pm |
Wow, no beating about the bush.
I would imagine they are all sailors, motivation reasons alone, who would want to sit in those tight spaces and not know why.
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ColH
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 17 at 8:30pm |
Lol, I was pushed for time!
I think they're not all sailors. Doesn't someone - TNZ, I guess - have someone who is just an Olympic cyclist? (Sure, a medal winner, but not a sailor). If it was just for hydraulic pressure, then you could slap a diesel engine in the boat and save more weight than those hefty buggers?! Like I say, they sure are Fit As, I just wonder if it ultimately adds to the sailing competition.... :) |
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 17 at 8:56pm |
Nope. The Australian team that won the cup in '83, for instance, had a couple of Olympic rowers in the squad as winch grinders. |
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ColH
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jun 17 at 9:04pm |
Awww, ok - I stand corrected!
Still stand by my general point though - but maybe I've not sailed big enough boats. (Any chance there's a J-Class out there that's needing me to fly out and help them out next week....?) |
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NickA
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jun 17 at 8:18pm |
I think in the Oracle vs Alinghi Americas Cup (in those huge dissimilar multi-hulls) they did have engines to power the hydraulics. Got banned in the next iteration. But, yes, why employ sailors ..Ben should have got Brad, Froomy and Garaint Evans on exercise bikes places along the centre line, then done the rest himself by flicking switches. ;¬) Bring back ropes?
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jun 17 at 7:23am |
Never heard the term rail meat? Big guys to hold the boat flat upwind, who often had no idea how to do anything else, but enjoyed the post sail beer as much as anyone, probably more!
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jun 17 at 9:46am |
wow , a few derogatory terms in this topic
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ColH
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jun 17 at 2:34pm |
Oops yeah -no offence meant by my choice of topic title. Like I say, I have huge admiration for the supreme fitness levels |
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jun 17 at 3:32pm |
FD Gorilla, always raises a grin.
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