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Jamie600
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Topic: Lasers Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 7:56pm |
Equipment advantage was probably the wrong thing to say, what I meant was Ben would have developed the rig to suit his sailing style and had a choice of boat to take, which would have contributed in an admittedly small way to his success, compared to the Lasers which cannot do any rig or boat development as part of their campaign |
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Lukepiewalker
Really should get out more Joined: 24 May 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1340 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 8:47pm |
Apparently, he ended up using the same hull as last time. His light wind sail would have been a special job, but I suspect the one he used in the medal race not so far off the off the shelf stuff from North, certainly looked like a 'normal' Technora cloth.
He uses Wilke masts, so while off the shelf isn't quite the right word as the bend would be tailored to requirements, still a publicly available (if not so cheap) mast. Edited by Lukepiewalker |
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Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard"
Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 9:29pm |
Surely they all had the equipment developed to suit their own sailing styles, so no actual advantage, just no disadvantage. In the conditions they have had, it must have been 99.5% down to the sailor.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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getafix
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 7:22am |
who cares who used what? no one will remember this stuff, trends come and go
... oh..............and Goodison just won gold!! that, and the fact Ben also won in his class, will be remembered for some time and certainly long after who used what sail/mast combo! |
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Feeling sorry for vegans since it became the latest fad to claim you are one
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laser4000
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 8:46am |
Nice one Goody!
Come on the windsurfers! Edited by laser4000 |
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Jon Emmett
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 11:14am |
There is going to be a big party in Weymouth !!!!!!
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Laser 173312
Far too distracted from work Joined: 08 May 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 416 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 11:49am |
Is that an inviatation for all members of the Y & Y comunity?
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Jon Emmett
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 11:57am |
alstorer
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Aug 08 at 8:57pm |
Watching the race again on iPlayer- I'm surely not the only one deeply disturbed by the Slovenian's speedoes?
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Aug 08 at 11:06pm |
just imagine what he wears on the beach...
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