Events for 2012...

RIP Olympic Tornado 1976 -2007 
Well at least the cat sailors still get to experience this feeling....

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hurricane Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 15 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1047	Post Options Post Reply Quote hurricane Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Events for 2012... Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 5:17pm
	RIP Olympic Tornado 1976 -2007 Well at least the cat sailors still get to experience this feeling.... Edited by hurricane
	lifes to short to sail slow boats! RIP Olympic Tornado 1976-2007

gbr1579 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 23 Aug 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote gbr1579 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 5:16pm
	shame no womans skiff, the men have one so why not the girls. also the multihul going out is silly, its one of the best to watch!!

Worthy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 511	Post Options Post Reply Quote Worthy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 4:47pm
	France voted against the multihull !?!?!?! Now that surprises me!!!!

furtive Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 30 Mar 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 189	Post Options Post Reply Quote furtive Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 4:44pm
	A bit more detail (from the International Tornado Association): The ISAF Council meeting began with a discussion of the recommended Events Committee slate which included Multihull Open (Event). However, it did not include a Keelboat event for either Men or Women. Primarily because of this, the Events Committee slate of events narrowly missed receiving a majority: the vote was 16 In Favor, 19 Against, 1 Abstain The Council then started over again, and voted for 6 Events for Men/Open & 4 Events for Women. 6 & 4 passed easily: the vote was 29 In Favor, 7 Against, 0 Abstain The Council then voted on the Events that they wanted. Both Keelboats were voted in. The Multihull and one of the 2 person Womens dinghies were voted out. Notes on the Council Discussion: Chris Atkins (GBR) was very strongly in favor of the Events Committee slate (which included a Multihull(Open) Event Eric Tulla (PUR) was strongly in favor of the lasers, simple dinghies, and multihulls that are widely used by youth in his region. Charlie Cook (USA) was strongly in favor of the Keelboats and a proponent of dropping the multihull. John Cribbin (IRL) was strongly in favor of the Keelboats and strongly opposed to any 'Open' event. Theresa Lara (VEN) strong support for Chris Atkins’ position Spain, France, & Russia also supported multihulls. France and Russia voted against the Events Committee slate because they wanted keelboats to be added.

Stuart O Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 22 Jul 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 514	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stuart O Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 3:50pm
	And ultimately they are to blame. However my point is that ISAF have these committees of experts, who put forward their recommendations after hours of debating, then totally disregard them. The experts put forward 2 options so all that really the committee had to do was choose between the 2 options.

kanga Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 09 Oct 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 248	Post Options Post Reply Quote kanga Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 3:05pm
	there was never going to be a solution to make everyone happy - you could blame the IOC for only allowing 10 events.

Stuart O Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 22 Jul 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 514	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stuart O Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 3:01pm
	One really has to ask is ISAF for or against sailing and why they are wasting so much money in Estoril and other places having committee meetings and then ignoring what those committees endorse?

kanga Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 09 Oct 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 248	Post Options Post Reply Quote kanga Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 2:41pm
	the thing about mens match racing is that, the america's cup, because of its prestige and long standing reputation will always outshine the olympic men's match racing, and the olympics is supposed to represent the highest accolade in those chosen sports (hence why tennis olympics seems so weird! and football!)

lazy mavis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 13 Apr 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote lazy mavis Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 2:40pm
	that really sucks what a load of sh*t
	whatever

elmo Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 31 May 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Post Options Post Reply Quote elmo Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 07 at 2:37pm
	I am really disappointed there is no womens skiff. It seems unbalanced having match racing for women but not for men, its like they think that we can't handle it. OK there aren't that many womens skiff helms around at the mometn but I am sure numbers would increase if we got a suitable boat, which probably wont appear now there is no olympic push.