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    Posted: 13 May 08 at 8:11am
It's all enough to make me want to take up knitting.....at least the ISAF muppets aren't in charge of that!
I 'm not sure what erks me the most,  the decision itself or the  mismanagement  by such a flawed organisation which blindly led us to where we now find ourselves. Knit one ,pearl one, bu**er dropped another one.
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well which class could have been dropped without a discipline? the only answer to that is men's single hander, since there are two - lightweight and heavyweight.................hmmm. i think debating is no longer going to resolve anything, but now as sport, we need to focus on making 2012 as good as it can be, so in 2016 we get a larger quota of athletes again. we need media, worldwide participation and interest, and positive response from the publc now.
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kanga i think you have missed the point slightly one discipline has been dropped but it didnt have to. The ioc needed one less event/class not discipline theres a big difference.

 I agree with with catsrule, 2012 could have been a hell of a lot better.

I thought the whole point of the olympics was to attract people to take part in sport so what do they do take out one of the most exciting boats/discipline there is and leave in some of the dullest. If any one thinks that will attract people to start sailing then they must be as stupid as the muppets that run isaf.
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Yes for sure Catsrule, and I am sure a lot of people who potentially could've missed out would have the same view about their discipline.

'A hell of a lot better' is a matter of opinion.
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Originally posted by kanga

I am not saying its easy to swallow, having your event thrown out, I am completly impartial here, but as the ISAF President said himself - no event is in or out the Olympic Games forever. If you want something really bad, you can find another way of achieving it - thats probably what the women skiff sailors will do - they'll sail a radial, a 470 or a match racing boat. There is a 60:40 split between men's and women's now.

Controversial comments I know, however, we now have to look forward to potentially the best regatta ever sailed on British waters. It will be historic.

Sadly Kanga it is not that easy just jump out of the multihull and start dinghy sailing. Cat sailing is my life, its my passion, my dream is to go to the olympics, in a cat, not in a dinghy, i love the thrill of powering downwind, kite up, flying a hull crew on the wire, it wouldn't be the same on a dinghy. I'm determined to get to the olympics in a cat.

Yes the 2012 olympics will be good but they could be a hell of alot better  
There's no such thing as bad day on the water!!
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Once again, the Irish had to be vocal

Others who spoke were: John Crebbin (IRL) who was strongly against; Theresa Zabell (alternate for ESP) who did not agree with the November decision but did not agree with changing a decision; Harry Adler (BRA) also strongly against, and TP Low (SIN).
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well i think we need to focus more now on british achievement - its only a matter of opinion if it is the wrong decision or not, one discipline had to go and whichever one it was, there was always going to be ths argument. the event will be remembered for all the wrong reasons if we are not careful now.
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kanga it might be the best regatta sailed on british water but the point is it could have been better. however you are right there is no point moaning and moaning about it, you just have to accept a crap decision by a useless organisation and move on.

 
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Thats exactly right - the best attitude - I bet it seems far away now, but time will fly.
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From ISAF SAILORS:

All is not lost for Olympic Multihull sailing as there is support to get the Event back in to the Olympic program for 2016. I advise all Multihull sailors to focus their energy and efforts towards lobbying to get the Multihull Event secured for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Encourage your MNA (Member National Authority) and Class Associations to put in submissions for the November 2008 ISAF Annual Meeting, requesting this be decided already in 2009. Efforts should also go towards continuing the Multihull’s participation in the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships. The same is true for the Women’s High-Performance Dinghy Event.
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