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    Posted: 14 Aug 08 at 9:17am
Originally posted by Contender 541

I have got to the stage where I would rather go home and mow the lawns than sail in 2 -3 kts

Just as golf is a good walk ruined, sailing in light winds is an irritation I can do without - especially at 16 stone

Agreed; that is why cycling is a good fit with sailing as cycling in no wind is the best conditions.
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Originally posted by scullyman

 he is unquestionably the fastest downwind sailor in the feet by some margin.

Only if there is wind; that is the point the breeze is very flakey ...
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That rule was scraped for this Games only (6 knot min)

This is why the code zero has been brought out.  Previously the wind range for it would have been too narrow.  Now the range has been opened up due to the removal this rule

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I totally agree with the lottery point.  Without meaning to seem too biased or excessively patriotic (!), I fail to understand how Ben can drop from 1st to 10th on one downwind leg unless there's a serious issue with the wind given that he is unquestionably the fastest downwind sailor in the feet by some margin.

I was under the impression that for world championship events in a number of Olympic classes (49er?) there was a minimum level of wind required before races could be started - 8 knots?  Why isn't this the case here?
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In that case Jim I suggest you dispatch those sailors to quing-doh forthwith!!

 
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+1 to Contender 541

 
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I have got to the stage where I would rather go home and mow the lawns than sail in 2 -3 kts

Just as golf is a good walk ruined, sailing in light winds is an irritation I can do without - especially at 16 stone



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I was just thinking I rarely sail in more wind than that....
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> i think it's safe to say it becomes a lottery.

Sadly (as I sail inland where you get more of that stuff) I've never noticed it becoming enough of a lottery that I regularly beat the best sailors!
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Yes 2 poor results sandwiching a good one!  Only the one discard means the pressure is really on Paul to score low, I would say no higher than 6, in the rest of the series then nail the medal race if he is to be in with a shout of Gold. 

You've gotta wander about holding races in 2-3kts.  We've all probaly sailed in those conditions and i think it's safe to say it becomes a lottery.  Even when I've come off best I've never felt like I've won properly because I know it could just have easily been someone else collecting the puff.    
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