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mike ellis 
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 Topic: New women's Olympic boatPosted: 31 Mar 06 at 6:13pm |
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come on there must be more than that!
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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Harry44981!
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 7:43pm |
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I think as well as getting a new class for women at the olympics, the Yngling should be dropped- looks crap. Replace it with the SB3, or even some team/ match racing?
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Jon Emmett
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 7:46pm |
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In the UK the top Yngling girls tend to do a lot of SB3 sailing anyway!!!
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Dead Air
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 7:56pm |
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How about a B14 for the women?
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Prince Buster
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 8:15pm |
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dunno....would they be heavy enough? You could get some big
German "Helgar the Horrible" on one boat and some skinny little English
girls on another and they'd be blown away when it was windy. I
like the sound of the SB3 though.
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international moth - "what what?"
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JimC
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 8:34pm |
Of current International Classes only the Fireball and Laser 2, which are kinda why bother making the change boats. Unlike the Bethwaite boats no UK designed boats have achieved any great International popularity in recent years so little point in suggesting one of them. As I've said before there are virtually no Internationally distributed boats suitable for a women's Olympic boat. The Yngling got the nod because it was the only vaguely suitable keelboat that was sailed outside a limited geographical area. |
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ypdWacko
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Posted: 01 Apr 06 at 12:04am |
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I can't understand the negativity towards the current Olympic classes! As many have pointed out, some of the classes are not widely sailed by the masses, but the Olympics can't be competed by the masses! The Olympics is an event that demands the highest level of skill in each sport from its competitors and this I believe is reflected in the choice of classes. It is a shame that these classes are inaccessible to many and budgets pose a restraint to campaigning, but only when you reach the top of the tree in terms of squads do you move into classes like the Star and Yngling. Of course the choice ends up being affected by politics, but adding more widely sailed and less technical classes would I fear dilute the quality at the top end of competition. And as for excitment, Ben Ainslie carving a Finn downwind and anhililating all opposition has got to grab the attention of any keen sailor!? |
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Rupert
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Posted: 01 Apr 06 at 9:54am |
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Surely being selected for the Olympics will (unless the boat is horrifically expensive) ensure it spreads around the world, even if only in small numbers.. This is what the 49er did, wasn't it? And the Finn before that. Therefore new classes could be designed, tested and selected if good enough. If you look back through the IYRU's checkered history, they have done this several times, and occasionally politics hasn't been the winner! Though not often,it has to be said...
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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gordon
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Posted: 03 Apr 06 at 8:58am |
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Of the ISAF International classes (not including Olympic classes) the 2 person class with the greatest number of boats, the greatest number of countries sailing, stable class rules, suitable for 2 women (120-150kg), sailed already by many women... that would of course be the Snipe. Still a great boat after 75 years.
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JimC
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Or if they don't fancy those they can always use dugout canoes... |
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