Olympic Classes

   Sailing in light winds rarely looks really exciting. It is a bit like chess, particularly when the sailing coverage is cut off, starts late, or there is little or no interaction with the athletes.
We have to face the fact that Beijing or Quingdao will be similar. Whoopee. 
But please not the laser radial for the women's single hander! 

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Sarah B Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Groupie Joined: 15 Mar 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 92	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sarah B Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Olympic Classes Posted: 09 Nov 04 at 4:35pm
	Sailing in light winds rarely looks really exciting. It is a bit like chess, particularly when the sailing coverage is cut off, starts late, or there is little or no interaction with the athletes. We have to face the fact that Beijing or Quingdao will be similar. Whoopee. But please not the laser radial for the women's single hander!
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Sunshine Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sunshine Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 04 at 4:43pm
	Second no to the Radial - on the principal that the rig isn't designed for the hull... eg the hull should be scaled down too. The Laser's a great boat, using something with a smaller rig that it was really designed to carry is criminal for the games in my book. Sorry but thingk the Europe is still the best option - and no i don't sail one!

Jon Emmett 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: 988	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jon Emmett Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 04 at 4:47pm
	I guess you are no fan of the 4.7 then Sunshine!
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Sunshine Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sunshine Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 04 at 4:54pm
	Okay - there are plenty of advantages to having different rig options for a hull where there are plenty around, and nationals entries for all three rigs are great, but when you have something which has a scaled down hull to match it is much nicer to sail - and if you're sailign at the top end surely you deserve something that is really enjoyable to sail too.

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 Posted: 09 Nov 04 at 5:15pm
	i do agree with the point that there is not enough cats, but do not think the hobie 16 should get any where near the olympics its a truely awful boat there should be a womens cat i suggest something like the F18 could you imagine that, hot cat sailor chicks at the olympics wow!!!!!!

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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 Posted: 09 Nov 04 at 8:11pm
	hey guys back me up on that could u imagine the female sweedish (blond) 49er or f18 sailing team wow i know i would be watching!!!

Bruce Starbuck Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 14 Sep 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 124	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bruce Starbuck Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 04 at 8:35pm
	Why is there always this pre-occupation with making sailing spectator friendly or easier for non-sailors to understand? I don't get it. The average member of the public couldn't care less about sailing, yet many within the sport advocate its dumbing-down to pander to their perceived needs. Surely it's more important to look after the interests of the people who actually care about the sport and concentrate on keeping sailing competitor-friendly instead. I once heard the organisers of national championship expressing a wish to hold racing closer to the shore to cater for spectators! What? THERE WEREN'T ANY!! There wouldn't be any even if the racing was held in Tesco's car park, never mind on the sea, because sailing is fundamentally boring to watch, full stop. The organisers were willing to compromise the quality of the racing for the 150+ paying competitors to cater for some spectators who only existed in their imagination. Crazy!

Jon Emmett 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: 988	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jon Emmett Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Nov 04 at 8:43pm
	The only specator friendly sailing I have done this year was team/match racing on a pool at the London Boat show... Hardly something you could really do for the Olympics (see Dutch Proposal). However for people who understand sailing it was probably quite good to watch but was very difficult with shifty winds (I managed to get a grade two tear of a ligament in my knee which put me out of sailing for several weeks!) When the event is being shown on TV there is big bucks involved and hence the sailors tend to get messed about...
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Jon Emmett 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: 988	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jon Emmett Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Nov 04 at 9:40am
	The decision of which equipment [for the Olympics] the Women's committee support took an extensive period of discussion within the Women's Sailing Committee, and by the end of an in-depth debate, the Committee put forward a proposal to support the Laser Radial. The final submission for the equipment to be used in Beijing will be made by a vote of the Events Committee tomorrow morning before it is debated in Council on Friday.
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