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timnoyce 
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did u have to quote the whole message if it was so much of an issue?!
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feva_sailor
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Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 6:22pm |
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i was making a point
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Villan
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Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 6:38pm |
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So was he.
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laser47
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Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 7:10pm |
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hey i'm supprised no laser sailors have popped up yet and pointed out that Robert Scheidt sails Stars now
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Rupert
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Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 7:52pm |
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Does he win? |
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laser4000
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Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 8:06pm |
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Surely it's the 49ers? Difficult to sail well and lots of people campaign them, sailing full time. Looking down the list of the top 20 or so at the nats just finished, and this is with no draper or morrison there's a lot of good names in the top 20. Paul CJ/Mark A - 6th. Roger Gilbert/Ollie V - Mutiple 400 winner, 11th Wilson/ Barker - Just cleared up at 4K's in Garda, 15th... g |
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Jon Emmett
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Posted: 20 Jul 06 at 11:36pm |
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The reason most of the top twenty in the World didn't attend the 49er Nationals is because they were practising in Weymouth for the Europeans which kicks off in just a few days time...
Often the quality of the regatta depends on timing, for example at the Laser/Radial Nationals the top two Men/Women will be away sailing in China... |
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Stefan Lloyd
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Has to be more subtle for me to bite. Perfectly true that most racing keelboats are owned by superannuated ex-dinghy sailors. That's what I am. You still haven't told us how many Cherubs were at the last Nationals.
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JimC
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Wouldn't know sunshine. Wasn't there, didn't have a current Cherub. I am in no position to make any comment. As I've said before, I'm not sure one can usefully define harder to win. Presumably one measure would be the status and prestige of the event and the amount of money and committment it takes to put a winning campaign together compared to other avents in similar sizes of boat. Presumably then amongst the top of the tree are the Olympic medals, the World match racing, the Volvo, the Vendee and the Americas Cup. I don't know that, looking at those, you could make an especial correlation between fleet size and "hardest to win". After all anyone who thinks the small Star Olympic fleet makes it an easy medal to win is welcome to try. |
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Posted: 21 Jul 06 at 12:01pm |
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When I said nationals in the thread title I wasn't really thinking of Vendee, AC & Olympics but of UK Nationals ... As amateurs, like most of us are, I figured that to win the UK Nationals is possible in pretty much any class .. but some would be harder than others... Still think it's the Laser represents the toughest overall challenge. regards, Rick |
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