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    Posted: 23 Sep 08 at 9:20pm
The Laser Worlds are arriving in early August 2010, with about 150
competitors, but the Laser Masters Worlds, which follow on, will probably be
limited to about 350.
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At a guess they mean Sail for Gold

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=143511

‘As of next year, all eyes will be on Weymouth and Portland, the venue for the 2012 Olympics, as it becomes part of the newly introduced ISAF Sailing World Cup Series.’
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Originally posted by JohnW

Originally posted by jeffers

The olympics might be big in terms of exposure and coverage but for sheer size I would say events like Kiel Week and the Princess Sofia Trophy could easily exceed it in terms of numbers of competitors because they are 'open' events whereas the Olympics is limited to 1 boat per country.....

Is Kiel Week coming to Portland?


I doubt it being in Kiel but it was a response to the 'are there any bigger events that the Olympics?'.

The Olympics is limited to something like 300 athletes in total.
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