Not so much what you sail as how you sail

   Ah, there goes GRF mistaking windsurfing for dinghy sailing again - different sport, different magazine, different website.

I'd forgotten the Elvstrom Star/505 thing - yes, it counts! Just need someone as good to do it again - puts Ainslie in perspective... be interesting to see what would happen if he spent a couple of years sailing skiffs, though?

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Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Not so much what you sail as how you sail Posted: 23 May 12 at 9:07am
	Ah, there goes GRF mistaking windsurfing for dinghy sailing again - different sport, different magazine, different website. I'd forgotten the Elvstrom Star/505 thing - yes, it counts! Just need someone as good to do it again - puts Ainslie in perspective... be interesting to see what would happen if he spent a couple of years sailing skiffs, though?
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gordon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Sep 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1037	Post Options Post Reply Quote gordon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 May 12 at 9:20am
	How about Slingsby winning the Etchels Worlds and the Laser Worlds in consecutive weeks? I would agree that the physical capacities and skill set required to succeed in air rowing and sailing are not the same. It would seem the air rowers are amongst the fittest sportsmen at the Olympics.
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G.R.F. Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 10 Aug 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 4028	Post Options Post Reply Quote G.R.F. Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 May 12 at 12:47pm
	Not that much as different a sport as you might realise, well one facet of it isn't. It is the purest form of sail racing there is, there are a lot of similarities I've come to realise, agreed in a total pumpfest it's different, but the energy expended is no different to that which Ben Ainslie is expending nor I guess the Laser dude who's name escapes me temporarily when he's in full flight. Everything else is the same, in some areas easier than dinghies in other areas dinghies are more difficult, but the final goal is identical, i.e. that of beating others over the water on similar equipment a good 'sailor' per se will always be better than a none sailor at either pursuit.
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gordon Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Sep 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1037	Post Options Post Reply Quote gordon Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 May 12 at 1:04pm
	An elegant plea - however the Finns allow unrestricted pumping only when there is lots of wind, not as a substitute when there is no wind.
	Gordon