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Inland Nationals

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Topic: Inland Nationals

Posted By: Guest
Subject: Inland Nationals
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 3:15pm

In traditional classes the conecpt of the Inland National Championships usually draws the 2nd biggest (or biggest) turnout for the year ...

This dosn't seem to translate to faster skiffs looking at the recent event at Datchet.

Personally I'd rather sail on the sea in the summer as there is a much better chance of wind so I didn't go to the Inlands last weekend. Also low water levels are a factor ...

Is the Inland Nationals a concept that dosn't translate in skiffs?

Rick

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Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 3:26pm

For the 49ers the timing was very bad: straight after the 49er Worlds and in a venue with no wind and no water!

The ISAF World Championships is on a lake so for several classes the Inlands will be used in the selection process.

In terms of skiff sailing IMHO Portland harbour is the best place to sail in the UK but in terms of sea state/tide it could almost be considered an inland venue!

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Posted By: gotrel
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 3:27pm

hi,

i dont think that is true, i sail a 29er and was at the inlands at datchet last week.

as it turned out we had exactly the same amount of boats at the nationals as we did at datchet.

although it was light and the water level was low! there was enough boats there for some good racing!

matt

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Posted By: nathan
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 3:40pm

maybe the musto skiff is just a dying class ??

I know the RYA had a couple of meetings with 49er teams that weekend. Would have thought a different location/ time of year to enable a full lake would have helped. Datchet/ Queen Mary style bowls do suffer from low water levels a lot more than grafham/rutland in terms of detrimenting the quality of the sailing.

Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 4:24pm

I would not describe it as good racing when you end up hoisting your kite half way up the beat!!!

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Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 5:03pm

Originally posted by nathan

maybe the musto skiff is just a dying class ??

Nathan, If you deduce that from the Datchet turn out what do you have to say for the 49er? I think you need to look at the bigger picture ...

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Posted By: nathan
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 6:29pm

sorry, was slighty toungue in cheek. the enthusiasm from the sailors is so great there must be someting special there..international growth looks good..

how is isaf recognition coming along?

Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 20 Sep 05 at 7:33pm

You need 20 boats in 4 countries or 20 in 3 if they are spread accross 2 continents. The deadline is July each year.

We had 3 but were just short in another 2 so I hope we'll get our application in in 2006; need to see a few more boats in the USA or Spain.

Rick

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Posted By: gotrel
Date Posted: 21 Sep 05 at 11:43am

umm... that is a good point bt it was quite good being th e first obe to hoist the kite and gaining after a shocking start. but at least there were plenty of boats there and alot of newcomers!

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