Olympic Sailing: Is this the most boring event ever?

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Is this the most boring event ever?

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Forum Name: Olympic Sailing
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Topic: Is this the most boring event ever?

Posted By: Contender443
Subject: Is this the most boring event ever?
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 11:42am

As a spectator sport isn't this the most boring event ever?

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/166177/Kiteboard-Course-Racing-Worlds-day-1 - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/166177/Kiteboard-Course-Racing-Worlds-day-1

Kite boarding is the worst thing ever for the Olympics. You have 50 or so guys at water level going flat out and 50 airborne kites that you have absolutely no idea whose is whose.

Then after about 10 seconds from the start someone breaks out never to be caught and it becomes a drag race. The clip shows no close mark roundings or shouting for water. The commentator hopes there is not going to be a collision but I doubt it. I suppose one idiot could fall off and cause mayhem.

Not a good format for racing in my opinion.

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Bonnie Lass Contender 1764

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Posted By: Ads
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 11:45am

Yes, very dull

Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 11:49am

it's amazing, even the spanish voted for it...

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Posted By: Contender443
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 12:06pm

Oh and one more thing, just look at the size of the course! How are the TV cameras going to cover all that ocean?

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Bonnie Lass Contender 1764

Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 12:19pm

@ 2min 30

Two Kites port tack the fleet and the rest can't cross the line!!!! lol (watching at work without speakers so there might be reason for this?) but made me laugh!

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Posted By: ellistine
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 12:46pm

It's a good job the kite surfing wasn't part of the 2012 Olympics as during the National Ranker kite races they pretty much used all of Portland Harbour.

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Posted By: SoggyBadger
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 1:01pm

It just shows how thick the people who run sailing are that they think that sort of drivel is going to be the sport's saviour (if they genuinely want to save the sport their best action would be to resign en mass).

Or maybe their hope is that kite racing will make skiff racing look comparatively interesting...

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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 1:22pm

Originally posted by SoggyBadger

Or maybe their hope is that kite racing will make skiff racing look comparatively interesting...

it's a lipservice thing... 'kitesurfing' kicks out windsurfing, not ISAF. Windsurfing responds by attacking ISAF and basically sl*gging kitesurfing.

both get dropped and we can take the two medal slots and put keelboats back in for 2020.

Clever play- all for the long game.

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Posted By: I luv Wight
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 2:22pm

It would be better if they got that Irish bloke that did the Olympic Laser commentary
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=510_1344196881 - http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=510_1344196881

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Posted By: NickM
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 4:02pm

Not sure which was worse - the spectacle or the commentary.

One thought: it must take some skill to work out if you can cross close in front of a starboard kite if you are on port without entangling his kite - the kites will be much closer than the boards, and the height they fly at does seem to vary.

Posted By: timeintheboat
Date Posted: 05 Oct 12 at 11:33pm

Originally posted by NickM

Not sure which was worse - the spectacle or the commentary.

Quite and add the music to that quandary.

Part of the problem with this stuff other than the huge pitch required is that you can't get the helm and the "boat" all in one picture. The "helm" on there is just some dude on a board holding onto a stick.

What is that about?

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Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else