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    Posted: 16 May 12 at 4:40pm
So on purchasing olympic tickets today.  Luckily from Locog online, I'd thought that it was worth debating how much people will actually be able to see?
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I think you will be better off watching it on the tele!
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I think you will be better off watching it on the tele!

Isn't that what you will do anyway at Weymouth? Watch it on a big screen with some small white dots in the background?
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Given the right wind direction and a pair of Bino's you'll see something like this (From the test event)
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seems like quite a few of the powerboats were getting in the way & even ( Possibly ) causing the capsize of a laser.
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I have bought 2 tickets for the Tuesday and am really considering not going, I don't want to sit in a field and watch on the big screen.

All of the successful sailing events are close to the shore for spectators, just look at what the Extreme Sailing Series and AC45's have done recently. It works and attracts big crowds.

Surely a few spectator boats can be arranged for the day to get people onto the water and nearer to the race course.

How long do you think it is going to take the ISAF to catch up? Or will sailing be out of the Olympics by then?
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Originally posted by a_dowley

How long do you think it is going to take the ISAF to catch up?

Is it much to do with ISAF? My understanding was everything related to spectators, tickets and facilities was 100% up to the organisers. I suppose ISAF can make suggestions, but I don't know that they have much power to actually force anything to happen.


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Racing on the Nothe course will be very close to the shore (probably even closer than at the test event). Obviously when the boats are at the furthest extent of the course they're going to look a bit small, but the view will still be pretty good. If I had tickets I'd take some binoculars, but apart from that it should be pretty awesome. If I didn't want to go I'd probably not have applied for tickets...
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Dean and Redyhof that run the marina are letting out berths for the 2 weeks at £47.50/m. I considered getting my boat down there for  the games but then I thought what would I be able to see -nothing as I couldn't get out into the bay. I wouldn't be able to mix it with the sailors in the dinghy park ( security!), and all the resturants around would be chocker - so i would end up sitting on the boat in the marina watching it on the PC and paying a load of cash for the fun of it. I don't think so!
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a 2 week berth in St Cats is nearly £4k during the Olympics!
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