420 winged rudder

Originally posted by Finntastic Graeme I think you will find that a modern Finn is has far more modern tech than the boat you sail.

Hmm let me think.

1) Modern Hi aspect full batten sail er no
2) Naca Section main foil er no
3) Carbon fully rotating mast er no
4) Aerofoiled extra comfort extending wings er no
5) Performance planing hull capable of 20 knots er no
6) Charismatic helm with added charm and down to weight er definitely not.

Sorry, not a chance.

Now you just have to nip out to the garage, find where your boy hid the T foil after the race, then come back and be nice to poor Radixon, oh and have the piss taken for the rest of all time..

Cost of two cardboard to cut two fake fins from - £1.50p
Cost of sellotape to stick them on rudder while launching - 75p

Value of watching ensuing thread from hell develop...

Rupert is not all there either he sails a wooden sled I saw it and he makes his son do it as well, quite shocking.

As to all that drivel that could be likened to a Readimix lorry full of lipstick emptied over a giant sow, in a similar gesture, to me, it just perfectly illustrates the insanity of anyone sailing those things, or, that thanks to a legion of old buffers, our TV screens and Oympic competition continues to be polluted by a boat that came to pass the year after I diid.

It is an anachronism I think the correct term is, the fact it was fun to watch was nothing to do with the dated hull, the heavy metal, or the pseudo hi tech attempts at cheating in a One Design, another total hypocrisy, 'oh it,s a one design' but only us rich nations can afford to build a one design thats faster and more expensive than anything the third world can muster.

It is so typical of everything that is wrong about the sport, in a bad way, I actually feel sorry for those of you suckered in by it, but you are no better than the Bandit brigade, the Epoxy streaker in a wooden boat race.

It's a one design, so bad, nothing technology can do will make it anythng other than an irritating few boat lengths faster than the next one, but even that's enough to make it unfair.

What was it that young Sir Ben said about his body not standing another trial by it? Meanwhile two modern sports with more in keeping with the 21st century have to battle each other and one must lose to satisfy ancient egos and the last of the old school tie bunch of blazered buffers.

Edited by iGRF - 01 Feb 13 at 8:41pm

Yes these Finn things are odd. I was at the Byte nats a couple of years ago and the Finns were there as well. Great big lumps but with loads of string and carbon. Seemed to be rich blokes sailing them with Mercs and heavy wedding rings (making a statement). They are a bit like those Bentley sports cars that the footballers like, Balliotelli has one painted in camo, very cool, particularly as he is only fourteen or something,but.....why lumber round in a Bentley when you could zip about in an Elise? Well, some people are to fat for a Lotus so they squeeze into a Manchester United Taxi. We need those Finns for the obese among us and they need carbon and string to make them feel young and modern.

interestingly, the javelin was modified around ten years ago as athletes were in danger of throwing it too far.....into the crowd....

What might get sailing out of the games will be a) the cost of staging the already very small Olympic regatta, and b) the accessibility, or rather lack of it, of sailing for the emerging nations.