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    Posted: 26 Jun 13 at 8:35am

Originally posted by 2547

Originally posted by iGRF

My opinions are fact 

                                      ........... to me.   

I am sure there is a medical name for your stance on this ... 


I asked my mate who is a gp this ... He said moron covers it ....


Anyway ...



I'm not sure these analogy with cycling are at all useful. 

Pretty much everyone learns to cycle as a child, everyone can do it it is easy. 

To develop different bikes to sell for different types of terrain and use is a massive mainstream market. 

Sailing is perhaps more like amature Motorsport or microlighting or flying. These are more involved hobbies with complexed equipment that you need to learn to use and that have safety implications. 


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Whilst you are all gnashing your teeth over this 60 foiling Moths are just rigging up for their Nationals ....
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Originally posted by L123456

I asked my mate who is a gp this ...
Did he give you any help with your erectile dysfunction problem?

Originally posted by Old Timer

Whilst you are all gnashing your teeth over this 60 foiling Moths are just rigging up for their Nationals ....

I wonder how many ex MPS and racing windsurfers there are within that lot, ex RS600,MPS etc.. I think I can pretty much guarantee nobody newly attracted to the sport.

However, had that foiling been developed around a more stable platform, easier to launch, would that appeal to the bankers, ad execs and other high flying cash rich wannabes, instead of what would happen now to Johnny Banker.. 'Oh new to sailing sir, well you need to try this fabulous Laser 2000, all the thrills of slug racing in one incredibly heavy to lift package...'

We have exactly that scenario at our club, the rich banker's trips are becoming less and less frequent thanks to that tub.
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Originally posted by iGRF

....., would that appeal to the bankers, ad execs and other high flying cash rich wannabes, instead of what would happen now to Johnny Banker.. .....
 
Am I the only person thinking we can live without some of these people in our sport?
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would that appeal to the bankers, ad execs and other high flying cash rich wannabes,


That's what leadmines are for...
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There's a quite a few cases of verbal abuse from several people on this forum lately, not worth singling out individuals........overall though it makes it a very unpleasant place to visit.


...perhaps the combo of recession and bad weather is pinching a few nerves 


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Originally posted by iGRF

 
Originally posted by Old Timer

Whilst you are all gnashing your teeth over this 60 foiling Moths are just rigging up for their Nationals ....

I can pretty much guarantee nobody newly attracted to the sport.

Of course not, this is one of the elite sections of the sport, it is for experts who enjoy the challenge of the equipment and the racing.

Why on earth do you think that all areas of the sport should be accessible to a novice?

Why should the experts choose beginner equipment?

It is horses for courses ...
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Oh dear me .... Mr Transient ..... it's only iGRF being iGRF ..... and he's no more opinionated than some of the social sectors he refers to." Let there be Light (heartedness) and Let there be GRF!" he means it all in the best possible taste ..... its only forum after all
 
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Originally posted by transient

There's a quite a few cases of verbal abuse from several people on this forum lately, not worth singling out individuals........overall though it makes it a very unpleasant place to visit.


...perhaps the combo of recession and bad weather is pinching a few nerves 

Compared to the "other sailing forum" this place is like a kindergarten ....

It is just banter ...
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Originally posted by Old Timer


Why on earth do you think that all areas of the sport should be  to a novice?


Why shouldn't they, give me the name of another sport that makes inaccessibility a feature?

Pro Golfers use the same stuff as Amateurs, Pro Cyclists etc etc. It is precisely because of the inaccessibility factor that is driving the sport to the margins of coffin polishing.

Kitesurfing is a pretty high on the list of 'dare devil' activity yet every weekend hundreds are being taught and they use the gear they are taught on.

It was exactly the reason windsurfing was vanishing until the wide style evolution reversed the trend and delayed the sports total demise.
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