Commonwealth Games Sailing

Originally posted by gordon1277 CAT no messing Tornado (I think this was a Canadian design)

They should all be boats designed within this current century, no lipstick munters.

Choose from: Aardvark Rocket thing, Alto, Aero, Aura, D0, D1, RS100,RS500, X0, X1

Have I missed any? (That single hander merlin thing i can't remember, it's made of wood so should be disqualified anyway and the designer shot for perpetuating merliness).

Edited by iGRF - 13 Jun 14 at 3:34pm

The Canadians have been represented for long enough at Olympic level, haven't they? Not as long as the Swedes but a few games worth now.

We could do the current century thing - or current decade, I guess, but at that point might have to look beyond the commonwealth. The Aero with 7 and 9 rigs for the women and men would be a nice start, K2 keel boat as the mixed doublehander, then all we really need is a cat and a board. Any Commonwealth versions of them from the last 4 years looking like nice toys? And that would do, how many classes do you need, anyway? Better to get 2 from each country in half the number of fleets.

Why isn't there sailing at the games, anyway?

Originally posted by iGRF They should all be boats designed within this current century, no lipstick munters. Choose from: Aardvark Rocket thing, Alto, Aero, Aura, D0, D1, RS100,RS500, X0, X1 Have I missed any? (That single hander merlin thing i can't remember, it's made of wood so should be disqualified anyway and the designer shot for perpetuating merliness).

Icon.  49er FX.  Aura never really happened, otherwise you could include the RS900 too.

Edited by Punky - 13 Jun 14 at 3:44pm

49er FX is like saying that the Laser Radial was designed in the 80's or whatever (90's?), when patently, it is simply a smaller rig on a boat designed long before.