162 Laser sailors

   ..... from 20 countries gathered at Hvar in Croatia for the 2016 European Laser Masters Championship.

Dying class..beat that!

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Oinks Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Oct 14 Location: Bandol Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oinks Report Post Quote Reply Topic: 162 Laser sailors Posted: 20 Nov 16 at 10:26pm
	..... from 20 countries gathered at Hvar in Croatia for the 2016 European Laser Masters Championship. Dying class..beat that!

Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Nov 16 at 10:39pm
	Only 8 sailors per country, on average?
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Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Nov 16 at 11:22pm
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JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 Nov 16 at 11:31pm
	Better few people from loads of countries than the other way round I submit.

Rupert Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 11 Aug 04 Location: Whitefriars sc Online Status: Offline Posts: 8956	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rupert Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Nov 16 at 8:18am
	A few more from each would make the statistic look better! Actually, 162 sailors all together must have made for an excellent event, and I hope the parties were fun.
	Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686

Oinks Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 24 Oct 14 Location: Bandol Online Status: Offline Posts: 267	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oinks Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Nov 16 at 9:14am
	I have to say, I've never really enjoyed sailing in fleets of that size, impressive as it is.

Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Nov 16 at 9:28am
	Back in the day I raced in a 250 strong Raceboard fleet a couple of times. It made for a pretty impressive start line :)

RS400atC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3011	Post Options Post Reply Quote RS400atC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Nov 16 at 9:53am
	Personally I don't particularly enjoy sailing in fleets so big (and/or coures so small) that mid fleet sailors never get clear air on the first beat. If you want to willy-wave about big fleets, I've done the RTIR a fair few times, a fleet in 4 figures and a great day out. Maybe above a certain fleet size, handicap racing is more fun? But it is great that classes are looking beyond national boundaries. Loads of people across a wide range of classes compete in europe. Not sure it says much about Lasers in particular, but it's good. It's a shame more French and Spanish people don't sail RS400's or other 'english' classes, but perhaps younger people might pick their class with an eye to Europe?

Chris 249 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 10 May 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2041	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris 249 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Nov 16 at 10:12am
	I can beat it - 195 from just one country in the national Laser Masters 2016 down here. Sure, we can understand that not everyone likes huge fleets (although in my experience, the Laser fleets are broken into age brackets) but some people do, and it's an effective counter to the "Lasers are dying" propaganda. I'm not racing this week because one of my other classes had to cancel its Continental championships when just three people indicated they would race. Having too many entries is a better problem! Edited by Chris 249 - 21 Nov 16 at 10:13am
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Sam.Spoons Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 07 Mar 12 Location: Manchester UK Online Status: Offline Posts: 3401	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sam.Spoons Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 21 Nov 16 at 11:57am
	Not willy-waving TBH, and I didn't come close to troubling the front runners . Actually I agree with you RS, I prefer smaller fleets as the racing is often more interesting. It was fun to sail in a big fleet occasionally too though.