IYRU, ISAF, WS Rejects ...

Originally posted by ian.r.mcdonald 100 metres? turn up with trainers and shorts.

And compete in a billion dollar stadium that will be almost completely useless when the games are over. The sailing facilities are relatively cheap and have excellent reuse potential.

Originally posted by Rupert Olympic sailing, turn up with kit, Laser/Radial/Aero/whatever supplied. Sounds pretty damn simple to me.

After Paris when the offshore debacle has been dropped the games will have a chance to get back on track (assuming that sailing itself doesn't get dropped !)

However, flood the games with with Aeros, Lasers etc etc and a lot of sailors will look elsewhere. Already its no longer the pinnacle of the sport

Not suggesting flooding it, they were choices!

Add in windsurfing and a performance doubleheader (does it matter how many hulls?) and you have a simple games set up, easy for everyone to understand. 3 classes, alter the sails/mast for men and women, 6 medals. Then keep as many sailors and make the fleets for each class much bigger, allowing multiple entries from countries once all the countries capable of qualifying have.

Of course, if politics gets in the way and you end up choosing an offshore boat which doesn't exist yet, a kiteboard hardly anyone races to an Olympic format and fiddle around with daft points systems and race formats, then you may end up in a pickle.

Originally posted by rich96 Its definitely easier to win the Olympics than a Worlds for many classes

That's not the opinion I've heard from people who have done both events.

Far more pressure and scrutiny at the Olympics, a smaller fleet, but sailors fired up and looking for the performance of a lifetime.

I'd say much harder to win by putting a "good" series together with no duff results than in a large fleet. I get the point about missing some of the good guys because of duplicate nationality, but that still leaves a hell of a lot of full time, talented sailors to beat.