Thoughts so far

Originally posted by Doug.H cant seem to follow the link, but the fleets only get one discard??  even if all races are completed?  I thought it would have been two discards for that many races?

If I remember correctly when the original rules were suggested there were no discards and then they were all given 1.

 

Originally posted by alstorer Originally posted by getafix heard the dutch yngling crew only raced together for the first time at the Olympics itself - talk about an interesting selection policy!.... still doesn't seem to have hurt their performances so far. Come on you brits! Indeed. Seemed a risky strategy- they left announcing the team until just before the deadline. They trained as a nine-person squad in three boats with a lot of swapping. Wonder if we'll see other teams consider the same sort of idea, even with two-person boats, in the future?

Well I suppose the advantage is that it gives you 3 really sharp boats completely focused and driven by that country. We had a similar setup in the finns I guess..but the look at Ladies 470's once pippa shifted across to Yngling, then we didn't have anyone that had the speed/skill to push bas/sas on the home turf...

OTOH the teamwork can't develop to the 'ultra-level' that you would expect all these crews to be at - i.e. where they anticpate what the helm is goign to say next (or vice versa!!)

heard the dutch yngling crew only raced together for the first time at the Olympics itself - talk about an interesting selection policy!.... still doesn't seem to have hurt their performances so far.

Come on you brits!

cant seem to follow the link, but the fleets only get one discard??  even if all races are completed?  I thought it would have been two discards for that many races?

Remember the 9ers have 15 races- 4 more than everyone else.....
Do they get an extra discard?