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scullyman ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 23 May 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 51 |
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Maybe I'm in the minority here but I thought they were both awesome. The Stars were a great example of what the purist in me loves about racing: tactics and boatspeed combined. The T's on the other hand - what a spectacle. I have to say that in comparison the 49ers looked pedestrian and there was much less clarity over the racing. I'm also loving the fact that Leigh and Will hit the front and showed their capability... left us with a bit of pride in the one class that I was starting to feel gloomy about. To combine a load of different threads, I sympathise with other people's comments on the 49er but I still think they're great in the lighter stuff. Rather than squabbling about classes, I suggest that we drop softball (There's baseball, right? Isn't that like us including the Finn and the Optimist as two different classes?!) or men's beach volleyball (you've got normal volleyball; what's the difference?) and get the cats reinstated. Edited by scullyman |
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oz man ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 26 Apr 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 247 |
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simon good news the boy wants a torn now. laser 4000 you missed the first lap and found it dull !!!!!!!!!!! i only missed the first 10 seconds of the 100 meters and thought that was dull !! everyone disagrees with me and said it was amazing. i shall sleep well knowing i am never wrong and everyone else is |
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Scooby_simon ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 02 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2415 |
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Fantastic to watch. This is the second race my Son has watched (see 49 medalace thread). He loved it.
Oz, I think he now wants a Tornado!!!!! Well done to Leigh and Will (who crewed for me now and then Must pop an Email/text message off to Will.
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laser4000 ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 02 Aug 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 589 |
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Hmm..sorry but I found it dull...
Ok so I was a bit later out of bed this morning so I missed the 1st round, but on the second lap the cats were so far apart that it was impossible to tell what was going on...the odd 'oh will the pitchpole' was mildly amusing in a 49er crash and burn type fashion but there was none of the boat on boat actioin. Then the leadmines..looked good for the swede, the BRA, then Perce & Bart got their groove on downhill, then back BRA's way up the second beat, Perce gets round in the mix at the top mark, SWE gybes off and GBR can't/don't cover... Every boat crossed the fiinish line within seconds.. Absolutely fantatistic RACING!! |
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oz man ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 26 Apr 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 247 |
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well done guys great race. The tornado looked fantastic, decent camera shots, high speed action brilliant to watch even ben said they saved the best til last. congratulations to the muppetts at icrap (isaf) for voting out the most exciting class in the olympics rip tornado |
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ASok ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 26 Sep 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 739 |
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This racing is great to watch. So camera freindly.
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alstorer ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 02 Aug 07 Location: Cambridge Online Status: Offline Posts: 2899 |
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wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
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oz man ![]() Far too distracted from work ![]() Joined: 26 Apr 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 247 |
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finally some real sailing and some wind about f@?!ing time. will and leigh going well aswell come on boys |
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Scooby_simon ![]() Really should get out more ![]() Joined: 02 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2415 |
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Windguru forcast says there may be some wind around 11-16 kts and 2m waves! |
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les5269 ![]() Really should get out more ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Oct 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1530 |
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6 am tomorrow morning is the medal race for the tornado .(so they were saying earlier)
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