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Stefan Lloyd 
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 Topic: Women's High Performance DinghyPosted: 06 Jan 07 at 1:37pm |
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I'm afrad you are out of date. It is now Pecunia ex television |
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 06 Jan 07 at 1:28pm |
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What about sunbathers on the discus range (Like frisbee on the beach) Or cats doing theit business in the long jump sandpit. or an old boy on a disabled car on the cycle track
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English Dave
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As much as we might wish that it was "Panic, Chaos, Destruction", the Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius" which is latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger. The Olympics is all about getting the ultimate perfromance from the ultimate athletes. Without Nandrolone. I do like the your concept though. Let's put real obstacles in the 110m hurdles instead of those namby-pamby little fences hat fall over. And how about a couple of mothers and toddlers at the shallow end in the swimming races. |
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Contender 541
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I would have thought that the whole point of Olympic classes is to be a shop window for how a particular class can be sailed well, and to inspire the mortal to have a go. With the possible exception of 2 classes (Tornado and 49er) I think it would be possible to get into and sail any Olympic class (all be it not well) straight from RYA 2. Surely the introduction of a extreme technical class (and I count twin wiring as this) would go against this ideal.
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HannahJ
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As JonEmmett said a few pages back, as olympic standard women are likely to be fitter and stronger than club sailors, should olympic classes not reflect this? I disagree, as where would said olympic sailors come from except from club sailing? I think it would be quite daunting to start sailing a boat that is to much for you until you've got stronger, and people might not like to start training just to sail a particular class, but would probably prefer something they can get straight into and not be totally overwhelmed.
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MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin"
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gordon
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Of course, if we got rid of the gender discrimination (classes are either women's or open) then there could be a wider spred of boats with narrower weight bands. In this way the bantamweight men could compete against similarily sized women and the bigger girls could hire a big male crew and experience the best fleet racing in the world - as there is no serious competitor to the Star as an Olympic heavyweight class boat!
Why not introduce a rule, as in team racing, that a country represented in all classes must have a minimum number of women in their team. Gordon |
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Steve Clark
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Posted: 05 Jan 07 at 6:13pm |
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Dyslexia strikes once every 27 seconds! the real Bmax ( maximum beam) is 1820mm BWL (waterline beam) is in the order of 710mm Rig is pretty soft and the sails generally flat given the belief that big flat sails go faster than small full sails. Boat has been sailed happily in force 5 with 125 kg aboard with very little drama. SHC |
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nick.r
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Posted: 05 Jan 07 at 5:59pm |
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2 lightweight ladies could never hold that down, also they wouldn't be able to get far enough back to stop the bow going down with the kite up in a breeze. |
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Posted: 05 Jan 07 at 5:26pm |
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Maximum waterline beam
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Cheers Dudes
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Is that Bmax supposed to mean maximum beam or am i just bein stupid and it means something totally different? Because If you are sure that number is right, that would mean you've got slightly more sail area than the 800 but Less leverage than the 29er.......that being the case then im not so sure your gonna be having 2 lightweight ladies holding it down that well. |
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