Thoughts so far

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!!)

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.

 

Yes 2 poor results sandwiching a good one!  Only the one discard means the pressure is really on Paul to score low, I would say no higher than 6, in the rest of the series then nail the medal race if he is to be in with a shout of Gold. 

You've gotta wander about holding races in 2-3kts.  We've all probaly sailed in those conditions and i think it's safe to say it becomes a lottery.  Even when I've come off best I've never felt like I've won properly because I know it could just have easily been someone else collecting the puff.    

I was just thinking I rarely sail in more wind than that....

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