Lasers
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Category: General
Forum Name: Olympic Sailing
Forum Discription: The top end racing in our sport
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Topic: Lasers
Posted By: Laser 173312
Subject: Lasers
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 9:17am
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Race 9 for the Lasers has just finished on the ISAF website http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php - http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php and it looks like Godison will get Silver at worst and is odds on for a Gold. 18 point ahead going into the medal race. So if the Swede wins with Goodi last the Swede gets it on the medal race result. (I think). Otherwise gold number 3.
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Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 9:21am
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Yes Goodi just needs to avoid DSQ and then make sure the Swede doesn't win. Will we see a repeat of Ben vs. Scheidt? Shame Penny seems to have sailed herself out of contention... |
Posted By: Mark Jardine
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 9:37am
| See http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=143010 - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=143010 for the full situation |
Posted By: DiscoBall
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 10:19am
| Yep steady as she goes... Goodison has built up a commanding lead in a Ben stylee with very little comment from the sailing or national press. Good luck to him for tomorrow - must be very satisfying after Athens. |
Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 10:30am
Yeah but it's only as of now.. that he's had that lead - go back to the end of yesterday's racing at it wasn't so crystal clear. I texted the facts to the Beeb @ 09:27 and it got a good write up on their http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/live_action/7567224.stm - olympic ticker @ 09:37 |
Posted By: Contender 541
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 12:15pm
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I think Paul has to just not be last tomorrow to take the Gold - Not a bad weeks work if you ask me ------------- When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss Crew on 505 8780 |
Posted By: Jamie600
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 12:53pm
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I wonder why Paul isn't getting much coverage despite the fact he is actually more likely to get gold than Ben was going into the medal race. To my mind Paul's result is more impressive as there is no equipment advantage and he has managed to claw back from 8th at the start of the week to the 18 point lead he has now ------------- RS600 1001 |
Posted By: allanorton
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 4:18pm
I agree, especially to have a couple of wins from a 43 boat fleet. |
Posted By: Guest
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 4:29pm
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No doubt he will when he collects his third gold ... in 2016 ... Ben's history of success and continued dominace is what make him newsworthy. ------------- |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 6:59pm
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And I'm not sure you can say ben had an equipment advantage either...
------------- Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard" Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |
Posted By: Jamie600
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 7:56pm
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Equipment advantage was probably the wrong thing to say, what I meant was Ben would have developed the rig to suit his sailing style and had a choice of boat to take, which would have contributed in an admittedly small way to his success, compared to the Lasers which cannot do any rig or boat development as part of their campaign ------------- RS600 1001 |
Posted By: Lukepiewalker
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 8:47pm
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Apparently, he ended up using the same hull as last time. His light wind sail would have been a special job, but I suspect the one he used in the medal race not so far off the off the shelf stuff from North, certainly looked like a 'normal' Technora cloth. He uses Wilke masts, so while off the shelf isn't quite the right word as the bend would be tailored to requirements, still a publicly available (if not so cheap) mast. ------------- Ex-Finn GBR533 "Pie Hard" Ex-National 12 3253 "Seawitch" Ex-National 12 2961 "Curved Air" Ex-Mirror 59096 "Voodoo Chile" |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 18 Aug 08 at 9:29pm
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Surely they all had the equipment developed to suit their own sailing styles, so no actual advantage, just no disadvantage. In the conditions they have had, it must have been 99.5% down to the sailor. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 7:22am
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who cares who used what? no one will remember this stuff, trends come and go ... oh..............and Goodison just won gold!! that, and the fact Ben also won in his class, will be remembered for some time and certainly long after who used what sail/mast combo!  ------------- Feeling sorry for vegans since it became the latest fad to claim you are one |
Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 8:46am
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Nice one Goody! Come on the windsurfers! |
Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 11:14am
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There is going to be a big party in Weymouth !!!!!!
------------- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Your-Own-Tactics-Coach/dp/0470973218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312565831&sr=8-1 - |
Posted By: Laser 173312
Date Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 11:49am
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Is that an inviatation for all members of the Y & Y comunity?
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Posted By: Jon Emmett
Date Posted: 19 Aug 08 at 11:57am
Yep yep, all welcome  http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=11250776013 - Weymouth party ------------- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Your-Own-Tactics-Coach/dp/0470973218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312565831&sr=8-1 - |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 20 Aug 08 at 8:57pm
Watching the race again on iPlayer- I'm surely not the only one deeply disturbed by the Slovenian's speedoes? 
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 20 Aug 08 at 11:06pm
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just imagine what he wears on the beach... ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 21 Aug 08 at 12:42am
actually i don't think i will ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |