Hitch up to the bandwagon
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Forum Name: Olympic Sailing
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Topic: Hitch up to the bandwagon
Posted By: L123456
Subject: Hitch up to the bandwagon
Date Posted: 10 Aug 12 at 3:08pm
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It's started ...
Classes trying to get a bit of PR by claiming the sailors as their own ...
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/165129/GP14-sailor-inspired-by-the-Olympics - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/165129/GP14-sailor-inspired-by-the-Olympics
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/165162/Merlin-Rocket-class-send-congratulations - http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/165162/Merlin-Rocket-class-send-congratulations
Seems the GPs and Merlins are scrabbling over the same chap ...
Lets face it, people at this level have no doubt been through many classes ... they are sailors, they are not the produce of any one class.
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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 10 Aug 12 at 3:20pm
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Posted By: L123456
Date Posted: 10 Aug 12 at 4:26pm
Forget the TeamGB machine ... it's all down to the Merlin Class; producing Olympic winners.
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Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 10 Aug 12 at 4:36pm
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Bithell does sail (rather than "has sailed" those classes. ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 20 Aug 12 at 8:22pm
| ......And Stu Bithell has now entered the Merlin Rocket Nationals at Lyme Regis next week! |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 20 Aug 12 at 9:15pm
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For once the claims would appear true! Pretty down to earth, really, and just enjoys sailing dinghies, from all I've heard.
------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: blueboy
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 4:10pm
Oh for heaven's sake. This upsets you because? What's exactly wrong with people identifying someone as a past or present member of their community? |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 4:47pm
| Its the hype that's rather entertaining. Like the Merlin's claiming the turnout is a who's who of dinghy sailors. Arrant nonsense of course. For a start how many of the Olmpic team are there? One? Not much of a who's who is it... |
Posted By: blueboy
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 7:07pm
Where exactly are they claiming that? Not in the piece quoted by the OP. |
Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 7:39pm
Yep, that's what I thought the OP was offering a smirk at. |
Posted By: SoggyBadger
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 7:56pm
That depends on whether or not you swallow the BS about the Olympic sailors being the best. Hats off the Stu. Unlike the rest of the Team GB prima donnas he's prepared to associate with us rabble. ------------- Best wishes from deep in the woods SB |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 9:30pm
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A Nationals is about far more than sailing - I bet the Olympic sailors would be terrible at the drinking, being so out of practice, and probably not too good at sleeping under boat covers, having forgotten at 2.00am where they are staying. All good Nationals skills...
------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: timeintheboat
Date Posted: 21 Aug 12 at 11:03pm
I'm not sure rabble is a word I'd associate with the Merlin class. ------------- Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else |
Posted By: SoggyBadger
Date Posted: 22 Aug 12 at 10:16am
As a former Merlin Rocket sailor myself, I'm confident that any current Merlin sailor is sufficiently proficient in written English to correctly interpret the self-deprecating phrase "us rabble" within the context that it was written. ------------- Best wishes from deep in the woods SB |