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The Moo
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Topic: Amateur Sailor of the Year Posted: 19 Oct 18 at 2:36pm |
So which "Noddy" classes get turnouts upwards of 40 boats? |
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Oct 18 at 5:52pm |
Minisails probably get highest percentage turn out for Nationals for number of members of any class 'Noddy class' or 'first class superdooper class', I would estimate 25% of membership turns out for Nationals.
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Bootscooter
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Oct 18 at 10:24am |
This. So much this |
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Paramedic
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Oct 18 at 10:53am |
Won't many of them do it, if you call it a worlds, hold it in their stronghold and allow open entry?
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The GPs also got 105 to go to Barbados. Hardly a GP stronghold. Both these "world" championships were a who's who of dinghy sailing with many pure corinthian competitors and competitors who take a wage from the sport.
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Chris 249
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Oct 18 at 11:34pm |
Yep, Barbados was a good effort and obviously anyone who can beat Nick Craig is damn good - but it was still an overwhelmingly British/Irish fleet, like the class itself. Yes, the UK is one of the world's top sailing nations without a doubt, but the point is that the GP14 class is still not a global class in the sense of Lasers, RSXs, Fireballs, 505s, OKs, Snipes and many others and therefore its worlds can be seen in a different light.
With respect to the winners, calling them a "who's who" may be rather British-centric. Even ignoring Olympians, where was Thiess Bosch? Brad Russell? Cam Brown? Chris Dance? Luke Arnone and Noble Reynoso? Surely not all of the who's who of dinghy sailing come from England, Ireland, Sri Lanka and Barbados? Don't some Kiwis, Euros, Americans and Australians sail a little bit? I'm not taking aim at GP14s since at least one class I sail, own and love is in the same sort of position. It's just that it's arguable that we should recognise the enormous difference between the worldwide spread of various International classes, and which ones have truly global fleets. |
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Paramedic
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Oct 18 at 7:07am |
Sorry, I should have put UK sailing - my mistake :)
But I wouldn't say any of the options are from truly global competition, though if won any of them obviously I'd be highly delighted!
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 22 Nov 18 at 1:33pm |
Last 24 hours of voting for this....
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 12 Dec 18 at 8:57am |
Maria Stanley voted the winner and announced at awards last night... not seen much press on it yet. Not sure who won the other awards.
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iGRF
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 12 Dec 18 at 1:31pm |
Can't say I've ever heard mention of her, but great that a woman gets it and on merit, not that it's unheard of that Cathy Foster was handy back in the day I recall.
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Fatboi
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 12 Dec 18 at 1:51pm |
A bit of a shame that her crew never got a mention. I always feel for the crews when they do not get any credit
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