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real racing starts tomorrow

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Forum Name: Olympic Sailing
Forum Discription: The top end racing in our sport
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Topic: real racing starts tomorrow
Posted By: oz man
Subject: real racing starts tomorrow
Date Posted: 14 Aug 08 at 7:45pm

with the sailing so far in the half boats being a bit on the dull side its great that the real thing finally kicks off tomorrow in full size boats. looks like there might be some wind as well. will have to make the the most of it thanks to icrap sorry i mean isaf. good luck to all team gb




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Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 6:13am
or not as the case my be, boatts being sent in...


Posted By: oz man
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 6:16am
its dreadful this must be the worst sailing venue ever


Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 7:58am

Good to hear you being positive oz man

It looks horrendous, I couldn't think of anything worse than sailing my T in those conditions, but we both know dan would be asleep or b*tching about the conditions.  If he bothered to turn up..

 

Not the ideal place to showcase boats in general and big cats in specific



Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 8:37am

Tornado's are on the water now. Looking reasonable, marginal twin string and on the string downwind.

 

But only if you've got a big kite



Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 8:48am
Oz man... A load of rafts floating about in no wind... Yer, that's the real stuff!

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Posted By: Villan
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 9:09am

The Tornado's looked good fun before I left ... The stars didnt.



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Posted By: tornado435
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 10:22am

Yeah,

 

Can't believe we've got the leadmines on the telly and not the T's

 

Still good to see boats any boats actually powered up and moving



Posted By: laserboy404
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 10:25am
percy and simpson just finished 6th after being 3rd at the top mark

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Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 10:35am
Originally posted by laserboy404

percy and simpson just finished 6th after being 3rd at the top mark
7th...


Posted By: laserboy404
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 10:41am
I obviously wasn't paying attention

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Posted By: TornadoSi
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 11:08am

Originally posted by Strawberry

Oz man... A load of rafts floating about in no wind... Yer, that's the real stuff!

Strawberry ...  Fastest Rafts i have seen at the games so far  -You must have been so mesmerised by the excitement of the stars you missed them !!!



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Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 11:43am
Originally posted by TornadoSi

Originally posted by Strawberry

Oz man... A load of rafts floating about in no wind... Yer, that's the real stuff!

Strawberry ...  Fastest Rafts i have seen at the games so far  -You must have been so mesmerised by the excitement of the stars you missed them !!!



Just jesting mate.

Certainly rafts with the bravest innovation I've ever seen.


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Posted By: oz man
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 3:14pm
prehaps thats the answer ditch the half boats and make raft racing an olympic sport, maybe icrap would be happy then


Posted By: Phil eltringham
Date Posted: 15 Aug 08 at 4:10pm
thats it, team building and racing.  Competitors must build their raft from a few logs and some plastic barrels, and then paddle round a muddy pond using only their hands, and a single paddle with a unfeasibly short handle.  PGL have been doing it for years, now that would be a great olympic spectacle!

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