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tink 
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 Topic: Olympic sailing has lost its wayPosted: 31 Mar 22 at 8:19pm |
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Olympic sailing is supposed to be the pinnacle of sailing, to my mind this isn’t. With the odd 470 pumping only the ILCAs worth following.
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Posted: 01 Apr 22 at 9:10am |
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No keel boats?
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Posted: 01 Apr 22 at 9:41am |
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Not since 2012
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 01 Apr 22 at 9:53am |
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It looks as if all the new classes seem to have been chosen for their suitability for TV. This has been going on for years though, the last grass roots class to be adopted was the L@ser (not that grass roots classes were much in evidence historically anyway).
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
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423zero
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Posted: 01 Apr 22 at 10:25am |
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So Star was last keel boat? Thought they were looking for a mixed cheap keel boat?
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Posted: 01 Apr 22 at 11:03am |
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Black sails should help bring Olympic sailing to the forefront
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Happily living in the past
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Sam.Spoons
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Posted: 01 Apr 22 at 12:16pm |
They make all the difference, (must be true 'cos the new Blaze sail is black
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Noah
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Posted: 01 Apr 22 at 1:13pm |
The two-person, mixed offshore keelboat event was dropped. Everyone knew it was a) not suitable for tv, b) not realistically followable by anyone, let alone non sailors.
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Posted: 01 Apr 22 at 1:51pm |
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Perhaps black shows better on TV.
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I will admit to having no great interest in the foiling classes (kites / boards / nacra) but that’s because it’s not something I relate to with my sailing, I don’t think it’s any less skill full and athletic.
What about the 49er fleets, they are still sailing not just kinetics and they are very well sailed. The laser fleet doesn’t much inspire me to be honest and I don’t think it’s makes good viewing in any medium.
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