Quite. Long is good. I worry deeply about Murray's handling of the budget situation, however. He is going around saying you could do an AC on E20m if you take away the personnel costs by using dinghy sailors. And then says that the most expensive thing is the personnel costs. Disingenuous to say the least.
No need to apologise James! Great article and fascinating stuff. What else are we supposed to read in our lunch hour on a cold December day in Blighty!
Fascinating story...For those in SoCal, tomorrow night at California Yacht Club Tom Ehman and Pete Melvin will present their current picture of what is happening and where this compelling drama is taking us. Next year should publicly demonstrate a formidable change of direction for the Auld Mug. The continuing sponsorship by Louis Vuitton adds continuity and tradition to the otherwise radical 'new' AC. We have much to look forward to. David Collins
Roland and Nahid Gaebler who are campaining on behalf of the Tornado point out, the following mixed data from the multihull world:
The actual World champion in Open Tornado World championship is a mixed team.
Many of the World champions in the Hobie 16 Class are mixed teams
Women Sailing Legends Ellen MacArthur and Shirley Robertson sailing on Extreme 40 multihulls with a mixed team.
Vice-World champion in ISAF combined Worlds 2007 in Cascais was a mixed team.
Vice European Champion 2010 in Hobie 16 is a mixed team.
20% of Top 10 in Tornado Worlds is mixed teams (Place 1. and 7.).
40% of Top 10 in German Tornado Crew Ranking list is Women (from 81 Crews)!
More women sail as a crew more than sail as a helm in Tornado. 3:7 ratio for helm/crew in mixed teams.
Denmark send mixed teams to the Olympics in 1984, 1992 and 2000
The Tornado and 470 class had successful mixed teams in the past Olympics.
Our ultimate sailing Legend Poul Elvström places 4. at the Olympics 1984 with his daughter Trine
They have started the site www.mixedsailing.org
Wilted as his prospects now appeared, Lionel romained determined to ketchup. And as he stalked them, his leading rivals took a beeting from mother nature. End(ive) of story? He was first to turnip at the finish line!
Let us hope with a one design that an adequate margin of strength has been built into these beams. Designers in general do seem to be still underestimating the dynamic loads on racing trimaran beams. Any failure will be disastrous for the new class.
It's quite admirable the way Lemonchois has sorted out the structural problems this boat had, improved it, and then persevered in the RduRhum to win through.
After his earlier triumphs in larger multis, his reputation is now sky high.
Moth at the Olympics? Come on, they are funny boats but leave them where they are.
My list is:
Finn
Tornado mixed
Star
470 Men
470 Female
49er mixed
Lser Men
Laser Female
Match Race Men
Match Race Female
Windsurf can go with "beach sports" together with Beach Volley.
Moth at the Olympics? Come on, they are funny boats but leave them where they are.
My list is:
Finn
Tornado mixed
Star
470 Men
470 Female
49er mixed
Lser Men
Laser Female
Match Race Men
Match Race Female
Windsurf can go with "beach sports" together with Beach Volley.
Foiling moth, are you joking, replace the class with the strongest most athletic guys and replace it with a class which can have a scenario of lightest person wins!!
well, ISAF is as usual about 15 to 20 years behind, I am afraid they will never learn it. This would have been a possibility to bring Olympic sailing up to date, instead they stick with the Finn and the 470 and a keel boat class for women that nobody is really interested in.
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