US Sailing fly on the wall

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US Sailing fly on the wall

Proposal may be to reformat Olympic Windsurfing as a 3 event discipline– course racing, slalom and freestyle. To ALSO include kiting with the same format. Eliminating Finn Class also proposed. Sounds like discussion stage inside US Sailing, of course the IOC maka da rules in the end.
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That would be so absolutely cool for all windsporting sports.

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Re: US Sailing fly on the wall

Except for the Finn sailors

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moredownhaul wrote:

Except for the Finn sailors

Oh, don't worry about them...

--- The Arrogant Jerk: Crabby and irritable since 1998.

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http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/M22182024OlympicSailingCompetitionEventsEquipment-[23733].pdf

Seems someone disagrees with "Windsurfing is Dead"

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Retain Windsurfing Men and Women – Windsurfing is a long-established event on the Olympic programme since 1984 which has always offered equivalent events for men and women. The windsurfer men and windsurfer women enables many nations around the world to compete at the Olympic Games, and behind the Laser is the second most spread class with more than 70 different nations actively competing. Olympic Windsurfing has grown impressively since the introduction of the RS:X Class. (a)The current Olympic Windsurfing equipment is a very successful as: (i) It delivers attractive sailing, different from ‘standard’ boat sailing, to the Olympics (ii) From 4-30 knots of wind speed, the RS:X Windsurfing guarantees exhilarating racing in any wind and wave conditions where some of the other Olympic classes are not suitable to race. (iii) The RS:X Equipment offers the least expensive route into the Olympic Sailing Competition for small and emerging nations, both in terms of equipment and campaign costs. (iv) The new racing format with reaching starts and finishes in Medal Races offers much more excitement and clearness for spectators. (b)The Windsurfing Events fulfil all the goals and requirements the IOC requests for the Olympic Sailing Competition. It is the cheapest form of Olympic sailing, has great universality, high numbers of women competing, it is low risk, it is visual and has large numbers of Youth competing. The WS Regulation 23.1.2 is clear that the Olympic Sailing Competition Event shall be attractive and accessible to young athletes from all continents, which is perfectly done by Windsurfing. (c)The Windsurfing youth development pathway with the Techno 293, as the feeder class for the RS:X, is booming with record entry numbers with over 400 young sailors competing at its Worlds (see Regulation 23.1.2) (d)The Windsurfing Events are the most colourful in the Olympic Sailing family and most dynamic of all Olympic Sailing disciplines with athletes being some of the fittest at the Olympic Sailing Competition. It is both physically and tactically demanding with the emphasis being on the athlete’s ability not his/her ability to buy the latest gear. (e)Windsurfing deserves its place in the Olympic sailing program so to maintain high level competition and protect the investment in windsurfing development programmes made by MNAs
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If the racing in the Olympics is anything like this, it'll be fun.

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What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

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