Olympic Trials: Official Entries
Told you I already know who is taking the spot. Knew it since day 1, and have a mail sent on Nov 10 2010 (day Multis got back) to prove it.
You don´t have to be Nostradamus to forsee it, as with many other things coming in other classes…
Current and future discussions are not taking account of common sense established from the beginning of the ‘comeback’ and without any spec available at that moment.
Although a little surprise may arise now, it is, for me, defined.
I sent some questions to Gaebler, waiting for them also Gunnar’s interview
Strange that Hobie didn´t push for an F16 too.
https://www.sailing.org/37773.php
The seven multihull entrants
• Hobie 16 – Hobie Cat
• Hobie Tiger – Hobie Cat
• Nacra 17 – Nacra Sailing International
• Nacra F16 – Nacra Sailing International
• Spitfire S – Sirena Voile
• Tornado – International Tornado Class Association
• Viper – Australian High Performance Catamarans (AHPC)
What? That doesn't make any sense with all the rhetoric about it being "mixed" and loads being easier..
If you want the maximum number of countries to enter then H16 seems the way to go….good boat or not….
Be interesting to see where the priorities lie.
GP
Hope it's not gonna be the HC16…Boring compared to the others!!!!
Where's the special made models that supposedly were being made for this trials. The BMW/Oracle and others. I did hear the Phantom was not ready.
The Phantom and AC boat could have been there, both are ready enough to attend. But they decided it was a total waste of time because ISAF are totally untrustworthy.
A famous Olympic medal winner (on Ts) said that the Hobie 16 is the worst thing that happened to cats.. That boat is responsible for most of the bad reputation of cats.
Do you want to set us back another 30 years?
and I'm sure there's plenty of better single handed dinghy options out there than the Laser and Finn, but they're olympic boats as well.
Like it or not, the H16 fits the ideals of the olympics – universality, accessibility and a very strong global presence. I'm not a fan of it either but who said the olympic boat should be the fastest and most technical?? It should be about the skill of the sailors. H16 succeeds in this the same way as the Laser.
The boats presented are a good cross section of multihull sailing, old and new, traditional and cutting edge, big and small, light and heavy, widely available and built-for-purpose. I personally think that multihulls are well represented in the boats that are attending.
Andrew
PLEASE GOD, LET IT BE THE F16!!!
My first boat was a Hobie Banana (h16) and I can't stand that thing.
then you weren't a very good sailor then huh.
Probably as good as you.
Had any1 considered a single-handed boat that is accessible by the average income earner?
My vote goes to the Windrush 14 Super Super Sloop, or the Paper Tiger.
Windrush 14 because it was (and could still) be available internationally, is a trapeze boat with jib – so quite challenging, and the Paper Tiger because it can be cost effectively owner-built.
For 2-man boats, I agree – the H16, even though it's 'old' and definitely has its flaws – and a handful in a blow, by sheer weight of numbers wins…