The ISAF Council have decided to dump the Catamarans from the Olympics at Weymouth in 2012(see the statement copied below). This is bad news for catamaran classes in general and in doing so they have dumped one of the most exciting classes for the spectator and kept slow and boring offering such as the Star. It shows that it is more important to have friends in high places than to have an exciting boat with a big following. It defies all logic.
Please register your displeasure on the poll on the following Y&Y link.
http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/ ... p?TID=3570
Thanks
Bob
The ten events selected by the ISAF Council for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition are:
One person dinghy - Men
One person dinghy heavy - Men
Two person dinghy - Men
Two person dinghy high performance - Men
Windsurfer - Men
Keelboat - Men
One person dinghy - Women
Two person dinghy - Women
Keelboat match racing - Women
Windsurfer - Women
ISAF President Göran Petersson said: “The selection of events for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition will have a significant impact on the sport around the world. Sailing has a long and glorious history as an Olympic sport and has been on every Olympic programme since 1908. The ten events chosen for the London Games provide a perfect showcase of the wide range and diversity of sailing. I am certain they will form the backbone of a terrific Olympic Sailing Competition in 2012.”
