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501 magaivergents i sail all my live 40 years catamarans and i have never like to day a strangs feelings about same body says that the cats are out of the games i believe this gents you are to old for running or sailing ,go sitdown in a old parents house and think about the young sailor they only like speed this is a stupped idea to kill the fastest boat in the games but not only that but also the catamarans allover the worlds we make more starts in a year than all the classes together i think you ask for boygot the games .and what you think about the world record around the world what boat is that right a catamaran soo jury of ISAF think first before you make this wrong decision
502 Matthias Jocham
503 Kovács Anna
504 Mike CoburnI think it`s disgusting the Olympic multihull has to be removed when the 470 is still there even though there is the 49er !
505 C.H. van DamMulithulls should represent at the Games.
506 Gloor Michael
507 brandt
508 AnonymousIOC, reconsider your decision. For many people the Olympics are only interesting because of sailing and it's diversity, don't spoil it!!
509 Andrew GallagherI really don't understand this decision. Why, with such support for multihull sailing and so many of the worlds top sailors endorsing the class has the ISAF turned against multihulls?
510 Johnny Mrsa
511 Diana BogaardsThe Olympic sailing regatta should represent all disciplines, also multihull sailing.
512 Rob Fox
513 Mike McDonald
514 fabian
515 Anonymous
516 Anonymouswhy reducing the diversity of olympic sailing and sport? Why suppressing the competition of a fast sailing boat? Thanks for reconsidering your decision
517 kelly henson
518 Tjidde Boers
519 Ulrich LindbergThis decision shows that ISAF is not servicing their members, the sailors, but is a club of bureaucrats,
520 Vincent Mattiolathank you
521 AnonymousISAF should have a real rethink.... The people want fun and fast sailing.... 49er, 29er, multihull, Blade rider and windsurfer. Th game has moved on.....
522 AnonymousIs this a joke or have the poms been out in the sun too long? Come over here & sail in Australia instead.
523 Suse JonesOlympic Games 2012, England, Home of the Tornado, need we say more.................
524 Jeremy Evanslike a lot of people i'm lost for words, apart from wondering why cat classes should continue to pay homage to ISAF who have followed up their unbelievable mess of youth cat selection by Olympic cat class rejection.
525 Marcus LynchI have been multihull sailing since I was 16. I have been campaigning the Tornado for the last 6 years. I can't believe that this decision has been made, I'm extremely dissapointed!
526 Robert Freeman
527 Richard AllenIt is a disgrace that one of the largest disiplines in sailing is not represented at the Olympics. Multihull sailing is the most spectacular sailing event to watch and televise, just take a look at the Aruba Catamaran regatta website, www.arubaregatta.com. As all the ISAf funding comes from the IOC through the sale of TV rights they seem to want to cut of their only revenue source!
528 Anonymous
529 jimmy nyhan
530 Peter Walshif 25% of the sailing population sail cats .why take away their only representative at the olympics
531 Elaine TaylorDisgraceful! Having grown up through monohull dinghies, I now sail a twin trapeze multihull with my husband and love it! The best promotion for multihull sailing is the grin on our faces after racing - we have a combined age of 113 years!! ET and DT
532 Simon ChildThis is an appalling decision by people who I thought were ment to bring sport to the interest of the general public. This being a fast and unisex form of sailing
533 Sophie Parrain
534 Carolyn HoweI believe that the multihull represents the majority of the sailing world. The multihull in the Olympics is an incredibly healthy class where the competition level gets higher and higher each quad. The boats are beautiful, fast and most importantly . . . fun to watch. I am an Olympic keelboat sailor and I think eliminating the catamaran is the wrong decision.
535 Anonymous
536 Anonymous
537 Anonymouscrazy decision
538 Piotr BTornado
539 Mick FordThe people who have made tghis decision need to change their minds and accept that multihull racing is an important element of the Olympics. The decision makers are clearly out of touch with the sailing fraternity
540 Anonymous
541 andrew marshall
542 george oxleykeelboats not athletic enough
543 Dietmar Salzmann
544 Cédric Van Mollplease?
545 Ted GrossbartNo multi's is a big mistake. It stifles innovation and disenfranchises thousands of our most talented sailors.
546 eelco BoersI think the ISAF is not thinking in the greater interest of the sport. They are mere protecting there own (past) Interest. e.g. single hand Heavy dinghy men, just write down Finn saves a lot of time and hassle... An other great boat the flying dutchmen also went out for the single hand dinosaur.... Please ensure that the olympics will be an interesting event, for sailors and public!!!!
547 Nick DewhirstAs Chairman of UKCRA I appeal to ISAF to reconsider. The outside world sees Council's decision to exclude multihulls as a victory of self-interest over spectator appeal. If you dump the most exciting boat, do not be surprised if TV dumps you. Then IOC may dump your entire Sailing Regatta!
548 Andrew HannahBy reason of their speed, catamarans are spectacular racing craft. They actually make the sport of yacht racing exciting. They require different techniques, and their exclusion has made Olympic sailing lop-sided and unbalanced.
549 Sepp Lerchenmüller
550 Shane SigginsIt's an amazing sport with weekly competitions. The Olympics is the pinacle to all the dedicated sailors out there

 

Signatures | Total: 6,491