| # | Name | Comments |
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| 201 | R P Blagden | The Olympics is a showcase for sailing, and the Tornado is the kind of boat likely to catch the imagination of the general public. This decision is illogical and contrary to the views of the vast majority of sailors and spectators. |
| 202 | Anonymous | |
| 203 | Anonymous | |
| 204 | Anonymous | Totally and absolutely appalled at the decision to exclude Multi-Hulls. It is blatantly obvious that the International Sailing Community is not being represented fairly. An honest explanation should be forthcoming. |
| 205 | richard swanston | ridiculous |
| 206 | Camille Parrain | it is one of the most exciting and extreme class which gives a great show to spectators and media. So to promote sailing it would be a pity and a stupid move! Besides that multihulls are also the most popular boats (example F18). So multihulls have to be at the Olympics to represent the variety of sailing! With only old school and conservative classes kept = end of Olympic Sailing? |
| 207 | T R Holmes | |
| 208 | Tim Parsons | I am a past National champion in monohulls, ranging from Etchells, 505's and Lasers. Five years ago my eyes were opened when I sailed a high perfmance catamaran and until that point had no idea what I had been missing. I now own and race an F-18 and a Hobie 20.
Multihulls represent a large slice of our sport and continue to grow at a fast[er] rate of popularity both in racing and cruising. Catamarans are especially fast and offer far better spectator participation than slower dinghies and keelboats.
At club, national and international levels, it is very typical to see female/female and male/female crews competing on an equal level as male/male crewed high performance catamarans. This is one particular arena allowing uni-sex competition on a potential even footing.
Dinghies are already over-represented at the Olympic Regatta and one should make way (I suggest the 470) for the catamaran. |
| 209 | Chris Read | |
| 210 | Anonymous | I cannot believe that the decision has been made to do away with the most spectacular, and viewer-freindly class in Olympic sailing. Ther is no cheating (like pumping) just fast enjoyable, easu to follow racing. Totally rediculous! |
| 211 | Anonymous | |
| 212 | Bas Paumen | mulithull sailing is attractive for viewers, demandign for sailors and a class of it's own, it deserves an oplympic presence. |
| 213 | Jamie Donegan | |
| 214 | Anonymous | Perhaps ISAFhas outlived its usefullness to Cat sailors..
Time to form our own International Affiliate Association .. |
| 215 | Clemens Kruse | |
| 216 | Anonymous | |
| 217 | Chris Owen | An absolutly stupid decision which needs to be overturned as soon as possible. |
| 218 | Elaine Whybrow | will withdraw rya membership |
| 219 | Anonymous | What an incredibly stupid plan this is! |
| 220 | Anonymous | I would like the IOC to recognise that catamarans are an important part of the sailing comunity and an unbelievable experience. |
| 221 | Stuart Keen | |
| 222 | Donald Lawson | Why pick slow boats for the Olympics? Why pick boats woman can't sail? Why not go with the recommendation of your committee? Why not have a media friendly boat in the Olympics? If sailing is not fun, they Olympic Committee will drop sailing. So I guess match racing on slow boats will make it fun? Why have two singlehanded male only dingies? Why have two slow keelboats? Why not cut the slow Finn, and or cut the either both or one of the keelboats? Who carries about the Star or yngling? |
| 223 | John scott | This is a petty ,vindictive and retrograde step,catering to the reactionary ,dogmatic and worst of human traights |
| 224 | George Stephen | The Olympics are about speed and power, skillfully applied.
The IOC were seeking to remove inappropriate duplication in Olympic events.
The IOC should ask ISAF to justify its choice of two 2man dinghy classes for men (but only one for women - a sexist decision if ever there was one!), one of which is described as high performance, and the other by implication is a relatively slow boat. Clearly it is the latter that should be dropped.
The IOC should ask ISAF to justify its decision to drop the fastest sailing class, the Tornado, or one like it, while choosing slower boats that fail to live up to the Olympic ideal that fastest wins. |
| 225 | Matthew Bounds | |
| 226 | John P Andrews | |
| 227 | Virginie Lauriot Prevost | |
| 228 | oli egan | |
| 229 | Anonymous | DISGUSTING... The Olympics are the pinnacle of any sportsman or sportswoman’s chosen sport. The Tornado is the ultimate sailing craft and one where mixed crews can complete without any measurable performance difference.
Bad move ISAF and RYA you’ve just lost the support of those who elected you.
Come on IOC make a difference overrule ISAF give all types of sailors a chance at GOLD.. |
| 230 | kirill silaev | |
| 231 | Peter Hannon | Please don't allow "politics" to ruin the most exciting spectacle for sailors and non-sailors alike.
Cat sailing is the Formula 1 of sailing... |
| 232 | Magnus Smith | Multihulls are one of the main facets of the sport of sailing. Just like fleet/team/match racing, single/double-handed, and dinghy/keelboats. |
| 233 | Edward Chapman | The ISAF is out of touch and has got this wrong. If they want to promote sailing in the Olympics they should only include the fastest and most exciting sailing boats such as the Tornado or F18. If they want monohulls they should include the International Moth. |
| 234 | Pete Conway | The statement of the president who said that the selection was a great representation of the sailing world is blatantly false. It summarises a flawed rationality and decision as it is clearly not representative. |
| 235 | Phil Danbe | |
| 236 | Anonymous | Amazed and disgusted at the decision. |
| 237 | Steve Slagle | As a multihull sailor, I am very upset with the planned removal of the Tornado class from the Olympics for 2012. The fastest, most advanced class is not to be raced at the Olympics at its birth place of Britian! Catamaran and multihull sailors will protesting and withdrawing support from ISAF, USSailing, and IOC.
very disappointed,
Steve Slagle |
| 238 | Andy Clarke | |
| 239 | M.Avery | Politics has no place in sport and to remove multi-hulls from the olimpics shows the narrow mind set of the committee. |
| 240 | Maurizio Giuggioli | |
| 241 | Richard Ledger | Removeing multihull sailing from the olimpics takes sailing back 30 years. |
| 242 | Erkki Schmidt | Please, please. Keep the diversity in sailing. |
| 243 | Peter Schouten | It must be all about the money!!
Maybe we are just to fast, compared wih the other sailing disciplines. It's a shame to exclude the multihull from the Olympics!! |
| 244 | Margje | I really can't imagine why the ISAF would want to do this... I love the catamaran and I think it is one of the most exiting boats in the world, defenitely the Tornado! |
| 245 | Timothy Layne | |
| 246 | Jayne Conway | The olympics are about more than just athletes competing for supremacy. They're about the spectacle of the events also; the inspiration that they can give to other athletes and non athletes alike. Sailing really isn't much of a spectator sport, it's difficult to see and complicated to follow. However, of all the sailing classes, the tornado is probably to one that stands out as giving the observer the specatacle that he or she is seeking. It is truly a breathtaking boat that is likely to inspire anyone who watches it speeding through the water. To drop the mulitihulls is to deprive the viewer of arguably the most beautiful of the olympic sailing events. |
| 247 | Robert Govier | |
| 248 | George E. Pedrick | It is ridiculus to have multiple single handed events, multiple double handed boats and not have a catamaran class. Catamarans by some estimates represent twenty five percent of the world sailors. It also does not make sense to have a keel boat class. The olympics is not about old fat guys sailing on a boat held upright with lead. |
| 249 | jacqueline thomas | |
| 250 | Steve Reese | |