| # | Name | Comments |
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| 301 | John-Paul Indoe | Multihull sailing is just a big apart of sailing as monohull sailing, and both disciplines should be represented at the Olympics |
| 302 | james kundert | Terrible news driven in part by the reckless belief that a sport can only be successful if it 'looks good' on tv, so why not have more match racing... oh we are. |
| 303 | David Blagden | How DARE they?!
The UKCRA summarises the glaringly obvious case for ISAF's total detachment from justice - and indeed, reality - very well.
However, they omit the additional fact that cat racing is the only sailing event (along with 49ers) that is remotely suitable for television. ISAF have essentially conceded that they don't give a damn about showcasing sailing to the world, provided their own hides are snug on their chairs.
ISAF have essentially decreed that cat racing is not sailing. If this is the case, then they no longer have any right to speak for cat sailors at the IOC. An International Multihull Sailing Association - IMSA - is now required, which will give cats the representation that the statistics say they deserve (have they seen the current Hobie 16 sail number?! It's high...) |
| 304 | Lyman A. Rust | Multihull sailing is very competitive worldwide and should be continued in the Olympics. |
| 305 | Robbie Daniel | Why take the most exciting class out of the Olympics. It is one of the more cost effective classes since you can fit 10 in a container. It is a sport that applies to all ages. Sailing is doomed in the Olympics with out flash on the water |
| 306 | Andrew Macpherson | I am still struggling to believe that the ISAF Council could go against the Events committe and hence the general wishes of sailors worldwide just to satisfy their own desires. They hae done sailing a great deal of damage witht this move. |
| 307 | Charles Watson | “The ten events chosen for the London Games provide a perfect showcase of the wide range and diversity of sailing” – pah! Assuming you only consider monohulls & that the hundreds of thousands of active cat sailors to be from another planet. How many heavyweight men only races are there every weekend? How exciting & televisable is cat sailing? How much more equality of the sexes can be achieved by mixed crewing? |
| 308 | Stuart Smith | |
| 309 | Caleb Tarleton | Poor decision, does not reflect the true Olympic spirit of Multihull Sailing. |
| 310 | karen McDaid | Need at least one cat in the olympics. Should try encourage sailing from all aspects. |
| 311 | Diday Patrick | |
| 312 | Paula Kopyłowicz | |
| 313 | Csaba Lukats | |
| 314 | Eddie van Leeuwen | By excluding catsailing from the olympics the ISAF is ignoring several hundred thousand - probably more - enthousiastic sailors all over the world. The fact that a lot of world class sailers end up sailing multihulls instead of the monohull they they sailed before should speak for itself. Really a shame especially for a country like great Britain... |
| 315 | Kelly Jason | |
| 316 | Sebastien Greber | |
| 317 | Jeremy Hurst | |
| 318 | james bildahl | |
| 319 | Anonymous | |
| 320 | Russell Clark | A massive dissapointment, not only for the present sailing world but how do we encourage youngsters that olympic sailing represents the cutting edge of performance racing. |
| 321 | Jon Thompson | |
| 322 | Tony Skinner | I sail a Sprint 15 which is certainly not an elitist boat.
I support boat such as a Hobie Tiger as a very suitable Olympic boat. |
| 323 | Peter M Hayes | I am a member of the RYA. |
| 324 | Dermot Mangan | An absolutely disgraceful decision - removing the most visually exciting boat in Olympic Sailing. Sailing in general will suffer. |
| 325 | Oliver Gebauer | It's absurd, not to have this important boat type at the Olympics! |
| 326 | Don Atchley | |
| 327 | Dale Van Lopik | |
| 328 | Tom Johns | |
| 329 | Hendrik Lange | How dare they deny these great boats and their top of the line sailors/athletes a place in the Olympics!
Get out of the boardroom and go and see what goes on at multihull events all over the planet. If you are unable to see why these craft and athletes deserve a place in the Olympic line up then my suggestion would be that you are politically misinformed and that you don't understand that for the greater good of sailing it is essential that we have a diverse range of sailing vessels and crew mixtures. |
| 330 | John Murphy | Cat sailing is the most prevalent sailing in my club, as sailors find iot the most exciting. Please rescind this decision |
| 331 | ENGLISH Benjamin | God save the ... catamaran! |
| 332 | David Emmons | Start representing the sport you bloody idiots !! |
| 333 | pieterjan dwarshuis | How the F*** is it possible that cat sailing losing it Olympic status and there are 10 (!) 'half-boat ' classes still in the games ?????
bloody politics ....
Catsailing is at least 25 % of all dinghy sailing
In Holland it is probably even 50 % ........or more........ |
| 334 | Matt Harper | |
| 335 | kurt | isaf are wankers |
| 336 | Kyra McKenna | |
| 337 | Keith Bliss | ISAF have made a catostrofic mistake by removing the multihull from the Olympics. Multihulls are cutting edge sailing and spectacular veiwing. The Star has had its day and if a fivety year old can be selected, just confirms the ISAF council must be full of old blue blazer crocks. This decision sucks. |
| 338 | Brian Chapman | Multi-hull sailors have always fought discrimination (envy) at every level of the sport - what more can I say |
| 339 | Mitchell Bayliss | I can't see the sense in having TEN (10) monohull events and ZERO (0) multihull events. Contary to what Mr Peterson said that is not a perfect spectrum of sailing. Not only that but the Tornados were the fastest and most thrilling boat for spectators to watch! |
| 340 | Tim Reid | The end of a dream for young cat sailors around the world !! Come on ISAF take your finger out of your ass and wake up.... |
| 341 | Jose Barbosa | I sail a DART and find completly unacceptable that the multihulls are left out of such an important worl event. |
| 342 | Mitch Bayliss | The decision by ISAF does not provide a complete cross section of sailing, contrary to Mr Peterson's statement. |
| 343 | Mark Stafford | The multihulls represent some of the best television viewing in terms of speed and excitement that the sport of sailing has to offer, and to remove them from Olympic representation is a travesty of the highest order |
| 344 | Peter Czajka | Multihull sailing is very important for the sailing community and the popularity of sailing, both disciplines should be represented at the Olympics. I can,t understand the ISAF representatives. Do we realy need two heavy weight dinghies, and other old fashioned constructions to bore the spectators? |
| 345 | Laura Jones | |
| 346 | Robert Metzke | To represent the whole spectrum of the sailing community this type of boat should be included.
On a spectator viewpoint it is much more exciting than all the other boats that have sailed in recent years bar the 49er. |
| 347 | Henry Clark | |
| 348 | Kerry Thomas | Hobie and tornado and chuck out those damn boring leadmines. |
| 349 | Renate Czajka | |
| 350 | Alan Williams | What has Wind rowing got to do with sailing. Bring back the Tornado throw out the sailboards or make them a totally different sport for incluesion
Why sail half a boat when you can sail a whole one |