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Default Sailing in the Olympics

Donal wrote:
I'd like to publicly congratulate both Australia
and the USA for such a magnificent performance.



Thank you, thank you! (bows humbly)

It is really nice to see the top three positions
are by Britain and her ex-colonies.



Yeah although Spain did pretty well, her former colonies didn't.



It's a real pity that Australians cannot feel
the pride in Britain's performance that the British
feel about Australia's performance. See the following..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7571901.stm
(I'm not sure if this page can be viewed from abroad)




Yep, cool, thanks for the link


OzOne wrote:

Friendly rivalry Donal.

BTW maybe the IOC will now realise that the 49er is the unreliable
unstable POS that I've always said, and drop it.


Well, until a better skiff one-design comes along that becomes more
popular, the 49er is "it"
It's an exciting boat to watch, at least... more so than the Tornados
IMHO.

Interesting controversy with the Code 0 sails, I'd have thought they'd
be the nuts for light air. Am thinking about getting one for my boat,
but after seeing the poor results, maybe not.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King