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Now, further to the Danish protest over the Women’s Events, here’s the Danes’ submission to ISAF regarding the Men’s Events for the Olympic Regatta 2012…

If you want to download the original submissions in pdf format, here they are:

denmark-men-submission-sailjuice.pdf

denmark-women-submission-sailjuice.pdf

Submission from Danish Sailing Association

Men/Open Events for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition

Proposal:

That the decision on the selection of Men / Open Events for the 2012 Olympic
Regatta be re-considered in accordance with 16.1.1(b), and that a run-off vote be
held between “Keelboat” and “Multi-hull” at the earliest available opportunity.

Current Position:

Council decided in November, after a last minute change of the voting procedure, the following
6 events for Men:

• Windsurfer
• 1 person dinghy
• 1 person dinghy (heavy)
• 2 person dinghy
•… Read the rest

After the Australians, now the Danish making their submissions, and repeating the same point about tactical voting skewing the decisions about the Olympic Events for 2012. Dan Ibsen, head of the Danish Sailing Association, has made two submissions, one for the men’s and one for the women’s Events.

First, the women’s submission…

Submission from Danish Sailing Association

Womens Events for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition

Proposal:

That the decision on the selection of Women’s Events for the 2012 Olympic Regatta
be re-considered in accordance with ISAF regulation 16.1.1(b), and that a run-off
vote be held between “2 person dinghy (high performance)” and “Keelboat (match
Racing)” at the earliest available opportunity.

Current Position:
Council decided in November, after a last minute change of the voting procedure, the following
4 events for… Read the rest