SailJuice Blog

Good news, but also a lot of bad news, for sailors who want to see a re-vote of the slate of 10 sailing Events being lined up for the Olympic Regatta in Weymouth 2012.

If you’ve been following this blog since last October, you’ll be familiar with the whole Estoril saga, where the Men’s Keelboat won a narrow victory over the Multihull, and the Women’s Match Racing just edged out the Women’s Skiff. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, dig back through the SailJuice archives for October and November 2007.)

SailJuice was not a fan of either of these outcomes, and reported on the eleventh-hour change in voting procedure, a cunning move that was led by Charley Cook from US Sailing, whose agenda was to see the keelboats remain in the Games. (Fair play to… Read the rest

Poor old Yngling. It is looking very unloved in Estoril at the moment, and seems certain to get the chop from the roster for 2012. Although to judge by the results of the Olympic Classes 2012 Survey, not too many of you would be sad about that….

So, does that mean existing Events such as the Men’s Heavyweight Dinghy category – ie the Finn – can breathe a small sigh of relief?

Not necessarily.

Big winner at the ISAF Conference yesterday was Women’s Match Racing. Something else would have to make way for a new Event, so the game of musical chairs is far from over.

The Women’s Sailing Committee ran their own musical chairs yesterday to see which would be the most favoured events under different scenarios. They began by voting for an… Read the rest