As an outsider looking in. Firstly I would certainly sponsor representatives with product. What I don't understand though is some sailing clubs ( but obviously not all) have some very well heeled members so for a club to raise funds for young sailers representing them at the world's shouldn't be that hard. The management of their junior sailing programs just need to be approached and given direction from Australian Sailing so that they can start the ball rolling.
Here's the issues laid bare - AS is so focussed on Lympix that we spend huge resources on sending a single 470 representative and measure our sports "success" on a medal every 4 years...while admitting that we have no fleet whatsoever....he then goes on to admit "we send 10 or 12 admin representatives to World Sailing meetings....." Yeah but we can't send a single youth to a youth worlds. Can anyone else see the problem our sport has? Time to drop the focus from Lympix to building grass roots...drop the admin costs of our sport attending irrelevant global meetings and return to building fleet participation. ILCA will look after itself as it always has...Time to rethink what "success" looks like and hold our peak body accountable. Clubs are the backbone of our sport. They struggle with issues like insurance and increased admin burdens...it's here that AS should be busy...but unfortunately AS is not structured for accountability. Most clubs..and certainly the majority of active sailors...question the value AS offers for their extortionate affiliation fees they demand from clubs
@@craigsmith3655 We were discussing the latest financial demands AS has made on our little (but active) OTB club at our zoom committee meeting last night...AS is demanding roughly $9,500 this year! With a total membership of maybe 200, and and active senior participation of maybe 50....and incredibly, we get hit for higher costs BECAUSE we host state and National regattas occasionally...That's right...we're financially penalised for being active (For the record...the events barely cover their costs). There is no assistance with Club admin (arguably greater burden). No assistance with insurance. No assistance in race management. No help with member recruitment...No Value. If the intention of AS is to build participation...The AS structure and Focus is fundamentally flawed. AS demands run counter to club goals.
Hey dumb dumbs! If you're going to try to copy a news format. At least engage brain to figure out what that format is. BEFORE trying to replicate it yourselves. Short intro with thirty seconds of key facts. Then cut the interviewees responses in half and intersperse with exterior AND interior shots of the boat, ensuring you capture the important images. Honestly, I nearly fell asleep.
@@robertharris7027 The IACC were interesting. But you have to admit that the current America's cup boats are terrific. They are an achievement of physics and will help boat design for the next decades. The 12m JI were just about who had the deepest pockets. The IACC were about who had the best lawyers (and most money) to be able to twist the rules and laws. Currently the sport is far more sportsmanlike. Much younger talent that haven't yet learned how to double cross each other and stab each other in the back yet... LOL. Did you know that the 1st AC rules were that the contender had to SAIL his boat to the venue ! i.e.: The British (and any others) had to build a yacht that was capable of affronting the Atlantic ocean's storms and sail to the USA BEFORE entering the race..... No bloody wonder the USA kept the cup for so long. Their boats were built as lightweight racers, not ocean going yachts.
@@robertharris7027 I must say I enjoyed the cats as they had sails for light winds aswell. Todays boats or races are super boring. They fly between two bouys and its hard to tell whats upwind or downwind.
These yachts are so slow !!! I used to crew on them and think I was the dog's balls. Extremely heavy and cumbersome. Used to own and campaign a 6mJI also. Those are for people who don't know what to do with their money and like wearing expensive clothes and watches sipping champagne at "the clubhouse" ... LOL. A waste of time and money.
@@user-oe1mb9hu9i Interesting perspective. I used to sail on the old Twelves; I think they're gorgeous and powerful and the essence and epitome of sailing. Today's Cup boats are -- ? Idiotic, barely sailboats at all inasmuch as this technology is not sailable by your ordinary Joe, and a total disconnect from the sailing public. I don't particularly want to watch "sailors" who have to wear Kevlar helmets and body armor and talk to each other through headsets. And go by at 40 knots. Sailing was never about ultimate speed; that's for wing suits. It's just unwatchable.
Never noticed that catamaran was in the way that much. That being said I don't believe it changed anything. Congratulations!! Outperformed them inshore almost every maneuver and navigation decision.
Does the race committee bear responsibility for poor management of the race course and allowing a spectator boat to intrude on the winward side of the finish line?
Great finish. It's amazing that the finish of the S2H can be edge of your seat viewing. I got mates that think F1 car racing is the best thing. They don't know shit about yacht racing.....obviously.
