Sailing 2016 Discussion Thread

[Prashanth 184]

India failed to get the boat for the Rio2016....hard luck guys....

[dcro 10,210]

So, looking at the entry lists for Princesa Sofia regatta, these countries will fight for the last sailing quotas..

 

EUROPE

Men's 470 (1) -

Women's 470 (1) -

Men's 49er (1) -

Women's 49er FX (1) -

Men's Finn (1) -

Men's Laser (2) -

Women's Laser Radial (2) -

Mixed Nacra 17 (1) -

Men's RS:X (2) -

Women's RS:X (1) -

 

AFRICA

Women's 470 (1)

Men's 49er (1)

Women's 49er FX (1)

Men's Finn (1) -

Mixed Nacra 17 (1) -

 

Edited March 28, 2016 by dcro

[dcro 10,210]

And here is the article about Allan Julie from Seychelles who wants to qualify in Finn even though he has only been training Finn for two weeks. He is a four time Olympian, but in Laser.

 

http://www.finnclass.org/news/166-major-championships-2016/814-allan-julie-setting-the-bar-high-to-qualify-for-rio-olympics

Edited March 15, 2016 by dcro

[JoshMartini007 2,766]

Interesting. Julie lost the fight to qualify in the laser to his compatriot. The finn class is a bit different, yet similar enough that a person can transition to it. If he had more time to train I would call him the favourite. I guess we'll know once the races begin.

[MantaRaymarc 132]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

So, looking at the entry lists for Princesa Sofia regatta, these countries will fight for the last sailing quotas..

 

EUROPE

Men's 470 (1) -

Women's 470 (1) -

Men's 49er (1) -

Women's 49er FX (1) -

Men's Finn (1) -

Men's Laser (2) -

Women's Laser Radial (2) -

Mixed Nacra 17 (1) -

Men's RS:X (2) -

Women's RS:X (1) -

 

AFRICA

Women's 470 (1) -

Men's 49er (1) -

Women's 49er FX (1) -

Men's Finn (1) -

Mixed Nacra 17 (1) -

 

Talk about the free quotas for Algeria!

Egypt is also competing in Nacra 17. So we have 3 African nations.

[Pavlo 149]

maybe Woman`s Laser / Finn / Men`s 470 will get it, but there are very few quotas - it will be so tough to get any

[hckošice 15,525]

2 hours ago, dcro said:

So, looking at the entry lists for Princesa Sofia regatta, these countries will fight for the last sailing quotas..

 

EUROPE

Men's 470 (1) -

Women's 470 (1) -

Men's 49er (1) -

Women's 49er FX (1) -

Men's Finn (1) -

Men's Laser (2) -

Women's Laser Radial (2) -

Mixed Nacra 17 (1) -

Men's RS:X (2) -

Women's RS:X (1) -

 

AFRICA

Women's 470 (1) -

Men's 49er (1) -

Women's 49er FX (1) -

Men's Finn (1) -

Mixed Nacra 17 (1) -

 

Talk about the free quotas for Algeria!

 

Slovak entry hope the guy will not drown...

Edited March 15, 2016 by hckosice

[bestmen 2,904]

2 hours ago, dcro said:

 

 

Talk about the free quotas for Algeria!

these quotas are not free they will pay the hotel/travel

[dcro 10,210]

23 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

Slovak entry hope the guy will not drown...

 

Don't be so disrespectful towards Slovak sailors. You had a sailor at the Olympics as recently as in 2008.

[dcro 10,210]

Our women's 49er FX crew will have a very difficult task, even though they showed a big improvement at the last year's World Championships. I have also already assumed that African quota would be reallocated to Ireland, what would make our qualification a bit easier, but looks like Algeria denied that.

 

On the other hand, it will be a huge dissapointment if we don't qualify in men's RS:X. It's too easy, 2 quotas for only 7 nations (and that includes Latvia, Slovakia and Turkey). And I also expected that we would qualify in men's RS:X before this regatta...