Roger, I'm glad you pointed that out. I was going to, but didn't want to be the 'dinghy nerd'.
For full points though, you should have pointed out that Ainslie races a Laser, not a Finn, and that he didn't win A gold medal, he won 4 of them, which (imo) makes him one of the most accomplished Olympic athletes of all time. (I discount runners and swimmers because they're able to run in multiple events in the same games, whereas Ainslie's 4 golds span 4 games and 13 years. That's a long time to be the best in the world) Btw - Laser's not a skiff either. Cheers Colin On 9/25/13, Roger Ware <[email protected]> wrote: > The Finn may be many things, but skiff, it is not. > > Cheers, Roger Ware, Kingston, ON > > > > From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck S > Sent: September-24-13 4:15 PM > To: Bev Parslow; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stus-List America's Cup. > > > > I think the Americas Cup went through many changes thru the years. The > twelve meter boats saw a national pride carried thruout with crews from > local colleges. That chapter ran from WWII until 1983 when America lost the > cup. I think the national requirement was dropped after Coutts won so many > times in a row. Now it's all paid professionals of international fame. > This year's American boat Oracle's skipper is Australian and the tactician > is a Brit who won a Gold metal sailing a Finn in the Olympics, a one man > skiff. > > But way back when the cup races first started, late 1800's until right up > thru to WWII, the cup was contested like it is now. The American boats were > enormous boats owned by millionares, like JP Morgan, Rockefeller, > Vanderbilt, skippered by professional captains and manned by Swedish steam, > a gang of Swedes, or other nationalities. > > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > > _____ > > From: "Bev Parslow" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 2:48:07 PM > Subject: Stus-List America's Cup. > > I am confused. We have a boat sponsored from a country that last time I used > an atlas was in the Middle East. All participants being interviewed seem to > have an accent from the Southern Hemisphere. Rumour has it that in fact we > have only one American on board. If they win, it should be called the > American's Cup. This really is quite a farce. Why not a boat, built, > designed and made in that country, filled from citizens from there with > sponsorship from the state. > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
