Friday, November 5, 2010

ISAF, final chance...

I am in Athens now for the ISAF conference, my first visit to such a gathering and from all I have heard from experienced campaigners is that I may be a little frustrated with the process...

I see it as a pretty simple thing though: Either ISAF have the guts to make the right call for sailing (not individual classes) or sailing and the Olympics will part ways in the near future.

We, as sailors know that the time for old designs, old categories and substandard equipment are over, but the crazy thing is that we are not really able to influence the old boys and girls who have demonstrated that they like living in the past and if they continue down the current path they can remain in the past along with olympic sailing.

I hope to be proven wrong, but i'm not confident...