New Olympic Event

This is going to make the so called 'prohibitively expensive' classes like the Star, Soling etc look like pocket money:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7vsl4kzp8klhi8k/Mixed%20Two%20Person%20Offshore%20Keelboat%20Event_Working%20Paper.pdf?dl=0

https://www.sailingillustrated.com/single-post/2019/05/09/World-Sailing-Heres-the-entire-2024-Mixed-Two-Person-Keelboat-Offshore-paper-approved-by-the-WS-Board-at-its-February-2019-meeting-the-draft-plan-is-breathtaking-in-cost-and-complexity-laying-out-the-most-controversial-and-expensive-sailing-event-for-both-competitors-and-organizers-in-Olympic-history?utm_campaign=c38cc74c-6e27-4224-86d6-9278514cfbc8&utm_source=so


It will epitimise what non sailors already say about sailing - expensive and elitist.

Will there ever have been an Olympic event that is so expensive and complex ?

I thought the Olympics where supposed to be drug free

No logic I can see.

[QUOTE=davidyacht] Two person offshore in a Star Boat would be interesting and appease the Star Boat lobby .

And an opportunity for the French rescue services to prove they are (nearly) as good as the RNLI

World Sailing seem set on a course to try and remove interesting race sailing from the event

Like it or not boats with lids are a big part of the sport worldwide. And Its hard to argue against the proposition that at the moment it gets far more in the way of spectators and people following than inshore racing does. It will be interesting to see how it pans out. A longer race might be even better, but comes with the risk it will turn into a procession half way through.