ARE KEELBOATS OUT OF THE 2012 OLYMPICS?

SCUTTLEBUTT 2574 – April 14 2008 (www.sailingscuttlebutt.com)
This was the headline in Scuttlebutt 2471 (November 8, 2007) leading into
the meeting at the ISAF Annual Conference where the events for the 2012
Olympics would be decided. The ISAF Events Committee, which had been tasked
with recommending to the ISAF Council the events to be used for the Olympic
Sailing Competition, had just submitted their list, and keelboats were not
included for either the men or the women. The Events Committee was
affectively ‘the experts’ and their recommendation was intended to help
inform the Council’s decision. By all accounts, it appeared as if the Star
and Yngling sailors at the 2008 Olympics would be enjoying the end of an
era.Of course, we all know now that the ISAF Council paid little attention to
the Events Committee recommendation, and went about voting for those events
that served the voting members’ personal agendas. However, now that the
international sailing community has convinced ISAF that a review of the
selected events is in order, the ‘buttheads were asked last week what their
preferred event list would be. Guess what… the ‘butthead’s list of events is
the same that the Events Committee had initially submitted. In case those
with a vote at the ISAF Mid-Year meeting are listening, here is the list of
preferred events… AGAIN:

Men’s Events (only six events get chosen)
1. Two person dinghy
2. One person dinghy
3. Windsurfer
4. Multihull
5. Two person dinghy – skiff
6. One person dinghy – heavy
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7. Keelboat
8. One person dinghy – skiff

Women’s Events (only four events get chosen)
1. Two person dinghy
2. One person dinghy
3. Windsurfer
4. Two person dinghy – skiff
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5. Keelboat
6. Multihull
Link to complete poll:

http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/polls/08/0403http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/polls/08/0403