All this pumping upwind. If they want to make it an athletics event, they should add a separate on-shore contest to the pure sailing - harnessing the natural action of the wind on the sails.
Rule 42 has been altered by the 470 class rules since 2003, pumping has been legal for a long while. Windsurfers have been pumping for years before that, its always been sailing.
@@samuelwalker2191 It makes sense in windsurf but dinghies are different, pumping upwind is dumb, it looks bad, it breaks boats and it makes roll tacks pointless. It objectively makes sailing worse.
Oh I hate all that pumping and oching. That wouldn't be allowed in the sailing I do. The Olympics is a different world. I'm not so keen on watching this.
470 is a beautiful boat. Spasmotic pumping is an eyesore
love sailing
All this pumping upwind. If they want to make it an athletics event, they should add a separate on-shore contest to the pure sailing - harnessing the natural action of the wind on the sails.
Whether you like it or not, it is a part of the sport.
@@jurrerincker3255 according to the current rules...
@@jurrerincker3255 and this part of the sport objectively makes it worse, that's why it's not a part of literally any other dinghy racing
There is value to some pumping downwind, but I'd like to see real numbers in favor of all the pumping upwind
for real it looks terrible, it breaks the boats, and it just makes everything less interesting. Who cares about roll tacks when you can pump anyway?
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That isn't sailing its pumping. Did 12 years in this fleet. This was never legal
Wasn't there a rule recently that allowed pumping upwind in some conditions?
Rule 42 has been altered by the 470 class rules since 2003, pumping has been legal for a long while. Windsurfers have been pumping for years before that, its always been sailing.
@@samuelwalker2191 It makes sense in windsurf but dinghies are different, pumping upwind is dumb, it looks bad, it breaks boats and it makes roll tacks pointless. It objectively makes sailing worse.
Too bad for the French guys. 8 years in the making and the games get cancelled due to pandemic :(
23:52
im japanese! i want caption!
PORNO!
Oh I hate all that pumping and oching. That wouldn't be allowed in the sailing I do. The Olympics is a different world. I'm not so keen on watching this.
Stewart Robertson it is one of the skills of sailing
@@timwilliams381 it is pumping. Pumping is legal when the O flag is hoisted
Don’t like the pumping.
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What happened???... I guess they saw the referee and tacked the boat