20.11.2010
*New Website promotes Mixed Sailing on Multihull*
Dear Sailing Friends,
At the ISAF conference in Athens we got the clear signal that mixed sailing
on multihulls can be a new Olympic sailing discipline for the Rio Olympics
2016.
With a new website we want to promote and support mixed sailing as best as
we can. With your support!! Please have a look at www.mixedsailing.org or
get in Facebook with: Mixed Sailing
On the new Website you find information about our sport. It is the beginning
of a new era in the Olympic Sailing and we wish to get your support to make
it a great sport.
Mixed Sailing on Multi- and Monohulls is a well established sport around the
world. Also in Olympic sailing. Here some facts from international mixed
multihull sailing:
- The actual World champion in Open Tornado World championship is a mixed
team.
- Many of the World champions in the Hobie 16 Class are mixed teams
- Women Sailing Legends Ellen MacArthur and Shirley Robertson sailing on
Extreme 40 multihulls with a mixed team.
- Vice-World champion in ISAF combined Worlds 2007 in Cascais was a mixed
team.
- Vice European Champion 2010 in Hobie 16 is a mixed team.
- 20% of Top 10 in Tornado Worlds is mixed teams (Place 1. and 7.).
- 40% of Top 10 in German Tornado Crew Ranking list is Women (from 81
Crews)!
- More women sail as a crew more than sail as a helm in Tornado. 3:7
ratio for helm/crew in mixed teams.
- Denmark send mixed teams to the Olympics in 1984, 1992 and 2000
- The Tornado and 470 class had successful mixed teams in the past
Olympics.
- Our ultimate sailing Legend Poul Elvström places 4. at the Olympics
1984 with his daughter Trine
Girls and boys playing together as soon they can walk. The most people on
the world are living together as a men/women pair. So why should the gender
not sail together? It is great enjoyment to sail as a mixed team. There are
many mixed teams in the youth sailing programs too.
Mixed Sailing can colour up the Olympic Sailing a lot. Mixed sailing on the
Formula-1 (Multihull) can attract the media and spectators too.
Multihull Sailing combines Sailing and Flying. That’s why women and men like
to enjoy this ultimate sailing experience together on one boat.
Best regards,
Nahid + Roland Gaebler www.mixedsailing.org
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