...I'd like to think I was able to recognize the not so smart things enough at the time to not emulate them, but honestly can't remember...
I guess the constituents have spoken Rob. 130 views. 2 posts.
My head is bloodied but unbowed.
Happy sailing
Mike
My parents were cruiser sailors. The racing bug bit me and when they bought my first laser for me.
Politics has nothing to do with it. You've diverted the focus of the discussion by being fallacious and inflamatory. Saying such things as what you did is not only untrue, but an invalid form of reasoning and unneccesarily inflamatory.Exactly what value there is in doing it "right" is becoming more blurred as liberal politics spreads over the world.
It kills me too how so many folks want to "look", but not chip in their 2 cents worth. There are 100's of registered users of this forum and it looks like about 20 or so actually post things. I'd love to see more folks post their opinions and experiences. It would broaden the forum.
Me Thinks Thou Doth Protest Too Much.......Politics has nothing to do with it. You've diverted the focus of the discussion by being fallacious and inflamatory. Saying such things as what you did is not only untrue, but an invalid form of reasoning and unneccesarily inflamatory.
I disagree with the Topic question specifically.
From what I have seen, More experienced Laser sailors are Role Models, that is, more experienced in the boat. This usually comes with age, but not necessarily.
I'm from the same club as Tom Slingsby, he is everyone's role model at our club, we have a few ex-World Masters Champions also but it seems when Tom is there racing, everyone spends more time watching and emulating his sailing than sailing their own race.
Tom is only 23 so he's by no means an older Laser Sailor. Albeit, he is the best Laser Sailor out of any of us
Probably an exceptional case compared to the generalization that Rob was trying to make, but just another way to look at it.
When I first started in lasers 4 or 5 years ago, the older sailors were role models, but only really because I was the youngest, as I moved through the fleet my role models changed to being the more experienced sailors rather than just the age of them