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Ok I saw those on SA earlier. I assumed you were talking about comments posted by sailors in response to those press releases. Honestly, I find it very frustrating trying to sort through all of this “he said, she said” stuff. And I don’t have time to be an investigative journalist and get to the bottom of it all. I assume you reside across the pond. What is your take on all this?June 27th.:
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Do think the average laser sailor in Europe will follow EURILCA’s recommendation regarding the vote?I'm 'across the pond', yes. (NED to be exact). Over the years, LPE has been a fair and easy-to-deal-with supplier. Sailcenter, our Dutch Laser distributor is less flexible, tbh. I have nothing against LPE.
More important is this! Screenshot from the EurILCA FB-page... Basically, EurILCA recommends a NO to ILCA Rules Change...
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Who knows. I'm in Europe, too, and I feel that most Laser sailors don't know/care about the deeper issue(s) at hand, beyond the Olympic status itself. Most of them won't vote, and those who do, I'm afraid can be easily manipulated. For whatever reason, EurILCA is very emotional about the possible name change and is trying to use it to scare us into voting "no". Personally, I really dislike that I am expected to believe in word magic. I don't care what the class is called as long as it stays Olympic and legal spare parts are easy to get from anywhere in the World.Do think the average laser sailor in Europe will follow EURILCA’s recommendation regarding the vote?
From my perspective, after seeing the “Roses” video, is that the EURILCA leadership (certainly the French leader in the video) is fanning the flames of this conflict in a very emotional way. They seem to be very entrenched and aggressive in their opposition to anything that challenges the LP position. And they have been very quick to question the personal motives of the NA leadership. I have not seen that type of rhetoric from the NA side.Who knows. I'm in Europe, too, and I feel that most Laser sailors don't know/care about the deeper issue(s) at hand, beyond the Olympic status itself. Most of them won't vote, and those who do, I'm afraid can be easily manipulated. For whatever reason, EurILCA is very emotional about the possible name change and is trying to use it to scare us into voting "no". Personally, I really dislike that I am expected to believe in word magic. I don't care what the class is called as long as it stays Olympic and legal spare parts are easy to get from anywhere in the World.
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I really don't know the details and suggest that you send Eric Faust a private message about your concerns. Eric posts on this forum, but I don't know how much he reads here.Exactly, so if you know the contact details of another member you could cast a vote for them and it is only found out if ILCA finds two votes have been cast by the same individual.
If we are having online voting on an important issue like this we need to make sure the individual member is actually casting the vote by asking them to verify their ballot through a confirmation email.
Lots of club sailors do not bother with ILCA votes so there is potential for the results to be distorted by rogue individuals casting multiple votes using the details of other members.
From my perspective, after seeing the “Roses” video, is that the EURILCA leadership (certainly the French leader in the video) is fanning the flames of this conflict in a very emotional way. They seem to be very entrenched and aggressive in their opposition to anything that challenges the LP position. And they have been very quick to question the personal motives of the NA leadership. I have not seen that type of rhetoric from the NA side.
I don't read it like that. "Laser" is the class name; whether all class legal boats can be marketed and sold using that name is another matter.Note also World Sailing say Laser Dinghy. Doesn’t this mean they have to be built by a Laser trade mark holder