Condensed from http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/sailing?day=1
• Monday, Aug 8 3:00pm ET MSNBC, Part 3-Shooting, Judo, Sailing
• Tuesday, Aug 9 3:00pm ET MSNBC, Part 2 Table Tennis, Handball, Sailing
• Wednesday, Aug 10 5:00pm ET CNBC-Rugby, Beach Volleyball, Archery, Sailing
• Thursday, Aug 11 3:45pm ET MSNBC, Part 3-Equestrian, Sailing
• Saturday, Aug 13 4:00pm ET MSNBC, Part 4-Fencing, Sailing
• Sunday, Aug 14 3:30pm ET MSNBC, Part 2-Table Tennis, Sailing
• Monday, Aug 15 3:00pm ET MSNBC, Part 3 -Water Polo (Women's Quarterfinal: TBD vs. TBD), Badminton, Sailing
• Tuesday, Aug 16 2:00pm ET MSNBC, Part 2-Water Polo (Men's Quarterfinals: TBD vs. TBD), Sailing
• Wednesday, Aug 17 3:30pm ET MSNBC, Part 4-Handball, Sailing
• Thursday, Aug 18 2:00pm ET MSNBC-Sailing, Handball (Women's Semifinal: TBD vs. TBD)
Full Sailing Schedule here: http://results.nbcolympics.com//schedules/sport=SA/full-schedule.html?intcmp=competition-schedule
Looks like you can live stream too. http://www.nbcolympics.com/live-stream-schedule
Bill Herderich
Thursday, Aug 11 looks to be a popular day for sailing.
What Are The Worst Olympic Sports?
Sailing is the 6th from the worst in head to head popularity. Equestrian is the worst.If it makes you feel any better, golf is lower than sailing. Probably not if you like golf and sailing and looking fine on your horse.
If only pole dancing or cheer leading had made it into the Olympics. (Not to mention sheep shearing, and Dancesport.)
http://www.cbsnews.com/media/olympic-dreams-six-unlikely-sports-vying-to-make-it-to-the-games/
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
There's already beach volleyball. For all practical purposes in attracting "spectators", pole dancing, cheerleading and yoga are redundant.
I would love to be able to get a Calvin and Hobbes take on these. Calvin and Susie having an argument whether his new, imaginary sport should be included. Hobbes then getting a better score and infuriating Calvin.
--- The Arrogant Jerk: Crabby and irritable since 1998.
Well, I liked watching the windsurfing at the London Olympics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhjrASOqy_s
Bill Herderich
It's been pretty windy in Rio. The wind has been a factor in both cycling road races and the capsize of the Serbian rowing shell.
Want to feel good about being a windsurfer? The announcers are very complimentary.
Rio Sailing Weather...
http://www.accuweather.com/en/br/rio-de-janeiro/45449/sailing-weather/45449
Bill Herderich
While you are waiting for the windsurfing, here's a gem from the 2004 Olympics - why Olympic equipment is better than yours:
(She was told to fill four minutes.)
Live streaming of sailing... http://stream.nbcolympics.com/sailing-day-3
Bill Herderich
Watched stream of one race. Nick Dempsey (UK) is all over it with 2 firsts. This sport looks REALLY great on TV when one-design with solid planing conditions and a scenic venue. USA back in the pack. Video boat at high speed with big wake cut right across leader on the first reaching leg and next to the mark definitely interfering with racers. You could see Dempsey yelling and waving off the boat driver. Hopefully RS:X will make it to 2020. Probably be foiling kites next time.
Reminds me of sailing at the Fall Classic on Lanier. I wonder how Stanger would do?
Doesn't seem to be much in the way of tactics. I don't see anyone playing wind shifts. It looks like just pure speed upwind/downwind.
Bill Herderich
I assume you've seen the hybrid foiling RS:X Pryde has been pushing for 2024?
The site doesn't play well (okay, at all) with Chrome's Pepperflash and I'm not about to install Adobe Flash for various techie reasons.
US sailors talk about the day. Seems staying in the wind was a pretty big deal.
Bill, hard to "play the shifts"* on planing days because tacks are so costly.
ISAF facebook page has good pics: https://www.facebook.com/ISAFWorldSailing/photos/pcb.10154558043445757/10154558033880757/?type=3
* For those unfamiliar with racing terms: When going upwind, tacking when the wind becomes unfavorable on your tack ie you can make progress up the course faster on the other tack. In some boats like the Laser, skillful crew can actually accelerate the boat through the wind. A windsurfer, however, goes from 20 mph to pretty much zero and has to reaccelerate on the new tack.
Seems RS:X sailors really bag the sail out more than I'd have expected in those conditions.
Looks like enough wind to get upwind on the fin only. Have yet to understand the uphaul technique upwind. It's got to be a lot more work. Anybody know the deal with that?
It's a way of sheeting in more. The front hand can't quite extend enough* so the uphaul is used as a surrogate. I'd read about this and then actually did it a couple of times. Since I have short arms, it's a bit more applicable to me. I think it also depends on harness line placement, if your lines are biased to the rear, Probably not as hard as it looks as you get more leverage from that point.
Pic below is from 2012 Womens: https://youtu.be/pYXBPUIULnA?t=13m43s (keep watching around 14:20 if you want to see how deadly it is to be unable to get on a plane after a tack - why it's so hard to race Formula in Atlanta)
*PSA for newbies. You sheet in (more power) by not only closing with the back hand but opening with the front hand. Planing upwind, it's important to push the front hand away to stay sheeted all the way in. Yeah, we don't have sheets (running lines) on a windsurfer but we still use the term.
I do that just to rest my arm or hand sometimes. I also have extra Neanderthal DNA so I have short arms too. Neanderthals apparently believed in Arms Limitations. (Or Nea guys and gals thought shorts arms were hot. Probably signified power, like the T-Rex)
What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.
Yeah... I've been to Hatteras with the Ran-dawg. Thankfully, we only went out to eat once or twice.
(just kidding - my arms and legs are so short I'm pretty much a penguin)
--- The Arrogant Jerk: Crabby and irritable since 1998.
Good examples of how much ground your opponents cover while you tack. Watch as everyone nears the weather (upwind) mark. From the 2012 edition posted by Bill above:
Never let your sail touch the boom I heard someone once say...
source
An instructional note from the gold medalists from Rio and harness lines.
www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/12979-dorian-van-rijsselberghe-and-charline-picon-celebrate-gold-at-rio-2016
They all seem to sail with lines very close together and a pretty strong rearward bias ie to stay sheeted in by default
Even gold medalists uphaul their sail.
#embracetheuphaul
http://www.france24.com/en/20160814-france-picon-wins-olympic-gold-womens-rsx-wind-surfing
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