Irish sailing commentary at its best

You can't beat this:

http://www.tastefullyoffensive.com/2012/08/irish-olympic-sailing-commentary.html

While US flounders, so does Canada!

So,

Several days after the Olympic medals were handed out for sailing, Canadians and Americans alike are now asking themselves why we didn't do well. Improper Course tells us that it's the cheating amongst young Laser sailors...
As for here in Canada, the birthplace of the Laser dinghy, it's perhaps the cost and support for sailing in communities. It's expensive to be a sailor. It's rare to find sailing in schools. It's rare to have access to a place to sail. So, do Canadians do well in sailing? Not really.

Here's an article from the Globe and Mail on this very subject.

Best Race Summary at Improper Course Blog

Improper Course has published an excellent and detailed account of the Olympic Laser races. Very impressive. Video Observations

Daggerboard Cord

I'm going to re-do my daggerboard cord to this one provided by Intensity Sail!

Final Standings - Men's Laser - Olympics

Well Tom Slingsby brings the gold home, with Kontides in second and Myrgren in third. Goodison came in 7th and Canada's David Wright came in 23rd.

All the results can be found here:
http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/laser-men/phase=sam004101/doc=summary.html

Olympic Men's Laser Class now at Race 8!

The story so far,

Cyprus' Pavlos Kontides is holding out in front, with Slingsby now very close behind...Croatia, Sweden and Guatemala are in the running. GB's Goodison is in 9th right now. As for our Canadian, DAVID WRIGHT, he had a disappointing 7th race, but has got off to a great start in Race 8...Colin Cheng of Singapore is race leader right now. Here's David from an earlier race.