[quote=klozhald][quote=bradinjax]I am not sure any this will "save" US based sailing at the club level or even have any measurable impact at all but that is a discussion for another thread.[/quote]
That is exactly the intended discussion in [i]this[/i] thread. How can increased involvement from women (half the population of the world) [b]not[/b] help sustain or grow the sport?
[quote=DamonLinkous]I don't understand how you think adding offshore keelboats to the Olympics helps catamaran sailing?[/quote]
Supporting [u]mixed crews[/u] in more sailing classes will encourage more women into the sport of sailing. You remember women... the people who are most often missing from your catamaran? :-)
[quote=bradinjax]My understanding is that the intent of the expansion of mixed gender crews by the IOC was to help increase participation by smaller countries many of whom have only sent male teams in the past. The idea is that members of the female teams and male teams could partner up and therefore participate in more events with the same number of representatives on a per country basis. [/quote]
Thank you bradinjax for doing a better job of making my point. Sailing has been in decline for three decades. Recent events represent effort and an opportunity to increase public awareness of the sport. It needs to involve each of us, too. How many people in our family, circle of friends or neighborhood still think that sailing is just one of those guy things? What can we do to change that?[/quote]
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