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On this forum, we aren't the only ones calling BS on this whole story. A guy I work with is a serious sailboat racer and is on those forums. He says immediately all of the people on those forums started saying this was a made up story and not factual.
Looks like this is starting to come crashing down on these two liars. The dogs are the only honest ones on board, and they ain't talkin'.
That's a bit like calling Tour de France a recreational activity because a fat out of shape drunk guy can ride a bicycle.
Competitive off-shore sailors have to possess considerable physical and mental stamina - to say nothing of the skills, knowledge and talent. International-level dinghy sailors are some of the most absurdly fit individuals on the planet.
Sorry dude. I am very familiar with sailing. It is a recreational activity. No talent needed. It's a learned skill simple enough for a drunk person to do.
Of course you have to be more in shape to sail a dinghy. Those things are a bit** when they capsize because they are so awkward.
Your logic is a little skewed there. By your thinking, auto racing isn't a sport, because any fat, out of shape guy can do it. Same with bobsledding, or boat racing, or any other "recreational activity".
I don't consider auto racing to be a sport. I consider it to be a skill. And people who do it well to be skilled drivers.
I'm not familiar with bobsledding so no comment there.
Racing takes a lot of skill and knowledge. Same with long-distance sailing. That's the difference between a recreational activity, and a sport. A sport requires tremendous discipline, stamina, and knowledge about one's equipment, and conditions that affect the equipment and performance. Experience, of course, is essential.
There was a Dutch teenager who quit school to sail around the world. She sailed through extremely challenging conditions, and did an expert job of navigating. She reached her goal. She was able to do it, because her father had raised her sailing with him, so she felt very at home on the sea.
These women, in contrast, couldn't sail their way out of a paper bag.
I am very familiar with sailing. I do not consider it to be a sport and I do not consider sailors to be athletes. They are just people that sail. So it's not impressive to me. People are only impressive if they have the ability to do something that I can't. Like I am impressed by mc Kayla maroney's vault because I can't do it and I can't learn how to do it. But anyone can learn how to sail. If it's something any drunken Joe Shmoe can do if they learn how and try no body is impressed and no body cares.
Isn't it funny how the point is that it's unimpressive and I used mc Kayla as an example. Lol.
Not disagreeing with you about the girls not being impressive, but any activity that requires some strenuous effort is well beyond just a recreational activity.
In some ways, sailing can be just that, an afternoon sailing and relaxing, beer in hand.
OTOH, there are times when sailing can require skills, physical effort, and complete attention to the work at hand or you will surely die.
I'm still not impressed.
And it's not something I consider to be a sport.
Because it's not.
I am very familiar with sailing. I do not consider it to be a sport and I do not consider sailors to be athletes. They are just people that sail. So it's not impressive to me. People are only impressive if they have the ability to do something that I can't. Like I am impressed by mc Kayla maroney's vault because I can't do it and I can't learn how to do it. But anyone can learn how to sail. If it's something any drunken Joe Shmoe can do if they learn how and try no body is impressed and no body cares.
Isn't it funny how the point is that it's unimpressive and I used mc Kayla as an example. Lol.
I don't think you understand what a sport is and what recreational activities are.
I can go out every weekend and play football with my friends. That doesn't make me a football player. Its just a recreational activity for me.
People who go out sailing on weekends a few times a year are just having fun. The sailors that actually race and compete are athletes. They train, they have to be in shape. Big difference.
I don't think you understand what a sport is and what recreational activities are.
I can go out every weekend and play football with my friends. That doesn't make me a football player. Its just a recreational activity for me.
People who go out sailing on weekends a few times a year are just having fun. The sailors that actually race and compete are athletes. They train, they have to be in shape. Big difference.
Whatever. People claim that chess is a sport too so its not like I'm shocked that people claim that sailing is a sport.
I just don't agree that it is. And I don't agree that sailers are athletes.
And no, they don't have to be in shape to race. They don't even have to be sober.
I am familiar with racing.
Whatever. People claim that chess is a sport too so its not like I'm shocked that people claim that sailing is a sport.
I just don't agree that it is. And I don't agree that sailers are athletes.
And no, they don't have to be in shape to race. They don't even have to be sober.
I am familiar with racing.
The AP reports that Appel said she had modified the boat with 6 tons of fiberglass to make the hull stronger and had extended its keel to add stability.
Thanks for the link. I'm not sure I buy that, but that is what she said.
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