Olympics: Tornado will challenge ISAF Trials
Press Relese—-
Tornado Mixed Sailing Olympic Campaign – We are ready to challenge the ISAF Evaluation Trials
Next week the Tornado Class and its representatives are heading off to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the annual ISAF conference between 3rd and 13th November.
They are off to prove to the ISAF and MNAs that the Tornado has what it takes to return as the Olympic Multihull ahead of next year’s trials. Since the controversial removal of the Multihull from the Olympic Games back in 2007 the Tornado Class have been at the forefront of the campaign to bring two hulls back to the highest level of sailing.
The Tornado was designed specifically to be the Olympic Class Multihull and sailed its first Olympics in 1976. Since then, with constant refinement of underwater shapes, construction techniques, and sail plan, the boat has continued to go faster and faster. In spite of the best efforts of many other designers and builders worldwide, the Tornado still reigns supreme as the fastest production catamaran in the world.
For the past 40 years the Tornado Class have had mixed teams at the top of the rankings. The class has a great mixed sailing history and many legendary mixed sailing teams. Some of you may remember Paul and Trine Elvström (DEN) who were the great heroes in the 80s at the Olympic Games.
Currently the vice World champions in the Tornado Class are a mixed team. Carolijn Brouwer (Helm) was also crowned vice World champion back in 2007 and Nahid Gaebler (Crew) was World champion in 2010. Nahid Gaebler is playing the 24sqm Gennacker with ease downwind and the mainsheet on the upwind legs of the course. 80% of the women sailing Tornados are crewing!
With the new and strict High Quality One Design concept, the Tornado is well prepared for the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
- Best weight range for Olympic Mixed Sailing Teams (120-170kg).
- Worldwide boat availability and class structure.
- Proven Olympic Quality and longevity.
- Olympic material world record. The same boat used for 3 Olympics!
- Low cost for Olympic Campaigners and MNAs. Best price-performance ratio.
- Tornado Material cost between 2.000 € to 4.000 € per year in a 4-year OlympicCampaign.
- Used Boats available from 6.000 € to 18.000 € on all continents.
- Brand new, long lasting boat ready to sail for 26,000 €
- IOC award for best Olympic Sailing TV coverage (Qingdao Medal Race).
- Highest Media Value for Tornado Team and Event Sponsors.
- Smart and Ecological Logistic Concept – minimal costs and highest efficiency.
- Young Talents and Olympic Champions are waiting for the Olympic Comeback of the Tornado
- Youth Multihull Program
THIS IS HOW OLYMPIC SAILING SHOULD BE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06XZfnwOeIg
HQ Photo Download https://www.mixedsailing.org/mixed-sailing-flyer-download/
TMX Flyer and detailed info https://www.mixedsailing.org/mixed-sailing-flyer-download/
The new Video for the Tornado Mixed Sailing https://www.mixedsailing.org/mixed-sailing-video-1/
Find out more on the Tornado Class website – https://www.tornado-class.org/ and https://www.mixedsailing.org/
Really don't understand why Roeland Gabler is still pushing for the Tornado…
This boat will be 50 years old during the Rio Olympics !!
The Tornado did his time. Let's have a new modern boat not another old grand father, we have enough of them in other olympic class….
Roeland just wants to sail with his wife at olimpic games!!! The boat is too big, too heavy, too hard for a girl crew! It's really impossible for a lady to sail with 15 more, jennacker is heavy and all the boat is for a big crew. We need a new boat, 16 foot, less sail and better to sail! Come on Roeland if you are the best on tornado you will be in each other cat with your wife!! 😉 dont be afraid 😉
Time over
Don' t waste your time
The smaller the boat is, the more sensitive it is to the crew weight.
A 16" has a very low and narrow crew weight range.
I can understand the Tornado loads and other 20" make the boat very physical for a girl, but the 16 will favor the very light crew.
125-130kg will probably be the ideal crew weight for a 16 like the Viper.
Roeland is a probably a very big boy, but most of the men cat sailors are around 80-85kg. In that case you will have to find a girl which is 45-50kg !!
That is really limiting the boat.
A light 18" could be a better compromise between the loads and a the crew weight spectrum.
I totally disagree with the above comments against the Tornado. A 16ft cat is too small. Me and my girlfriend will be too heavy for a viper!!!! We don't need a light wind class. If you want a modern boat you need curved daggerboards, not a 16 ft cat. These cats don't have any modern feature to offer, which a tornado can't offer! I sail f18, but I am in favour of the tornado. I agree with the advantages like weight range, durability, availability, etcetera
Come on, do you really think the Tornado is the best way to show our sport to a wider population ???
We are talking about the future of cat sailing not the middle age…
Olympics is a fantastic opportunity to attract more people to cat sailing like the youth.
Please don't spoil this opportunity with an old fashion 50 years old boat.
16" is maybe to small, 20" maybe to big, why not an 18".
F18..its a bloody no brainer.
And all these proposals for "new" cats are dumb because there are no fleets of them.
Roland and the Tornado sailors like their class and think it has good chances to be elected again. So let it be.
Each sailor promotes what he/she loves to ride, or is involved in, or sells or build, is not that complicated…
i think it would not be good for the sport if an old boat like the Tornado come in again because it won't promote cat sailing for the new generation.
The Tornado class did not attract new young sailors for the last 10 years
The number of boats participating to the world or national championships has shrink every year since 20 years while for example the F18 class is still growing.
These are the facts, check the number of participating to championship for the last 10 years…Why would it change if i come in again ? Nothing new
The boat is 50 years old, old looking and not attractive enough for the younger generation.
Let's close this chapter and just try to push forward cat sailing for the youth
I used to share the sentiment expressed in a lot of these comments to the effect that the Tornado's time has come and gone. Now I feel pretty much the way Martín does in his comment above, which is basically that if you feel passionate about your class, go for it and throw your hat into the ring along with the rest of the candidates. What I find a bit troubling though about the push for the T. is that its promoters make it sound as if they'd prefer ISAF to just give its blessing to the T. and dispense with the evaluation altogether. I mean, it says that twice right here in the press release ("We are ready to challenge the ISAF Evaluation Trials," and "They are off to prove…that the Tornado has what it takes…ahead of next year's trials"). And they've said as much earlier–even before ISAF released the equipment guidelines re. the 20-foot containers and all the rest of it. This strikes me as a heavy-handed approach that risks alienating people in a discussion that's already polarized enough.
We can argue til we're blue in the face about which boat is best, but can we not all just agree to let the process run its course and have a proper evaluation? Seriously, how weird would it be if ISAF turned around now and said, "You know what? Forget the whole evaluation thing, you're right, we're just going to anoint the Tornado"…? Can that really be what the embassy to Puerto Rico envisions happening?
F16 is for Child . Don't forget that CIO wants fun . We need boats like Tornado or The flying Phantom .
Ok – the tornado is older than the f16's. Now back to the facts- What is the disadvantage is sailing performance from a T in relation to the F16's??? I can only recon the advantages mentioned by Roland. Making a statement that the T is old is emotional, not a factual comparison! Gents, give me the facts!
Frankly I could care less about the Olympics. It used to be about the best not social engineering. I've given up watching any of it. It's all garbage. When curling gets TV time…..garbage.
Even though I think the Gaeblers are formidable sailors, them wining the T Worlds says more about the current level of competition then anything else.
Lets face it, after 2008 the T Worlds became a bit of a joke…
Lets all just wait and see how the ISAF trial goes…
For sure the trials will be very interesting,
I have just some doubt regarding the fairness of them.
For example Carolijn Brouwer AHPC dealer is a member of 4 different comity at ISAF…
sailing will not make it much longer as an olympic discipline…
Anyway the format with 10 or 11 classes and only 1 boat per class country is compared with other sports ridicolous anyway.
I never understood why second best sailors in the world can't compete when a fellow countryman is better but you both are top two in the world ….
Look whats happening with british finn sailors etc..
lets quit.