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Olympic sailing monopolies, part 1

Finn, Olympic sailing, Racing, Sail designBy wbsails#!30Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:51:51 +0300p5130#30Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:51:51 +0300p-10Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix30 29am30am-30Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:51:51 +0300p10Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix302020Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:51:51 +03005110519amTuesday=8089#!30Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:51:51 +0300pEurope/Helsinki9#29 September 2020#!30Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:51:51 +0300p5130#/30Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:51:51 +0300p-10Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix30#!30Tue, 29 Sep 2020 10:51:51 +0300pEurope/Helsinki9#Leave a comment

Six of the current eight Olympic classes are “single manufacturer one-designs”, in practice monopolies of their rightsholders. Only two classes, the Finn and the 470 are measurement controlled one-designs, open for anyone to build and sell, as long as they comply with the rules.

Olympic sailing monopolies, part 2

Finn, Olympic sailing, Sail designBy wbsails#!30Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:48 +0300p4830#30Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:48 +0300p-12Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix30 27am30am-30Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:48 +0300p12Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix302020Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:48 +03000012009amSunday=8089#!30Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:48 +0300pEurope/Helsinki9#27 September 2020#!30Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:48 +0300p4830#/30Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:48 +0300p-12Europe/Helsinki3030Europe/Helsinkix30#!30Sun, 27 Sep 2020 00:00:48 +0300pEurope/Helsinki9#Leave a comment

In part 1, we looked at the two different one-design approaches, single manufacturer one-design SMOD and the measurement controlled MCOD. In this part 2 we look at how the opening of single manufacturer classes could be conducted, with benefits to the sailors in mind.

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