Island Time 1,211 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Team New Zealand designer Nick Holroyd quit - Announced this morning. He was one of the primary designers for foils as I understand it.No Idea where He's going. Anyone with any more info? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,566 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Are we seeing a meltdown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 640 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 designer grinders and a couple others + dean,maybe the backers need to ask grant to move aside? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soonwill 0 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Surprised to read herald today...they reckon only 3 sailing crew from 2013 left. Ouch Dalton should have gone long time ago It's quite sad to see really Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 On the other hand.…... New boats need small crew. 6? One design mostly,so all we need is a foil designer. No panic, but admittedly a bad look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Soonwill 0 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 yea i know numbers need to be down but a full clean house is a lost opportunity and a waste. well wait and see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mothership 6 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 One design, world's best steerer. In the bag, right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 fundamentally - we lost because of a design flaw / misinterpretation of the rule, and a shooking management decision. One out of two of those heads is now gone - the other brings in the moolah which has probably saved his bacon in front of the board. As for the sailing team - there was no room in a starting line up of six for Ashby, Burling, Tuke and Barker and unfortunately the last on that list didn't feel he was ready to move to a training role. Just business decisions being made by the head of the business. A shame - but that's just the way it has to be for the business to survive. If you don't like it - support amatuer sailing and YNZ instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mothership 6 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Good summary, ScottiE. The decision to take a lay day because the money men hadn't arrived in San Francisco, and they wanted to watch the win will haunt the team, and so it should. When you have your foot on their throats, you don't take it off for anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kiteroa 8 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I'm not sure how much credibility you can give to Dana J's opinion these days. She's borderline rabid when it comes to ETNZ and her articles are prone to hysterical levels of hyperbole. Sure Nick Holroyd is pretty clever, and the other two are probably good grinders. Do you need grinders on a AC48? I'd be far more worried if it was Dan Bernasconi or Glen Ashby stepping outside. Both of those guys are the best of the best and they've chosen to stay. But either way, negativity towards ETNZ isn't helping the cause. Dalton can't go. It's too late for that now. So why not just support the team we've got? Fortunately the Govt funding has gone, which now lets them get on and run their team like a sailing team, without the politics. Like they did in the old days when they used to win. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Agree with you entirely on the funding, GD, and especially Dana J - can't stand her articles! I usually read them - go for a walk and a coffee, take a long breath and re-read them for the single fact that the sh*t is written around! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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