Black Panther 1,586 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Starts soon. Any advice for the television challenged to keep up with the play? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 642 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Black Panther said: Starts soon. Any advice for the television challenged to keep up with the play? You have "Sky" ?? this is where sports falls down in NZ.Unlike Aussie(I believe) national olympics,rubgy test etc must shown for free on national tv. might be wrong. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/125759566/how-to-watch-the-tokyo-olympics-2020#:~:text=Here's how you can watch,to air on TVNZ 1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 No. I don't have,an aerial of any sort, so anything on my screen comes from a dvd or my newest trick is I can cast my phone onto the tv. So really looking for an internetty solution. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 140 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 You can get sky (sport) for a month for $40, no decoder req, I've been casting to the tv but I'm sure you could do the same from your phone. It's good as you can scroll back through the schedule and watch anything you want at any time. Apart from the fact I seriously begrudge paying sky a single penny it's been really good (we got it this month and will keep it for the Olympics) Or you can save $40 and watch on tv1, the fee is having to put up with Toni Street... https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/tokyo-2020 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Priscilla II 392 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Black Panther said: Starts soon. Any advice for the television challenged to keep up with the play? Try this you have to navigate a bit of pop up advertising but usually all good just change stream to find one that works. https://www.vipboxtv.se/stream-search-olympics Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 That might be the go just type sailing into the search bar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Next silly question, when is first race? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 642 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Black Panther said: Next silly question, when is first race? Glad you asked that .BP. After your inquiry on how to watch. I listened to the news all day and heard no sailing results now I know why🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brien 22 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule/sport/sailing This looks ok. You may be able to stream from here? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Excellent. Even does replay so can choose when to watch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 511 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Man, what a tough start to the regatta. Boat speed looks good but struggling in the fleet enviroment. Josh Junior could have been pinged several times until the ultimate port starboard that cost him so much close to the first mark. everyone else doing it the hard way too Pete and Blair look quick so I'm picking them to come back strong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 197 Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Kiwi 470s are second. 49ers are fifth. The others look like they have blown their chances. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 197 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 In the Finns Josh Junior is now 7th after 6 races / out of 10. 49er FX = 11th (9/12) 470 = 3rd (6/10) Nacra = 12th (6/12) Laser = 8th (10/10) 49er = 1st equal with 2 others (9/12) Why do Laser, Finn and 470 only have 10 races, but other classes have 12? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deep Purple 511 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Well that was pretty forgettable 470 sailing would have to be the most stupid looking sport at the Olympic these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex Elly 197 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Great to see some sailing on TV. Josh Junior was in line for a medal at one stage during the race yesterday, then it all turned to custard. The Finn medal race looked like a lottery, but the 470s were more consistent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 243 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Noticed the Aussies who won the 470 gold hardly pumped the boat at all and still sailed away from the rest of the fleet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adrianp 120 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, chariot said: Noticed the Aussies who won the 470 gold hardly pumped the boat at all and still sailed away from the rest of the fleet. Really? We were definitely watching a different race then. They pumped all the way up the second beat, and it looked to generate about 0.5k boat speed. The 470 is an embarrassment to sailing based on that medal race. Ridiculous. Yachts should be powered by the wind, not the crew bouncing away to flap the sails upwind and down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 243 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 They started last and never pumped much on the first beat until approaching the top mark by which time they were towards the head of the fleet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cantab 341 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 So Uncle Dave told us the measure of his success as CEO of YNZ was "number of gold medals at the Olympics", what now Dave? Safety Regs review was a disaster, Racing Rules came out late, multiple clubs questioning why they affiliate.... Maybe you should start working on pleasing the other 99.999% of yachties you are meant to be serving, if you don't want to do that maybe the board could step in and find someone who will. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smashboxon 5 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 But these are only some of the minor and most recent failings of our great leader. When he first got the job he apparently hadn't heard of NZ's great success in Olympic Boardsailing. And when it was briefly dropped from the Olympic program he blindly complied. It was quickly reinstated, but that didn't stop our great leader from failing to send the two boardsailers who had qualified to the Rio games. He likewise failed to send the Laser Radial sailors who had won NZ a slots at both Rio and Tokyo. Does he not know that young athletes need role models and expectations of a pathway to the Olympics for their class. Apparently the High Court Judge who presided over the Court of Arbitration in Sport proceeding over the non sending of the 3 sailors to Rio didn't think much of the great leaders conduct either ,describing it as lacking in fairness and natural justice. That is as damning a comment of someone's conduct as a High Court Judge is ever likely to be. In all 4 cases the sailors concerned had won YNZ 2 years funding for their own class That the great leader then diverted that funding to other classes is an action many of us find obnoxious and nauseating . It is a fair reflection of a man of little sporting background himself who has always wished to stand in the reflected glory of greater men. His job is to fill in the paperwork and wash the dishes. Peter Lester quietly had a dig at our great leader when commenting on the Olympics saying how it was smart that some nations had sent much lesser sailors than those refused the right to sail for NZ , so that these developing sailors could experience competition at the highest level. And likewise Mark Orams made public comment on the changes to the nature of training and coach crew relationships YNZ would need to embrace to ensure our future success in International sailing Can you recall the National Watersports Centre on Takapuna Beach? YNZ were supposed to have a 1/3 share in this . Fully funded and about to be built. Just then the great leader got involved with a machiavalean scheme trying to divert the facility to solely YNZ use and the process was abandoned. YNZ was also made wholly unwelcome at the Okahu Bay facility. Many of the sailors competing for NZ at the Tokyo Olympics must now be at a stage at life when they need to consider getting a trade or professional qualification or even just a job. And there seems to be just nobody in the pipeline, nobody with the early stage success that most of our succesfull Olympians have had. Just a load of manufactured crews that have had a go and just aren't likely to make the grade. How many total failures must NZ's yachties suffer from this man before the Board of YNZ recognise the disdain and contempt this man is held in by the average Kiwi yachtsman. He is getting fairly long in the tooth now and surely it is time for the board to demand his departure. NZ's Olympic sailing medal results at London and Rio were by sailors highly succeessfull well before the great leader arrived. Things have has been going down hill since he took over . As the man said himself, " judge me by our Olympic success". Will he have the dignity to leave of his own accord. We all doubt it very much. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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