Sailing Stereotypes

[MidPack]

If you race, you have (or will) run into all these wankers.

 

[dain bramage]

Painfully accurate......but funny

 

[John Drake]

This is what US Sailing spends money on?

 

[usedtobeoldestsailor]

I recognize some of those people, but Opti mom can sail with me anytime.

 

[Snaggletooth]

I sosspecte "sail with" is yuffamism foure smthing ealse........

 

[Parma]

these are just racing stereotypes.

Plenty of cruising stereotypes as well.

And where is the guy in the blue blazer and skippers hat

 

[foamy1946]

​Where is the guy with the Mount Gay "red hat" he "earned" at the latest Mount Gay party...you know the one you pay $50 to get in and get a hat....never has set foot on a sail boat or raced for that matter.

 

[couchsurfer]

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....I've always suspected those hats are 'yuffamism foure smthing ealse',,

......as snaggs would say :mellow:

 

[MidPack]

these are just racing stereotypes.Plenty of cruising stereotypes as well.And where is the guy in the blue blazer and skippers hat

The first guy with the Dad with a Picnic Boat, his Daddy wears the blue blazer in the fam...

 

[usedtobeoldestsailor]

Would love to be up for lots of "yuffamisms".

 

[AJ Oliver]

And where was the ego-maniacal, narcissistic, type A, psychopathic racer?

 

[George Hackett]

those are all my personalities all wrap up in,,,ME!!!!

 

[Tunnel Rat]

those are all my personalities all wrap up in,,,ME!!!!

You are Opti Mum? :huh:

 

[George Hackett]

those are all my personalities all wrap up in,,,ME!!!!

You are Opti Mum? :huh:

good disguise,,huh?!

 

[BlondeWithFreeBoat]

This is what US Sailing spends money on?

This. Trite, cheesy, and allegedly part of a marketing campaign to make sailing look more fun. What??? How does this help anything? It wasn't even mildly amusing with the exception of the opti mom. And it keeps popping up. I had to deal with it clogging my news feed once already last year. Make it go away.

 

[Rasputin22]

How about the guy who just misses the boat and catches a ride out and joins the crew anyway.

Like this,

http://coub.com/view/bnzdx

 

[PeterHuston]

This is what US Sailing spends money on?

This. Trite, cheesy, and allegedly part of a marketing campaign to make sailing look more fun. What??? How does this help anything? It wasn't even mildly amusing with the exception of the opti mom. And it keeps popping up. I had to deal with it clogging my news feed once already last year. Make it go away.

I'm not even sure they spent any money on it. But they did spend time, and asked for people's attention.

It is pathetic, and a reflection of the attitude that comes out of the staff and senior leadership of US Sailing.

And people wonder why racing is in decline in the US.

 

[Ajax]

This is what US Sailing spends money on?

This. Trite, cheesy, and allegedly part of a marketing campaign to make sailing look more fun. What??? How does this help anything? It wasn't even mildly amusing with the exception of the opti mom. And it keeps popping up. I had to deal with it clogging my news feed once already last year. Make it go away.

I can see how this video might elicit the briefest of chuckles from people who've been doing this for a long time but it's sure to make potential sailors walk away.

 

[Rum Runner]

I know those people. Oops, am I one of them?