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Sailing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado
The Open Tornado at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 17 to 24 September 2000 in Sydney in Australia. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards. Results Notes Points are assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points are totalled from the top 10 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better. If a sailor was disqualified or did not complete the race, 26 points are assigned for that race (as there were 25 sailors in this competition). Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows: *OCS – On course side of the starting line *DSQ – Disqualified *DNF – Did Not Finish *DNS – Did Not Start *RDG – Redress Given References Sources Results and weather take from https://web.archive.org/web/20050825083600/http://www.sailing.org/olympics2000/info2000/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Torna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornado (sailboat)
The Tornado is a double handed multihull class recognised as an International Class by the International Sailing Federation. It was used for the Catamaran discipline at the Sailing at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games from 1976 to 2008. Design The boat was designed in 1967 by Rodney March from the Isle of Sheppey, England. At the IYRU Olympic Catamaran Trials for international status, where it defeated other catamarans. To increase its performance even further, the Tornado was modified in 2001, with a new sail plan which included a spinnaker and spinnaker boom, as well as an increased sail area of the existing sails. An additional Trapeze (sailing), trapeze was also added, and the jib was made self tacking. The Tornado is among the fastest double handed catamarans, with an ISAF Small Catamaran Handicap Rating System rating of 0.934 and a Portsmouth Yardstick, D-PN of 59.0. It is the fastest catamaran in the Royal Yachting Association, RYA Portsmouth Yardstick scheme, with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
