- Can anybody beat Ashby - probably not, Guck's not going, so he'll sweep.
Its more disappointing rather than interesting that the US didnt show up. Winning without beating Guck, Melvin, Kinder, Hall, is a rather hollow victory. If you add up all the world and national titles that the US has in Acat sailing, you'd have a nice long list and lots of those guys are still racing. So in my opinion, this world championship will always have that as an asterick.
That's is pretty ordinary. Ashby took out the 07 Worlds on US soil.
This fleet as with all A class Worlds is full of previous world champions and some of the best cat sailors in the world. Ashby is giving them a hiding. I'd imagine Gashby's Olympic campaign has only increased his speed and smarts in the class he has dominated like no other sailor....... And just like other Worlds, the top 10 is very heavily AUS bias.
If the US sailors came over, then they would have been taking on the best A Class nation on their home soil.
