...on the other hand, being slow, they are much more demanding tactically. If you get a bad start or on the wrong side of a shift, you are not going to catch the fleet with boatspeed from a lucky puff, like you can in cats or the 49'r. You are still going as slowly as they are, but they are further -up the ladder- as they like to say.
Slow boats benefit more from shifts and fast boats from pressure. The tactics in each case are different, but equaly important.
I'd like to take the opportunity to stress the importance of the Star class for the host of the 2016 games. Sailing won more medals for Brazil than any other sport. Robert Scheidt, Torben Grael and Lars Grael are THE local sailing celebrities and sail in the Star class. They did and will continue to lobby to have the class in Rio for many reasons, from professional interest to sailing development and the country's politics. An olympic hero in home waters would tremendously increase personal and sailing's popularity.
