Mr. Grini tried to make a statement during the opening manager's meeting. Essentialy two things:
1) Although the CIAM committee solicits opinions during these events, anyone has yet to see action based on the freely given (valuable - and time consuming) feedback.
2) Shorter lines need to be employed.
However, the final tally on the poll conducted by Thomas Bartovsky during the Worlds confirmed that the current crop of contestants overwhlemingly agreed to the current criteria...including line length, task length, landing dimensions, etc...
Jim McCarthy wrote:
Yes our lines were short. This was not a "Joe" thing as the TM determined the line length. One thing I can guarantee and I mean absolute guarantee is that nobody and I mean nobody prestretches a line like Joe. I think he weighs about 160lbs and I dare any 2 towpeople to compare him with anybody that pretensions and launches harder. With that in mind he can put 5-6 meters in a new line. We never used anything as strong as 1.45 and so we wanted to have absolute certainty that we would not be measured long. We also used the same lines in back-to-back groups, no by choice but sometimes by necessity. By the way of all the commentary I've seen noone won a round by out lauching someone else. 5-6 meters is no big deal.
Jim McCarthy 730 Dartmouth Dr 847-487-7025
Island Lake, IL 60042 847-487-7039 (F) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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