If you think this is bad...you should have seen the old (non-registration required) forum. There are still mud stains on the proverbial wall! Try the Sailing Anarchy forums too.

Really though, we all mostly intend well here. Sometimes we get our fur in a bunch about somebody making a claim about this or that based on some ludicrous piece of information but for the most part, you'll find that 75% of this site is usefull information and we often help a lot of new people out. On the upshot, we don't jump into personal attacks all that often. Most of the online forums tend to de-personalize a lot of the conversations and folks say things that they probably wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. There's also been some pretty hot topics lately that have drawn some lines in the sand...they'll fade away soon enough. Like most people, I've got soft spots under which people can get under my skin pretty quickly. Some of the overzealous brand loyalty stuff (with regard to ANY brand) gets to me pretty quickly.

Please don't go away just yet...give us a chance - undoubtedly you can contribute a LOT here!

Hi Stephen

Cool, you found the way to our swiss-catamaran forum!
the translations are really funny sometimes.

'Bug' translated to 'nose' should be bow and so on!

Greetings from Switzerland
Andi

Swiss 18HT class
http://www.18ht.ch/index-en.html

Hobiebrat1 but didn't you just leave this discussion?
Anyway it still like “the fastest sailors are winning regardless of the brand they sail”. The Capricorn may be the fastest so far but apparently not fast enough to overcome this basic fundamental observation.
Best regards

What other sort of a translation would you expect from the SWISS Catamaran site?? This is a country that "sails" at altitude so high above sea level that most of us would get a nosebleed if we sailed there. How “spooky” would it be if all the spectators "yodelled” at you as you sail past? This is a country where they have not one, but three "official" languages. This is country renown for both its cheese and its chocolate, but when they have chocolate covered cheese??? And sailing with a squeaky voice in tight “lederhosen”, just what sort of an English translation would you expect??

Or perhaps babelfish doesnt do to well on grammar and linguistic structures, Darryl

(I hope Stephen didnt do the translation himself)

Now, do they use 'lederhosen' in Switzerland? I imagined that was Bavaria and to some lesser extent Austria? After a thorough soaking, doesnt leather become rather.. stiff?

So Sam Evans has a Brother!!!????

Obviously not me mate....... my Swiss is not that good

3 official languages? Last time I was there it was 4. Dude, give me a break with your negative comments. This is a country who is very PRO sailing.
Dave, from Ascona, now in Toronto.

Hi all,

one more correction on Capricorn specs., which I don't think is due to translation. Hulls are not built in Australia by AHPC "family company", but in Asia as F18 weight doesn't require the finnese needed to build A class or Taipans. But it is a cheaper source of labour than Australia.

Regards Gary.

"Greg Goldall" translated to "Greg gold universe"

Ok, we all know Greg is fast, but his name is Greg Goodall.
BTW I don't know the source of the translated Text.

Maybe it was translated from English to German and now backwards again.