…turns out we’ve been letting everyone else practice at the Weymouth Olympic venue on the run up to the games….

“The British sailors will have some home advantage, though Weymouth and Portland have not been closed off to other countries. With his “purely competitive head” on Park is unhappy with this. “It’s the worst thing ever, they should stop them at the English Channel so we can maximise our advantage. But from a whole sport perspective we want this to be a fantastic games and want people to feel comfortable here.””

The Guardian

I know we’re British – but really???

(Actually I just think it would have been fun to see how the heck we were going to stop all sailing in the English Channel.  Giant piece of red rope?  Bouncers?  Winston Churchill?)