We need to have a long term plan for sailing in general, when my kids took up sailing I bought them 2 x 420's and said if your good enough you can go to the Olympics, they had posters up etc. On Multihulls it's different, sailing bodies around the world have votes and lobby behind the scene's to get the event they percieve they will win a medal in. USA and NZ felt they didn't have medal potential that year so canned multis with a blindside to give them an edge on whatever got in. The USA has 3 votes plus an effective lobby which will see whatever the USA sailing body wants, in if they want it enough. I think multi's in or out comes down to USA's medal chances which is short term poor sportsmanship on behalf of the sailing bodies and a whole new system needs to be in place before kids have something to aim for. Give them certainty and watch the mixed crews appear