But... you ought to pay attention if you want to understand what 's going on... Ignorance is not becoming of you.
ISAF women's committee voted for Keel match racing >> Skiff>> multihull the last time.... (The old wenches just won out again... with Elliot match now replacing younger women on skiffs as of today)
The Multihull council and all other organizations agreed that there was no critical mass of women sailing multihulls world wide in 2010 and so women's mulithull was not an option. It's not that women are excluded... women just DON'T PLAY. Not only do they not play in multihull... they also don't play on skiffs!
So... with regard to PROMOTION... we have the second most popular adult boat in history.. the Hobie 16... 130,000? or so sold over 40 + years. and fact of life... women DON"T RACE IT in sufficient numbers .. even in the cat friendly EU... How long would you like to wait? Why is this the case?
Smart people... (unlike yourself) asked WHY is this?
Members of the ISAF women's committee made the point (among others) about the boat weight being an issue when the F18 option was brought up years ago. (um... the F18 is the elite cat racing class.... and it's modern!) The sexism charge is just so weak... especially when the central point is made by the WOMEN's ISAF committee! And just to be clear ... weight is probably not the decisive factor, just a significant one.
Fact of life... Women are not choosing to play either skiffs or Multihulls world wide in any great number.
Oh.. and these observations match up to my experience on the water. My last regatta was last weekend.... 40 boats.. F16's, 505's, A class, N20's... 4 women played... no drivers... (So much for Modern boats being the solution). The Hobie 16, 17, 18 Regatta had 30 boats with 2 women drivers on these classic boats So in the Mid Atlantic... 70 boats racing... two women drivers... Spring Fever regatta... 80 boats... 4 women drivers. Tradewinds... 90 boats.. 4 women drivers. Did not notice your name on the results though, But we could add you to the list and come up with oh... 10 women drivers! (That is pretty much the east coast of the USA.) We have ZERO skiffs... male or female jr or senior on the east coast.
Pay attention to the world as it is... your sexism upset is just so 70's.
The reality is that women are not discriminated against... they just don't choose to play high performance sailing in significant numbers..
Oh!... and you might have noticed... your square is a SINGLE HANDED BOAT, now dead and it was sailed mostly in the south east USA.... Keep up.... its the 21st century! This is about the two person Olympic boat for world wide use.
