As far as I know there are strong Tornado fleets in England and Germany while Spain and France seem to have good olympic Tornado programs. Australia should be a strong supporter, but you never know.. Who comes behind Bundy/Ashby and Hagara/Steinacher from Austria? These few countries are not exactly a majority within ISAF, even if they are big (on an european scale). Loosing US support for the multihull class can not be good. Will be exiting to watch what happens!

I dont think the financing of olympic sailors differ much from the US model over here. Athletes get a small bonus from our olympic national comitte for top ten finishes in europeans/worlds. Top athletes can also apply for grants from diverse funds, but sailing assocs. seldom finance athletes fully. The assoc. often try to help athletes find corperate sponsors, but the athletes have to do the basic work. The brits have a very good solution, but I dont know others who do the same.