Somehow, I think the following has some connection with the long-range program of the US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee.

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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TEAM ANNOUNCED
(March 15, 2007) US Sailing has chosen six talented sailors to the US Elite Youth Development Sailing Team, which was created this year. These young athletes all under 21 years old -- have been identified as future Olympian prospects in the Laser and Laser Radial classes. This year, three Laser Full Rig sailors and three Laser Radial sailors have been selected from a pool of over 60 candidates.


US Sailing created the US Elite Youth Development Sailing Team this year to provide a national coaching, educational, administrative and financial support structure for the country’s top youth sailors and future Olympic prospects in the Laser and Laser Radial.


These athletes will travel to major international regattas with the guidance of elite-level coaches in order to gain more competitive sailing experience against the best in the world. In order to qualify for the Team, sailors must be younger than 21 years old.


"The Elite Youth Development Team identifies the best, young sailors in the USA and provides an opportunity for them to gain further experience in international-level sailing," said High Performance Director and Head Coach
Gary Bodie (Hampton, Va.). "We plan to share our hard-won lessons on competing abroad." -- Full details:
http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/EYDT/2007/team.asp


When the announcement was first made about this new Elite Youth Development Program, Dean Brenner, chairman of the US Sailing OSC said, "We strive to support our athletes who will compete in the Olympic Games, not only in 2008, but also in 2012, 2016 and beyond. We are focusing on elite youth development, and initially on singlehanded classes. Over time, our intention is to broaden this program to include other Olympic classes."

Sounds like a great program, and I guess we can only hope that it might someday include multihulls.

Actually, it is going to take more than "hope." It is going to take a lot of effort on the part of the multihull community to create an "Olympic path" that will be recognized by US Sailing, since it obviously is not happening through the yacht clubs.