AND:
A boat that can't be sailed outside of the Olympics???
... This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
Why not? You are talking strict one design with a setup like the the Alter Cup, supplied boats.
If it were being done today, what would the boat look like, most likely a Hobie Tiger, with a Fiberfoam mast, Marstrom carbon rigging, and the best sails a one of the big lofts can put togather. For fairness, the running rigging and the tweaking would be done by the F18 Class.
We are moving away from one-design toward formula classes. None of the Formula Classes in their right mind would allow one of their boats to be selected as the Olympic One- Design. So, what are we left with, no multihull, the Tornado, or every 4 years let a Formula Class Association put togather their dream boat.
