Not only am I disappointed to here of the US and UK's wishes to eliminate catamaran sailing from the Olympics, I am disappointed there is no female discipline or single handed for multihulls. I also find it hard to believe we have open and male / female disciplines in monohull dinghy classes when open classes consists of 99.9 % male competitors. Surely we are doubling up on male dinghy events at the expense of other disciplines. See below for list of classes. Perhaps ISAF should move away from the past and acknowledge there is a lot more to sailing than monohulls. I believe Dinghies, Multihulls, Yachts and Boards should be represented at an Olympic level with provisions for male and female disciplines as well as single and double handed. The IOC has only grated sailing with limit of 400 athletes. To double up dinghy disciplines seems a little selfish to other disciplines.

Regards
Stephen Medwell
Capricorn Formula 18 Catamaran AUS043
Ex Tornado Catamaran AUS260

OPEN MONOHULL SINGLE HANDED
Fin – sailed by men

MALE MONOHULL SINGLE HANDED
Laser

FEMALE MONOHULL SINGLE HANDED
Laser Radial

OPEN MONOHULL DOUBLE HANDED
49er – sailed by men

MALE MONOHULL DOUBLE HANDED
470

FEMALE MONOHULL DOUBLE HANDED
470

MALE SAILBOARD
RSX

FEMALE SAILBOARD
RSX

OPEN MULTIHULL (Double handed)
Tornado – sailed by men

MALE KEEL BOAT
Star

FEMALE KEEL BOAT
Yngling