This was my post:
RYA appears to have acted unilaterally to remove catamaran sailing from the Olympics. This is not only unfair to the many catamaran sailors in the UK, but includes disenfranchisement of catamaran sailors around the world who have always had much interest in Olympic sailing.
Present and past US Olympic catamaran sailors are always the leaders among the one-design class racers. They are looked up to as having established their credentials by participating or winning Olympic medals. These medals and such participation are always considered as definitive of world-class sailors. I personally know the names of all the cat sailors from the last 15 years, and know a number of them. It would be a terrible loss to American sailors to lose this valuable element.