I personally dont think there is a conspiracy going on her, but I dont understand the mandate of the representatives from the US either. John Williams tried to explain it on the open forum. Supposedly the US representatives had a "gameplan" issued from US Sailing according to their motion with two multi classes, which is what I would expect. But when the voting process was changed at the meeting, after a motion from the floor, this gameplan forced the US votes to keelboats instead of the multihulls. It is no secret that US Sailing think their medal chances are greater in keelboats than multis for 2012 so I _think_ US Sailings representatives did as US Sailing wanted to. Not necessarily pushing multihulls out of the games, but putting their votes with their perceived medal chances.

What I want to know is who made the motion of changing the well tried voting process, where the votes are cast for each class separately and each vote discussed before the next class is decided. This made the selection last just some hours instead of the scheduled two days. It also made for this situation, which I feel is due to a hasty decision made without understanding what the change in the voting procedure meant. This just adds more weight to those who now try to find ways to change the decision made by the ISAF Council, or finding some other way of including a multihull in the 2012 games.


BTW: Check..
http://www.monohullandfatoldmensailing.org/ and then isaf.org
Also worthwhile to read:http://sailjuiceblog.com/2007/11/16/australia-calls-for-a-multihull-re-vote/
Looks like Andy Price is having a field day, even if he came across as a multihull hater before the selection.