US Sailing get their Olympic program funding from three places, none of which is member dues - donations, sponsorships and the USOC. The latter is dependent on actual medal results.

So, if you were going to give your money to the sport of catamaran racing...

Would you donate to the sport at the elite level... eg Olympic sailing.

or

Would you donate to the sport at the grass roots level... say a junior catamaan program at your yacht club?

When I win the lottery... both would get funding... But for now the key question is .. what priority should we focus on to get the most bang for the buck?

I can think of great arguments for both and so its not an easy question to answer.

Obviously, US Olympic Sailing. said... catamrans will not fund olympic sailing as readily as the keel boaters. PLUS their assesment of the talent pool in Tornado's / all other cat classes led to their decision.

So leaving aside the talent pool issue.... What is your sense of what our funding priorities ought to be?