Remember John that you are not alone in this matter, although staying out of internal politics of US sailing...you are in the best position to commentate there, this is a global issue for ALL multihull sailors, this is were IMVHO that things have fallen flat in the past, we haven't managed to show the true international political savvy of say the Finns or the Star.

Look how by pulling together and using rational arguments without getting aggressive has got us...nations are coming round to see that maybe ISAF got it wrong. So when that moment coments we have to be ready to act, unified across the world and with one loud voice.

By the way John personnaly I think you are doing a fantastic job, but as you say I think antone in multihulls is ill equipped to dael with the political manouvering.

The self promotion was what I was trying to get at by putting forward the idea of a slighly different concept of racing, by including the idea of a multi stage long distance race, what we have to show ISAF is why we are worth keeping and why we are different from the other classes.

If you need any help from the UK PM me and I will put you in touch with the right people.