Rolf: Just a gut reaction. There has always been animosity between catamarans and the "traditional" sailing communities. The ISAF have dumped the Tornado, our oldest, most respected class, from the Olympics; and offered no alternative format. My conclusion is that they don't want us.
Multihulls were not singled out, we just ended up on the short end of the stick on 1 item where a group was asked to choose.
I had the same feeling about US sailing, especialy as they had a large influence in starting this whole issue. John Williams being intimately involved in a lot more of the aspects of it, since has convinced me that running with an established on-going group has some significant advantages to winging it on your own.
I am sure ISAF has some advantages to membership or they would not exist at all. The A class is 1 group we likely share the most in common with. Piet Saarberg would be 1 person I would feel could provide a pretty objective view on the advantages and disadvantages of membership due to his long term involvment with what the A class has done over the years.
It is alittle pre-mature right now, but as this is being discussed, maybe Hans could get him to put up a little post on a few of the pros and cons?
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