Thanks all, I did find the reasons NZ voted against the Multihull. Looks like the old guard are firmly in charge in NZ. Sailing is a strange sport, it has made so much progress in last 100 years but many are still obsessed with with using lead, if we can go for another 20 years I hope high performance sailors can take the reins of local sailing authorities and make some serious changes. I just hope those in charge now dont wreck our sport completely in the mean time.
Imagine if Formula one cars raced with solid rubber tires because thats the first tires that cars used? Wouldn't be very interesting would it? Like watching keelboat racing <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
