Leslie is being honest with you about the reasons that were given by the Olympic Sailing Committee to the Board of Directors when they were considering the matter some 12 or 15 months ago. My assertion is that the matter of funding is "silly" because it is a rationale tailored to support a decision that was based on an altogether different line of reasoning. The biggest hurdle for multihull sailors is that too few of us are involved in the management of the sport - I expect that is because most of us would rather be out engaging in the sport rather than inside talking about it.