Tom, et. al.,

Thanks, mate, for the recognition - but as you know there was a veritable army working every angle. I'm still digesting how things went down in China... I hope to have a note out to the Council in the next few days regarding an assessment of where we stand, a debrief on where we went wrong and where we went right, and some suggestions on what to do next. The IMC is is the same mode and is pulling together a statement at the request of media outlets. The folks that were at the ISAF meeting are either just arriving home or will be soon, so there's some frank discussion still ahead.

There were concilliatory moves from ISAF in that a Multihull Commission was established by the Executive Committee yesterday. Göran Petersson indicated he felt it was essential for multihulls to be directly represented within the organization; this of course was one of the very top goals in forming the IMC. It remains to be seen who will serve on this Commission and what its role will be. I am hopeful, but skeptical - the Events Committee seems to have little to no influence on the ISAF Council, so I have doubts about how seriously a mere "commission" will be taken.

In any case, more to follow.