Personally, I don't see the need to burn our ships behind us when setting up a new international performance sailing organisation (multi's, moths and true skiffs for men and women). We can still play with ISAF were attractive to us and not play with ISAF where it is not.

In time when can grow the class and take on more responsibilities as we go, possibly ending with our own direct bit to the International olympic committee to have a multihull and moth, just like the kayakers did outside of the rowing federation.

We have to be slick about this, just as ISAF is ^#(%%#@ us over like a bunch of naives we should return the favour and outmanouvre them while still making us of all the benefits they can offer us.

Point 2 : I guess I used to be a "mover" but I'm out of this one unless we can get some high rolling friends to pull the car. I've done the "pulling the car singlehandedly" before.

Wouter