Hi Rolf

You and i agree on the sail program with the flat spin as a legit part of the game.

We agree on the what the real costs for a campaign are to a team.

ISAF as we have come to appreciate is a world wide body and sadly most of them do not have a catamaran team in the game... Since they control the olympics... this proved to be a fatal issue for the class when the politics screwed it.

ISAF doesn't like ANY of this technical developement any of the classes you mention for the Olympics. ISAF can't do anything now... they try to close the loophole for the next quad. Sadly in our case... they completely closed down the Tornado class.

So, Why do we care about ISAF NOW... well many feel that we SHOULD be trying to get back in the games... Clearly we need a different approach if we are to succed. So, we will have to jump those hoops... Identifying what will fly with ISAF will be the entire game. (Seems to me... a Hobie 16 with Spin class would fit the ISAF criteria for 2016.... Is that good for the class?... catamaran racing in general etc etc... I might choose to pass on the Olympics and a catamaran under these circumstances?.. I don't think it would be good for the 16 class... I don't think it would be good for the sport of catamaran racing.

So... if you pull Olympics off the table, in this case... ISAF would then be irrelevant.