Wow - quick reaction. I was kind of hoping that the Council could talk about this stuff some before rolling out a press release-type post.

Power Dave - ISAF announced at the last meeting that they were setting up the Commission, but didn't get into details of it's purpose. The scuttlebutt is that ISAF suspects ( <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> ) multihulls are underrepresented and this may be a first step toward bringing back the ISAF Multihull Committee. Capron asked me if I could sit on it and represent the US multihull community. I brought up other candidates for the job that I thought would do well, but Jim expressed a desire to have a rep that was in a position to get feedback from all classes of multihulls. US SAILING's position on multihulls in the Olympics is unchanged - the OSC says they still want to see a men's and a women's multihull event, and they want to end the Council practice of voting on individual events and vote on full slates instead.

Luiz - I'm told that I will be tasked with bringing the US multihull community's concerns to the ISAF Council. Like you, I'm a little skeptical based on the Council's actions in the past, which include disregarding multiple recommendations from their own Events Committee. I'm simply not sure what to expect here, but I'm willing to give it a try.

Karl - waaaaaaay to soon to talk about equipment, though I appreciate it is hard not to speculate. It should be noted that equipment has been created in the past to meet event requirements.

Try not to focus on the boat of choice, but more on getting our event reinstated. Olympic-level sailors will migrate to whatever platform is selected. I tend to agree with Jake's assessment of the T-boat's genny - it is being used as an example against keeping the class. I've already heard it. The backlash will probably, as others have said, push equipment selection toward single-manufacturer one design.