You've obviously never crewed on a Tornado. You need a young strong athlete in the front to make that boat go.
I would not agree. The years we sailed our Tornado it was not the physical requirements which made us slower than the really good guys, but knowlegde and skill. I would definately say that sailing and beachcat racing is not an especially atlethic sport (flame suit put firmly on!).
Swapping boats every olympiad would make it so much harder for underfunded teams to stay in the game. Would be great to have an endless supply of cheap boats, but either way somebody are paying for those boats.
All that aside, I am much more interested in what hopes and ambitions John have for the Multihull Commission and who else will be on it. What mandate it will have etc.
To work the negative angle: The whole idea is probably just a cookie thrown to the multihull community to raise morale and faith with ISAF. Council will keep its ways/power and that is the real problem with ISAF. Fact is that multihulls was in the games until ISAF Council threw all reccomendations and group submissions out the door with multihulls.
Hope I dont get you down John, I am sure you will do a splendid job, if it is possible.
