Lasers and it used to be 470's and perhaps Finn's had boats supplied. Solings, Stars and Tornados have always been "run what you brung", but subject of course to stringent measurer's ruler.

It makes total sense for all boats to be supplied and drawn by lot.

The problem with that is...it makes sense.

It may be the host country’s option whether to provide boats, I don’t know.

I remember the Soviets contracted with Vanguard to supply 470’s, then we didn’t even attend.

The Olympics in any discipline have never been about making a lot of sense. The Games are always about medal counts and national pride, which puts everything into the hands of politicians. Each sport has a political hierarchy which dictates the standards for that sport and the athletes are at the mercy of these decisions.

Even the class selection we have just witnessed was biased by each country’s delegates choosing classes that they were stronger in…hopefully, anyway. What a bunch of crap.

Olympic selection is a class killer. You get the Olympians migrating in and out every four years, skewing any National or World Championship event.

If each sailing discipline had “supplied” boats, the same sailors would still fill them, but the racing would be fairer and more indicative of ability on the water.

That won’t happen and it probably isn’t what the political dinosaurs want anyway.