Agreed, this is from many meetings and correspondances between ISAF and the ITA. Some of this is at the prompting of the IOC for the ITA and multihull organiations and supporters to go back to ISAF and have them formaly submit an application to IOC requesting an 11th event. To gain support from within the IOC, the ITA has come up with going to One-Design. Is this is what is best for the class? I think only time will tell, but if it gets a multihull back into the Olympics and the one-design Tornado is that class, I would believe then that this is a very astute manuever on the ITA's part.