"ISAF President Goran Petersson pleaded for the multihull lobby to calm down and let him get on with the business of negotiating an ‘11th Medal’ in behind-the-scenes meetings with the International Olympic Committee."

Isn't the behind-the-scenes negotiating exactly what got us here in the first place?

I see this as a win-win for ISAF. Multihulls are out (Win #1), they know the odds of the IOC adding another sailing medal are remote at best, so they can say they tried to get us back and weren't successful because other sports were a priority to the IOC, which makes ISAF look like the "good guys" (Win #2).

Yikes...

Mike