The US is nominally supporting a 5/5 program. do the math...

Women's Boards,
Women's Single Hander,.. Laser
Women's Match Race/Keel Elliot??
Women's Double hander... 470
Women's Catamaran ... ??? or Women's Skiff

Men's Board
Men's Single hander .... Laser
Men's Keel Boat .... Star
Men's double hander ... 470
Men's Catamaran.... F18 sub class vs Men's skiff

The US yacht clubs, collegiate programs and coaching ranks constitute a pipeline and are 100% committed to the C420 ... I 420 and then I 470 pathway. They will fight like hell to keep the 470... and will find support world wide from lots of countries.

SOME US West Coat Yacht clubs are committed to Skiff's at the junior level AND the US has world class talent in Women's skiffs. This is a bit of a pipeline.

Cats,,, pipeline??.... We have very very little institutional support for cats. Few young people racing catamarans... and much less then racing skiffs. Our entry to the Yacht club world is recent and we have not built junior programs to create a pipeline.

How can US Sailing Olympic stand up and say... We can qualify and win medals in women's and men's catamarans.... Especially over existing men's and women's skiff programs and institutional support they have?

Seems to me... US Catamaran Classes and the MHC need a strategic meeting with Dean Brenner, evaluate the situation and we choose to either punt or get on board with a reasonable strategy based on some reasonable assumptions and what's actually possible in the US.