I don't think the individual stories will carry much weight. The comeback will be... Skiffs... Cats... both High Performance... Bundy switched (for a while)... why not those two sailors.

I don't have any argument other then ... well it has been proven to work at generating world class competition with no compromises in the integrity of the multihull sport at all.

Does it deny men slots at the olympics?....
Does mixed or open mean that the equipment choosen must factor in women?
Mixed does fail at solving gender equity...
Mixed does make things more complicated in the end.