Kris... ISAF international class is not the same as Olympic Class

ISAF approval means that your class rules, measurement rules and standards, Championship rules are approved and mandated by ISAF and can't be changed by a local organization. (Carbon Tornado masts had to meet some ISO 2000 standard coming out of the factory) Your class pays a builders fee for this seal of approval. You get to host a world championship since they own the trademark and you buy into the program with your boat button.

The latest proposal is for ISAF to take over the world championships of the Olympic classes and package them into enormous mega regattas that they (ISAF) can promote.

Obviously, a successful international class would not want to hand the keys over to ISAF. In particular, a catamran class will be the red headed step child in this unholy mix.... For example... in Miami... the Tornado's had to sail 14 miles out to their race course for the OCR regatta ... sometimes... they got a 9 mile away race course... Would things be better under the NEW ISAF..... yeah... right......