I know it's probably too late for a change, and thoroughly agree with what you posted. But, I just had an interesting thought.
It's clear that, maybe because of the 5 and 5 plan, some thought went into two multihull events, one for men, one for women. Besides the reasons given in the submission above, it is pretty clear that women did not want a multihull discipline, as the female Olympic sailors (or at least their reps) were looking for match racing, etc. So, we've been dwindled to one multihull event.
Can you tell us if anyone considered this approach?
Two multihull events, one singlehanded (men or open) and one doublehanded mixed.
If this was discussed, were they just afraid that they'd only get one, and wanted to be in the position to present the one they favored?
