EXACTLY.... and it was these countries that were decisive in the vote to drop keel boats (unaffordable and no chance to compete in ) and replace with a new boat... women's skiffs.... and Mixed multihull.

As Paul asked.... why was the Tornado not adopted world wide.... Why is the F18 not adopted world wide. Why is the Hobie 16 very important in the Pan Am games?.... Why do they keep lasers and 470s in the game if we need brilliant sailing machines. We need to really understand this message... The Elliot 6's are gone BEFORE THEY WERE EVEN USED in a games.. (now that has to be a record) The Brazilians took delivery of two boats on they day they were killed... don't think they won't kill of the new multi just as quickly...

These countries are going to want a cheap accessible multihull... The simple Hobie 16... matches up to what the countries are voting for now ... And they have a very successful international competition in this class now.

My point is... in reading the ISAF tea leaves and the voting of all of those little countries. The Laser model (popular) looks like the winner over an elite, high tech cat of any size.

How you make this pay off for the good of the sport is an even tougher question.

(Mike, I don't remember all of the details and it is depressing to look up those old reports but things were a bit funny with the provided boats.... All pigs were not equal as it were. It was not a good period for multis. Institutional control is critical for this game.... we don't have a great
track record of late.