It is an expensive boat, but the most expensive boat for 2012 is the Star with the Elliot coming in a close second.
Tom And now all three boats are gone.... I wonder why?
This is not a vote of all powerful, all knowing, or a small set of political hacks.. The ISAF vote is about a lot of countries representing their own interest. When the cost of the boat crosses a threshold that they can't play at, they vote you out when they can! .... Ignore this lesson if you want... but the Elliot has never sailed in OLYMPIC battle and it's gone.
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It was removed because it was not a tightly controlled OD class.
So why exactly did the Tornado Class scrub the rules and now markets the Tornado as a ONE DESIGN TORNADO.. No choices allowed. Was it for better sailing.... or for better politics?
My read of the world is that the new paradigm is Popular and Affordable now trump brilliant and expensive. Smoothing over the bumps of the past won't address this issue.
We have a sales job to do... On the cat racers of the world who want a fabulous iconic Olympic Cat for the unique game of MiXED... while dreaming of the day when they have TWO fabulous olympic cats. WE are going to need to accept Popular and Affordable
We also have to sell the other MNA's that they can be competitive with a start up multihull program. (Hell... we need to convince the USA MNA that we can be competitive with a start up multihull program.)
