"Driving the issue on the next to last day of the worlds....? No... I think somebody wanted the story.
You're not understanding what I'm saying.
Call it a conspiracy, or whatever, but it's entirely possible that this was well throught through so that the issue gets cleared up without hurting anyone at the regatta.
Sometimes class rules need a jolt to be changed. You don't want that jolt to be too painful to the sailors.