In the long run what difference does it make for non-Olympians? I just can't wait for it to be done so all the re-hashing of this in every new thread(Thanks Mark) will finally frickin' end.
Tawd... you noticed!!!
Why force the debate... This crowd is so damn cynical that god and motherhood would be crapped on.
Hopefully people understand that there are real issues that drive this process and NOT some KING picking his boys to make money off of the stupid sailors.
Why would you care about Mixed Multihull and the Olympics??.... because almost every top Cat racer in this country has pursued or won some kind of Olympic medal... EVEN sailors in HOBIE 16s... these sailors show up and win our local and national regattas. Some of them even grew up in the cat racing community....
The Olympics is a worthy enough goal so that sailors spend the time and energy to master the sport. Many of them continue to race cats. When you race against them and get spanked... you know exactly how much work you need and they raise the level of the game.
Better to try to play with the eagles then wallow with the ducks (or something like that) So... we need the eagles!!
Dumping all over the boats (or some of the boats) and diminishing the role the Olympic sailors play in game is poor sportsmanship.
You don't have to be a fan... but don't join the "it's all crap chorus" and diminish the role Olympic Sailing must play!
ps... that is a fair critique of the Hobie 16 as Olympic boat.!
