I heard two reasons for US Sailing voting against multihulls for London, and the only credible one was that they felt they needed to vote for the events where they stood the best chance to win.

If they still don't believe that we have a truly viable contender, you can bet where the development funds will (and won't) be spent.

US Sailing has never been afraid to spend its money "strategically," just look at how the Rolex money is "divided" amongst the championships.

So, if, the next Olympic cat team will come from our side of the sport, they will need to be well-funded, driven phenoms that can't be beaten on the water.

That's what we (OD classes) can do: identify, train and fund them (and don't be looking for handouts from US Sailing).

Mike