Indeed BS; the 49-er as expensive as the tornado so that is not it.

With regard to the ISAF wanting less and less technology driven boats.; Howabout dropping a few of those numerous mono's ?

Like the Finn (we already has a singlehander mono in the laser) and Europe, (We already have a crew mono in the soling and Yngling)

ISAF would do well to reduce the sailing campaign to

laser
Soling
49-er
Tornado
A singlehanded catamaran
Mumm 30 (a true crew ship)

This would cover the whole sailing scene except big yachting

Wouter