US Sailing's Sailor Athlete Council (SAC) has gone to the officials of the involved racing class for input regarding the ISAF proposals to select equipment for the 2008 Olympic Games:

- Multihull Open: Hobie 16 or Tornado
- Keelboat Women: Soling or Yngling
- Keelboat Men: Soling or Star or Yngling
- D/H Dinghy Open: 49er or Snipe
- D/H Dinghy Women: 470 or 49er or Snipe or 49er
- D/H Dinghy Men: 470 or 49er / Snipe [whichever loses vote 4]
- S/H Dinghy Men: Finn or Laser - whichever is not selected is the only
option in vote 8
- S/H Dinghy Open: Finn or Laser
- S/H Dinghy Women: Byte or Europe or Flash or Laser Radial or Zoom8
- Windsurfer Male: Hybrid or Mistral or Mistral Derivative
- Windsurfer Female: Hybrid or Mistral or Mistral Derivative or outcome
windsurfing equipment evaluation trials

The Sailor Athlete Council represents all racing sailors, and is interested in learning how the US Sailors in these classes feel about the choices. SAC member Louise Gleason ([email protected]) is collecting this information prior to discussions at US Sailing's October Annual General Meeting in Portland Oregon.

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