I'd like to know who's on what platform for no other reason than to be able to contact the teams that have the same platform as me and find out how to make it faster.

I'd also like to get feedback from crews that have won races on several different platforms (or at least sailed them) to get their opinions of the various boat/sail/equipment combinations.

Yes, if I were buying a boat, I may consider the platform's results, but just buying whatever showed up on the podium on any given day would be short-sighted.

In my opinion, sailors win races, TEAMS (sailors, support crew, sponsors, and platforms) win series.