Are you all serious? Who cares if it is the World Cup or the Gold Cup, the point is this is a promotion for YOUTH CATAMARAN SAILING. Art is a huge promoter of youth catamaran sailing in the U.S. Youth catamaran sailors are basically nearly nonexistant (compared to other classes) right now and you all turn it into a political debate?
Come on... this is one of those posts on the forum that should stay on topic and not be viewed in a negative light.
I know several catamaran sailors my age and I, all who aged out within the last few years, that would have loved to have this opportunity.
I hope someone takes advantage of this and that this post is taken seriously.
Kudos to Art for another step in the right direction, the U.S. Youth Multihull trophy is named after him for a reason.

On another note, would ISAF really ban any youths participating in this event from ISAF sanctioned events if this event does not have any special exceptions? I remember such was so with the wave class but wasn't the SL16 declared the official youth mutlihull? Also, then how is it not a ISAF recognized class?