Hey Rolf,
I know who he is. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=37250Point being of course that he did not make a quick nor very succesful transition to a catamaran.
He won many monohull championships and was 13 times World champion in no less then 7 different monohulls. However his best result in cats came in the form of a European championship and 4th at the Olympics in 1984. Quite meager for a 13 times world champion dinghy sailor. By that time he had over 25 years of racing experience in dinghies.
He was a very good sailor but his dinghy credidentials didn't assure great succes in a catamaran class in the way it did with respect to other dinghy classes. Also we are talking about a sailor with his prime several decades ago, both dinghies and cats have gotten very technical since then. I think prebend rigs we're invented around 1985.
My point still stands.
Wouter
