Matt

The voice of experience here is Bundy... when he comments that the sail to and from the race course was long and exhausting, I take him at his word. I doubt he is being a pussy here and he knows what the world standard is for a properly managed event.

The distances involved are just the tip of the ice berg... Do you think the STAR Class is short a few mark boats?

Which of the two regattas OCR or the North Americans works well for the sailors?

Which is a fair test of sailing skill ... which is an endurance slog plus a regatta?

What reason (other then marketing) requires the Tornados to race that particular week when its clear that they don't have enough resources in Miami to host it properly.

About the only thing the Tornados get from participating in the OCR is an international jury for protests...

So compare the resources to some recent events.
Did St Francis YC have more or less marks boats with personel on them to support the race for your Hobie 17 NA's? How about the 16 NA's? I doubt they were hunting around for someone who could set the pin for them. If the Hobie Class can organize a competent event, why can't the paid Olympic staff get you the minimal resources to do your job and allow you to to run a competently managed regatta.
Do you think you could charter 3 or 4 boats for a week, rent a parking lot and put up a judge and PRO in a hotel room for 12,0000 dollars (40 boats x 300 each).

If playing nice with US Sailing and the Olympic committe worked... solutions would have been found... The US competitors are not exactly able to raise a public stink...