I am opposed to a separate "Men's" and a separate "Woman's" event, because I feel sailing is one sport that levels the field and women can compete evenly against men, or sail WITH men, ie. mixed crews just like we do it in the real world. I understand the "why" when it comes to Olympics, every sport has a Mens and a separate Womens event so I guess rather than get into a pissing contest over gender issues, just accept it and go foreward, happy to have ANY cats in the Olympics at all.

And I agree with Bob above, forget about the equipment fight until after the two events are securely (back) -in- the Olympics. Is the Tiger going to contiune to be produced in light of that new Wildcat anyway? Or is that what you meant?