Take the RSX as an example.
There were no fleet at all before being selected as the Olympic windsurf board.
It was an equipment selection, an ISAF procedure, so is no not a final requirement.

The thing is, sadly, that the T is gone, after 30 years of good service. If monohull sailors opts for 90 year old boats like Stars, that´s their choice.

Is a good chance to have a catamaran that will last more than one Olympic cycle, think beyond 2016, for ie 2020, who is going to be sailing Tigers at top level by then??
I think Moths will be Olympic class by then..
Being the pinnacle, it does matter what pros are sailing.

Is not a matter of brands, Hobie has the Wildcat now, is a great opportunity for the Multihull community to plan ahead and offer a boat that will last some Olympics cycles.

With the Tiger argument, which I fully supported for 2012, there´s no better class than the Hobie 16...