Honestly there is no good answer for equipment. I personally would hate to see a formula class become the next Olympic class.

I wonder if the Women's teams would mess up the F16 class to bad if they chose a Viper for the Women's boat.

The Men's boat is tough. Man I'd hate to see one of the F18 designs picked. That would throw a wrench in the F18 class for sure.

I think the Carbon 20 is the future but it's probably got a lot more refinement to go through before it goes mainstream. Also Nacra would have to work really hard to get the boat in multiple countries and apply for ISAF status quickly.

I think any F18 design would be a poor choice and really mess up the F18 class. If an F18 is picked, that design would become the defacto standard F18 and all other F18's would slowly disappear.

I think we have to go with a womens and a mens boat. I don't think a mixed team boat is a good solution. Open is fine but probably would not find any women in the Olympics with an Open boat.

Is there a minimum crew wieght for the new Nacra F20? With the lifting boards I would think crew weight would become much more important because the boat would foil sooner with less weight.