What do they do with the 49'rs? Are they all SMOD? Maybe they could pick the Tiger, lock it in for 10 years, as is, no developments, and leave the F18 calss alone to continue on it's merry way.

I could see where some Olympic hopefuls might want both a Tiger, and a new Wildcat for F18 racing, or say an Infusion for F18 and a Tiger for Olym. practice, but really, if you know how to sail any F18, it's not much of a learning curve to go to/from the Tiger, right? The Tigers are still pretty quick and as long as everyone is on the same type boat, provided by a SMOD, it should take a lot of the "development cost" out of the equation.