An excellent start! I'll try to improve on it:

- Smart, strict one design.
- Modern features.
- Media friendly: spectacular to watch (over powered), easy to attach cameras everywhere, etc.
- Spectator friendly: high level competition from 4 to 30 knots of wind, smart race format.
- High quality/price ratio.
- Very good longevity at Olympic level racing (8-10 years), extremely high longevity in normal racing conditions.
- Quality, long lasting, decent cost sails, with replacement frequency limits.
- Worldwide availability
- Ease of assembly/disassembly for transport (logistics are an important issue for the games).

- Weights, double handed:

If Women only: 120-140kg
If Men only : 150-190kg
If Mixed : 130-150kg

(higher weight allows for older/more experienced sailors - this is what kept the Finn as an Olympic class for decades. If they drop the Finn, maybe the heavy/experienced sailors will switch to the multihull, especially with the AC focused on cats)

- Weights, singlehanded: half of the above figures.


After looking at all this, I like the F20c for the Olympics, even if it might loose against an ARC 22.

Now, imagine if Bill Roberts decides to add lifting foils and adjusts its other features accordingly. I guess he could do that. He also has experience with foils placed forward of the main beam, that would provide the same pitchpole resistance with less vertical lift = less drag...

Ok, dream over. Anyone else will give it a try?

Cheers,