Paul

ANY MIXED Multihull discipline is a minimal strategy....

Have you considered the potential long term consequences?

What happens when the AC operation sucks all of the oxygen out of the room. The prestige of the Olympic multihull event is undercut by AC racing and Big multihull Distance racing. ... The sailors will never be able to raise a buck. So..

The top old multihull sailors take ANY AC opportunity over competing for one slot in the Olympics...
What happens when the junior elite sailors choose anything AC cup related over Olympic path because of funding and sex appeal..
Do you think a Mixed multihull team will be able to raise funding?...
will the public care to support what will quickly be a tiny backwater of sailing because nobody can see MIXED DOUBLES as the pinnacle of anything or a pathway to anywhere?
What happens when the MNA only spends money on Junior Mixed teams.... All events have to be Mixed..

I realize how you look at this issue depends on how much money your MNA can push to the sport.... The Brits have it pretty good... In the USA... the numbers are minimal. If Olympic Multihull sailing is viewed as trivial because MIXED is just is wrong headed, We will take a step backwards.

What we need are TWO events.. Men's and Women's These events would be the Pinnacle of the sport for one and two man teams... No question! IF you have to compromise... One Open event is workable.

Of course.. you believe the IOC will be so thrilled with Weymouth... that they will keep funding the ISAF to keep sailing in the games...

What do you know that we don't!