Originally Posted by John Williams
Personally (i.e., not an official position), I view the Tiger and the Viper as good candidates for the same reason; because they are both slight outliers (Tiger due to design age, Viper due to weight), the selection of either would do little damage to the respective classes, yet still allow Olympic teams to compete in larger fleet events in addition to the Olympic Classes events.


I would say that is the positive asessment on the risk. The negative is death of a formula class. The only precedent is the B-class and the selection of the Tornado.
This really is a question on psychology and manufacturer spin. Will the percieved advantages of owning a olympic one-design in a formula fleet outweight the disadvantage of being locked in to one-design rules? Only way to find out is to actually see what happens if one of those designs are selected. Personally I think the possibility of participation in the world cup events, olympic status and mingling with the rock stars will be more than enough to do damage to a formula fleet if choosen.
On the other hand, there might be something completely different like a M20 with banana boards that ends up as the olympic multihull. Or the Tornado gets another go (that is a fantastic boat, also for mixed sailors)