Maugan, you're right. One rescue is just a drop in the bucket, so I think we should capitalize on it. As "they" say, "any publicity is good publicity." Maybe these guys have inadvertently shown the way to getting more TV air time for multihulls. Did the TV station have video footage with the rescue? For future rescues, we have to make sure they are done in the daytime and that the media is alerted in plenty of time to get out there with their own copters for photo ops. It will help get the word out about how much fun catamarans are.
And if they spend $400,000,000 on rescues, why should monohulls and powerboats get the benefit of the publicity for the bulk of those rescues? We need to get our fair share.