Steve: I agree with you on many points. I dont think the class would vaporize if it lost olympic status tough.
Ref: British Tornado class

Besides, the Tornado has 'always' been an olympic class. That is not new, but the cost of an campaign has rocketed..

What do you think the ITA should do to attract new sailors (while keeping old ones) to the class ? I'm not thinking about olympic campaigns, but regular sailors.

The ITA has to act soon, becouse the olympic charter says that only boats with an widespread use are candidates. Today Germany and UK have quite strong classes, but even the germans had to cancel this years national championship due to lack of interest (20 boats wanted to sail, but the rules demands 25)..

Constructive comments ??