My choice would be to eliminate both the Finn (single-hander male) and the Europe (single-hander female), and replace them both with a single-hander multihull -- Multihull Women and Multihull Men.
Mary,
This makes sense to me. Multihulls are a lot more tolerant to people with less physical strength and smaller size, so they can be sailed by older people of any gender.
Paul Elvstrom sailing a Tornado with his daughter to 4th place in his last Olympic participation prooved that.
However, replacing the Finn is unlikely for two reasons:
-The president of ISAF is a Finn sailor.
-The top sailor in the class nowadays is British.
Replacing a monohull by a multihull is also difficult because there is no lobby in this direction. It makes perfect technical and political sense (as the tests in Quiberon and other technical data show beyond any doubt) but ISAF is not considering a move in this direction.
There is a lot of work to do in this area.
Cheers,
Luiz
PS: the number of sailing events in the olympic games tend to be reduced due to pressure from the IOC. Additions are unlikely.
