That's my point.

No classes had minimum crew weights pre-Hobie. All the beach cats that came after Hobie, for some reason, also had minimum crew weights, apparently because Hobie did it. I could never figure out why. And nobody has ever come up with a really good explanation for why.

So why would the Tornado class, which was pre-Hobie, suddenly decide to have minimum crew weights? This is an Olympic class!!

What conceivable reason could there be for a minimum crew weight?

I can understand why they have established MAXIMUM crew weights for some of the women's dinghy events so the women don't have to bulk up just to be competitive.

The only reason I can think of for the Tornado Class suddenly wanting to have a minimum crew weight is that they know the Olympics in China are going to be in very, very light air. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Whoops. Sorry, I just read the attachment. So I was right, and that IS the reason. Bad reason.