Single handling both sexes?

And back in the real world, which events are going to be bumped/merged to make room for 2 kite medals?

I rather think it's premature to be saying the Finn is out of the games. From what I understand, there are no plans to lose any of the current classes for 2020, but more likely is a change of formats, with a possible new class being introduced.

If anyone wants to look back, I posted similar a while back in another thread...

..... Sorted. And grf can formulate the handicap system

'World Sailing' etc or whatever they call themselves this week would not want to miss out on that sort of innovative idea - pretty sure they would be thinking along similar lines to him anyway..... as long as there was a few $ and TV potential involved mind you  ......

And do bring back the Star ... and the Firefly while you are at it....

Originally posted by Chris 249 Originally posted by Oli 470 mixed, 49er mixed, foiling nacra 17 mixed, moths for both on separate courses, then vo65s with 50/50 split crews. Well, since sailing would be thrown out of the Games with that mix, we can have anything we want!   When it comes to selecting (or retaining) sports, the IOC Olympic Programme Commission has far more criteria that refer to popularity and universality than to spectator appeal and other issues. Sailing's lack of popularity and medals in Africa and Asia are major problems for the sport. Is there a single active group of 49ers, foiling cats, foiling Moths or canting keel big boats anywhere in either of those two continents? Even with the "spectacular" spinnaker-carrying cats, 49ers, match racing, medal races and shortboards sailing hasn't actually attracted decent ratings. We've been told about six times now that a move to more spectacular classes would get people watching. It hasn't worked. Why should we try it a seventh and eighth time?

IMO the demise of a keelboat class was a major error in getting African and Asian teams more competitive.  Yes the boats cost a lot to buy but after that initial purchase, the costs would be limited to sails and rigging.  I suspect most of the current options involve purchases of at least two boats if not 3 or more during the cycle and many, many sail and rig changes.  The fact a keelboat would also be crewed by 2+ people would also enable club-together funding efforts to get more campaigns up and running. 

Originally posted by Oli 470 mixed, 49er mixed, foiling nacra 17 mixed, moths for both on separate courses, then vo65s with 50/50 split crews.

Edited by Chris 249 - 16 Oct 16 at 9:55pm