If a Multihull comes back.......

The reason for the none mixing of crews, is that certain religions do not allow formal mixing of the sexes unless related or married to each other. This is why, the IOC for one reason, is not keen to see mixed sex sports.

However, the way to solve this is to make the Cat class open and leave the option to the individual national council. Countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, etc do not seem to have an issue with mixed sailing whereas, certain other countries would lock you up for the pleasure.

Having sailed in some of these countries where it works and not sailed in ones where there is a strict doctrine, can understand the problems, which compound the issues of strength and size.

The only female to realistically have a chance of winning a gold medal in an open class in modern times (1980 onwards), was Cathy Foster in the 470. Had things not gone wrong, probably something to with media attention and no grooming/protection from such intrusion, she and Pete Newlands may have forefilled their expectations in LA.

Sailing now has to look beyond its sport and remove the voting issues of the last Council where ISAf found they had a problem. Olympic sailing should be about atheletes in their prime providing a spectacle that can be admired across the world.

Finals should probably be short course racing and last no longer than 20 minutes, and in so doing give more teams the chance of excelling. Who remembers the 49er final in Quindoa. How many watch the stadium 10,000 m. compared to the 400 m. Changes need to be enhanced and not rejected to bring sailing to the masses. Weymouth is one that will be an opportunity missed. Lets not see another in Rio.

As they say, bring it on and lets have a real spectical.

Don't hope it sticks, make it stick!

If you can, get the ladies out sailing on your catamaran and send the photos or video in to www.multihull2016.com.