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Keep the Multihull Racing in the 2012 Olympics

At the recommendation of the RYA, on November 9, 2007, the ISAF Council voted to remove the catamaran as an Olympic boat for 2012 even though the Events Committee recommended that the cats stay. The sailing community was not consulted and has now initiated a petition to reinstate the use of catamarans.

Multihull sailors, worldwide, recognize catamaran sailing as a worldwide, dynamic sport that defines the ultimate challenge of high performance sailing. Please support this exciting recreational and competitive discipline by signing the online petition to reinstate multihull racing in the 1012 Olympics.

Sign the online petition here

This article was written by Phillip Berman

Phillip is a lifetime catamaran sailor and racer. He grew up racing Hobie Cats in California in the late 1960's and published his first book on catamaran racing at the age of seventeen - Multihull Racing The Hobie Cats (Sea Publications, NY.). He went on to write many more books on the subject, including the best-selling catamaran training manual of all time - Catamaran Sailing From Start to Finish (W.W. Norton, NY.) As a graduate student at Harvard he represented the U.S. in numerous international sailing races and was the Hobie Cat World Cham more....