[quote=bradinjax]The IOC approved mixed gender crews for the Nacra 17 in 2016. So this is not really new news.
My understanding is that the intent of the expansion of mixed gender crews by the IOC was to help increase participation by smaller countries many of whom have only sent male teams in the past. The idea is that members of the female teams and male teams could partner up and therefore participate in more events with the same number of representatives on a per country basis. This would reduce costs and increase total participation measured in entries per event.
As for offshore keelboat classes please note the 2024 Olympics are in Paris and the French are the undisputed champions in offshore keelboats and have been for some time. I am not betting offshore keelboats will be an event in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
I am not sure any this will "save" US based sailing at the club level or even have any measurable impact at all but that is a discussion for another thread.
Brad in Jax
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