"Andy Champ" wrote in message

Richard S wrote:

The case is that they want to be sure everybody - including the
winner - sails in the last race in the Olympics. It looks bad if
the TV cameras show up for the last race and the winning boat is on
the beach. Not a reason that would make any sense in most regattas.

So why not make the last race a no-discard race?

Clever.

Have you got any ideas on the original question: What's the [public]
case being made out for making the Olympics (and possibly thereafter RRS
Appendix 1) no discards?

John