World Sailing President Interview by Sail-World: Some Highlights
Journalist Richard Gladwell from Sail-World, conducted a far reaching and most interesting three parts interview with Kim Andersen, the President of World Sailing. The interview was made in anticipation of World Sailing’s annual conference this week-end, in Sarasota, FL. Here are key highlights. See the links towards the full interview at the bottom of this page. Regarding the Laser Andersen is adamant that the Laser has not been kicked out of the Olympics. "We are running that process with the Laser. It is not true that the Laser has been kicked out. We are just applying "anti-monopoly" so that we don't get into trouble. The Council has the freedom of choice to say they would like a Laser." About Anti-Trust, Monopoly and the Finn Andersen raised a novel view of what constitutes a monopoly in sailing, claiming that the EU believed that when World Sailing was selecting a class or discipline at the Olympics, a monopoly was created because "you are n