A Worlds is a Worlds... You've got to be in it to win it !
These events are won & lost before the racing begins anyway - The real battle (& achievement) for most lies in simply making it to the start line & participating.
23 boats equates to upwards of 180 competitors alone, plus race officials - Has to be good for the sport, however it's different & hardly comparable to a dinghy event.
So the 2019 TP 52 World Championship will have a fleet of 11 boats - Will the winners be worthy of the title? Absolutely, and how about the "trickle-down" of technology from these great boats !
Incidentally our sport is credited in Wikipedia as having "the most world championships of any sport".....that's something to be proud of....Hmmm. Yes, aren't sailors lucky to have so many opportunities to compete at the highest level across such a broad age spectrum for life !
call it a world championship, but in demeans the efforts of the winners of other more significant events IMHO. That's just nonsense.
