An Olympic near miss can end a campaign—or become the foundation for another one. USA 34 finished second in the United States Nacra 17 selection process for Paris 2024. For Carson Crain, that result represented years of development in Olympic and professional sailing, but it did not close the door. The program returned for the Los Angeles cycle with Catherine “B” Lindsay as the current crew and a clear objective: represent the United States at LA28 and contend for a podium result. Carson grew up sailing in Northeast Harbor, Maine, before moving into high-performance competition. His experience includes campaigning the RS:X windsurfer for Team USA, competing at World Championships and the 2015 Pan American Games, and founding Next Generation USA for the 2017 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. He helmed that team’s foiling AC45F while also managing the campaign—experience that combined high-speed sailing with the organizational demands of a major program. He later shifted his Olympic focus to the Nacra 17. The previous USA 34 partnership, with Lindsay Gimple, carried the program through the Paris selection cycle. For LA28, B Lindsay joined Carson as crew. She competes under her full name, Catherine Lindsay, in official international results. The current team finished 32nd at the 2026 Nacra 17 World Championship in Quiberon. A result early in a new partnership is not a final verdict; it is a benchmark. Every international race supplies information about boat speed, maneuvers, communication, equipment, and the gap to the leaders. The Nacra 17 is a fully foiling mixed multihull capable of extraordinary speed. Success depends on athletic execution and technical detail, but also on the time and resources to train, travel, maintain equipment, and race internationally. Olympic selection adds another layer: USA 34 must improve against the world while also earning the right to represent its country. LA28 gives the program a powerful destination. The harder task is building the sequence of training and competition that can turn a previous second place into an Olympic start.