I personally think can be a very exiting sport to watch when televised well.

Afterall, it is a chess-game combined with stamina. Unlike a track sport the competitors can go different ways, make a visually obvious gamble and won or loose. How about the exitement of a port flyer in a 50 boat fleet. Will he make it or does he have to crash tack at the last moment ?

I've seen the French do ORMA 60 racing with small computer graphics in the lower corner of the screen explaining the dirty wind, right of way and the position tacktics. That can make an upwind duel or downwind high speed approach to the bouy very exiting. They have superimposed circles projected on the screen showing how two boats are different loactions on the water are just as far from the bouy and will meet up there at full speed.

I think sailing can actually have more drama then many other sports, especially more then swimming and track. They just need to televise it right. Why not do it as the Superbowl games with lines drawn on the screen with the commentator explaining how a boat is pinches or scrapped off ?

We just must not do it with only 2 boats on the water where one can dominate from beginning to end. Get in the 3rd, 4th and other boats forcing the leader to spread his attention for challenges further way or from the other side of the course.

Wouter