I doubt if it is staged. Many of the teams at OCR have not sailed the N17 before and I'd guess never sailed a boat with lifting foils before. Why risk damage to your boat or body right before the start of OCR for a photo stunt?
Because when you're shopping for sponsorship $$ you need to be a bit of a media whore. Do you really think anyone putting together an olympic bid thinks they are a piker?
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda "Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall "You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
