Thanks for posting that Bob, I had forgotten about this article. I am amazed at the support and numbers given for sailing, since "Joe Couch Potato" in the US wouldn't even consider it a sport, and the vast majority of people I know (outside of sailing) are shocked it's in the Olympics at all... and I live within an hour of Newport, RI...

I guess my point is, thank GOD television numbers aren't used to determine "popularity" beacuse at least in the US, the reason it's so hard to find Olympic sailing events televised is because the networks know what sells Joe Couch Potato and what doesn't...

Mike