A lot of sense in the article overall, but this seems a little defeatist, at least for high performance skiffs and cats. We all know how exciting the sport is for the participants. Seems a little innovation is required to convey that on the screen (of course it does require a good breeze, which could be problematic in 08).

Channel 7 (iirc) in Australia has done some pretty good stuff with the 18 footers -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRgaJJ86_8&mode=related&search=

(I even recognize the location <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />)