Personality PLUS TV

Sailing Anarchy interview with Dennis Conner
SA: You've had so much experience at every level of sailing - do you think there is a way to make it work on TV, or should we just stop trying to pretend it ever will?

DC: Other than the America's Cup, I don't think that sailing on TV will ever work. I think we should put TV out of our minds and stop letting it run the sport like it does so many others. It's changed what sailing is all about, even the America's Cup, which used to have a 4 ½ hour time limit, and reduced it to something that will fit in a two hour TV slot. They changed Olympic sailing forever, instead of a true competition of the world's best sailors, now we have a trophy dash that can fit in a five minute TV show with a Gary Jobson voiceover. People watching TV aren't paying the bills – it's not like they're paying to watch.



You have to give Clean credit... his interviews are spectacular! Check out the Melges 24 NA interviews with the women at the top of the fleet (Driving and fordeck).... inspiring!