Easy, our generation has the attention span of a gnat. But seriously, I think it's spectator/tv driven...which I still think is silly.
I doubt that's it, because there are other classes with longer races.
I've probably spent as much (or more) time working on RC with PU as anyone, and while I can't explain everything he did, I do recall quite a few conversations about target times. 50 minutes seemed to be the Olympic consensus (at least for Tornados) of what it took to have a fair race, where if a top team got a bad start, they could get back into it, etc. I can't see the Nacra 17 boat and/or competition being that much different to change this by 40%...
And Tommy, we still get 50% more per day than the America's Cup (on their good days)...
Mike
