I am in accord of what you are saying Scooby, but I do not like the idea of pulling it from the 'olympics,I did however agree with the comment( on the S.A) of "More than one boat from each country". As far as watching running 15k's and the like .Running is a very introspective sport(activity).It's the mind against the body to make it go the distance. Everyone can relate to it .Sailing is like going into space,"Still"! for some people. The Olympics gives sailing status but if it is pulled would that make it more friendly in public eye and would the market change to make it more of an Extreme sport. Hey look what happen when they decided to drop the slinky and the hula-hoop from international games.Everybody got one.