The 18teen series is very well done..
It does show how hard the skiffies work.....

If the TV coverage was available then this is the way to go.. However the Olympics has so many sports all competing to get air time and production expenses, I doubt if it will happen universally.. Each country has its TV channels all competing for media room space and land links.. The producers play according to national interests.. So in Au it will always be swimming before sailing... I guess in the States it will be track before sailing..

The other issue is the venues can only hold so many team members.. So the Olympic committee restrict the sports to X number and this in turn restricts the numbers of team.Dont forget one has team managers, physios doctors & bean counters.

Finally voting blocks control the type of boats not what is exciting.. How else can one explain the Star & Finn being in the regatta? They had a perfect opportunity to get high quality solo boat in the Contender but the voting block made sure it didnt happen.. The Star should have gone years ago..

Personally I dont like the SMOD focus of the Olympic push.. So I dont care if Sailing stays in..