Thank you Mr. Barrett
There was a videoed racing series here in Australia of the 18' skiffs filmed in just such a way and it had a very large following of sailers and also with the majority of the audience being "non sailers"
Here's the link, please click on and watch the promo video, turn your sound up, as Darryl said it is done well.
http://www.f1sail.com/Crash and burn doesn't necessarily have to mean you lose control in front of me and I, so hell bent for the finish line, drive over your bows. A nice violent pitchpole or capsize of "one" boat can be good entertainment. The leeward bow catching the back of a wave is "our" couch potatoes equivalent of the luge or bobsled clipping the wall. Helo shots, chase boat shots, a camera on the spi pole for each bow, a radar/gps speed, just tell Mr. Potato Head what to watch for and they're all over it (instant replay?) and how about Rick & Mary as color commentators?
