Forget crash and burn. Ever see anyone hit by anouther catamaran? I have seen the results of a crew taking a bow in the face. I takes a lot of surgery to put you back together. To make crash and burn work we would have to dress like motocross racers.

As for making the course more spectator friendly, reach legs near the shore work and leeward marks in close for spinnaker boats. For spectators, watching the spinnaker take down at mouth of a harbor is perfect.

As I write this I realized the IOC should talk to the people who put on evening races for bars. Not mid-week races at a Yacht Club but the ones that are a spectator draw for a bar on the water. They have been making races more spectator friendly for years. They don't do it every 4 years, they do 20-30 weeks a year and get direct feedback., when they don't do it right.