I think the Olympics are neither good or bad for sailing. I think sailing deserved a place in the olympics, but I would loose any sleep over it when it is kicked out. I don't have much taste for track events either, I find them boring beyond compare, but it is what channels are showing us 24X7 during olympic events.

The rebel in me says, lets forget about the Olympics and ISAF and just do it our selfs. Helicopters needed for air-real (pun intend) coverage, BS !. For years now journalists and what not are using model planes and model blimbs with lightweight camera equipement as replacement for full size helicopters. With todays miniture equipment I've seen pure amateurs like Hakan, UK spitfire /Stealth sailors and Rocklegde engineer putting out 10 times better footage then any professional crew. Not to mention the French cat sailing DVD crew.

I we want to do it right we have to do it ourselfs. Lets put sailing back in the avantgarde seat !

Wouter