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    Posted: 14 Oct 12 at 2:45pm
Originally posted by Sheetpuller

Sailing is like sex
Bloody hell, I hope not!.. I only get 1 hours worth, Wednesday evenings during the summer (with some missed ones) and a few 'special' weekends per year. Wink
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Sailing is like sex - brilliant to do, pretty boring to watch.
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Originally posted by alstorer

the braying hordes


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No, but other people might. Neither you not the braying hordes, but others.
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Originally posted by alstorer

I don't see the attraction in the various "talent" shows on the tele; doesn't mean there's no audience for them.


But would those same pringle-munching chavs who find that drivel entertaining also find dinghy racing entertaining? I have my reservations...
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Originally posted by SoggyBadger


Don't see the attraction in watching either.
I don't see the attraction in the various "talent" shows on the tele; doesn't mean there's no audience for them.
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Originally posted by zippyRN

Originally posted by alstorer

Originally posted by SoggyBadger

Watching other people sailing is about as entertaining as watching other people eating.
Watching people eat is suprisingly popular...

e.g. 'Man vs. Food'   but  realistically  'competitive eating' is like the Ultra 30 seres  - great fun to watch but  ultimately  pretty bloody daft ... 

bring back the Ultra 30s


I don't feel the need to watch ether on TV, but I did once get into a bit of an eating contest in a Chinese restaurant in Bavaria. I won by a banana split, but that's not verified, as the referee fell asleep. The only way I could enthuse about Ultra 30's is if they let me drive one, but the chances of getting that many people to crew for me at once seem pretty tenuous.
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Originally posted by zippyRN

e.g. 'Man vs. Food'   but  realistically  'competitive eating' is like the Ultra 30 seres  - great fun to watch but  ultimately  pretty bloody daft ...


Don't see the attraction in watching either. Maybe there's not much else to do around your way?
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Originally posted by alstorer

Originally posted by SoggyBadger

Watching other people sailing is about as entertaining as watching other people eating.
Watching people eat is suprisingly popular...

e.g. 'Man vs. Food'   but  realistically  'competitive eating' is like the Ultra 30 seres  - great fun to watch but  ultimately  pretty bloody daft ... 

bring back the Ultra 30s
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TV coverage of round-the-cans or w/l racing will always be trashed by dumbing-down commentary aimed at the non-sailing public who are allegedly trying to follow what's going on.  However, I do think there are formats which would lend themselves to TV coverage.
 
- Match racing (as long as it's in boats that are actually close enough to each other for their to be some action)
- Team racing
- Drag racing
 
The alternative to making the racing "interesting" is to have more character <exploitation> and the new wave of HD onboard cameras do make that more of an option for program producers, just that some racing will have to be shown after the watershed or be full of 'bleeps'.....
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