New Olympic Event

I would love to know when (in the UK) these boats with lids actually sail. All I ever see are increasing large marinas with ever more inactive boats. I am sure they may do the odd big race or occasion week but actual participation I am suspicious about. 

Heavily sponsored big boats (mono and multi) are very skewed representation of the sport. If was in the market for a suit I’d go to Next and buy a new sail rather than a Hugo Boss. 

More interesting than a two day race, at least with 6 hours it can be scheduled in a days racing. This is like trying to turn climbing Mount Everest into an Olympic sport by racing up Ben Nevis. 

Yeah that sounds about right, no mater what they with graphics it isn’t going to be gripping close boat on boat. With the advent of TV sailing haven’t races got shorter? 

People do keep up to date with long cricket matches by checking in every now and then, I expect the boats will have trackers you could look at every hour, Cricket does have real people watching in a stadium mind. 

Big boats with lids sail all over the place, Holyhead Yacht Club is not a large Solent based club but they get half a dozen or more 30'+ boats out on a weekend or summer Wednesday night. I'd guess the same happens in the North West/North Wales, Caernarfon, Abersoch, Barmouth, Liverpool, Fleetwood and many other places around the country. Some dinghy clubs can't get that many out in a single fleet.