The 2004 Games are also proceeding and I am sure Team ISAF will again make it all successful. I was prompted into thinking about the amount of media coverage sailing really receives. And more significantly how much media coverage sailing deserves to receive. Its easy for any of us with a passion to see our sport as ignored and under represented but much harder to quantify if those feelings are actually true. It is even harder still to change things if we feel 'our' sport really is being hard done by.
Sports reporting in the national media of most nations is by necessity an elitist business.
Every country has its 'national sports' and these inevitably take precedence. The so-called minority sports are left with whatever space remains. Sailing is by its very nature a complex game where even the basic moves and rules are not always easy to understand. Regattas last days or even weeks. To compound the problems inherent in the sport, it often takes place out of sight many miles from shore.