It's only exciting for the participants. Even though I commented above that the J-boats are beautiful to watch, I didn't watch to the end of the video. (And I'm interested.) The fact is... even crash and burn cat races at 40 knots aren't appreciated by the NASCAR crowd, and the AC series is still all about a few very rich folks pitting their checkbooks and design teams against each other using hired professional crews of international origins. Yawn! (for the rest of us).