I think of hydroplane racing as being F1 on the water. Pretty much the pinnacle of human technology to make the fastest object humanely possible for racing. It's exciting and I feel like there is a lot of potential to be more popular than it is...

That being said, what do you think is holding it back from being more nationally (or internationally) popular?

I feel like it's a chicken and the egg scenario where if there were more viewers, it would attract more sponsors and more teams, but without the sponsors and longer race season, it's hard to attract more viewers. And then there's the network TV issue of being a somewhat short event in which networks don't feel like they can milk as much for ad revenue.

Watching Seafair this weekend reminded me how much I enjoyed the sport and thought it is such a shame for this not to be a national type of event.

What are your thoughts?