
Too much development will mean too much money and that can be bad. We are quite happy to stay in the second row. Should it outgrow its popularity then obviously problems will creep in. "On a small scale it can be controlled and managed better. A leisure sport that is fun but at the same time competitive," he says. "Topcat sailing was always intended to be a family sport business. In response to the obvious question: "Any plans on it becoming an Olympic sport?" Breymann replies with a firm no.

There's a big danger of it losing it's appeal." "We would not like it to get too commercialised. "We want to keep it small," he said during th1e second Topcat World Championships in Dubai. And it's growing fast as well something which does not appeal to it's founder German Bernd Breymann.

But the impact Topcat sailing has made over the past couple of years suggests that watersport has unearthed a novelty item that has tremendous potential. Making a mark in world sport is probably the roughest and toughest part.
