Small Boat Sailors are Alive and Well! Each Olympic year brings a resurgence of interest in small boat sailing, and 1984 will be no different.
Since the boom in dinghy sailing in the 1960s, the gathering pace of costly technological development and the British recession have brought about a slow general decline, but among 'aficionados' of the sport there's no lack of keenness, or talent.
Bob Fisher surveys Britain's Olympic prospects and visits the Mecca of club dinghy sailing, the West Lancashire 24-hour race at Southport.
Film editor NIGEL PARDOE. MATTHEWS
Producer JEREMY PALLANT. BBC Pebble Mill