Just as Andy gets back from Marseille to Winchester, PlanetSail’s Matt Sheahan has jetted out of Winchester to Barcelona. It’s little more than a week since the end of the Olympic Regatta and a bit less than a week to the start of skirmishes in the preliminary regatta of the America’s Cup.
Andy and Matt look back on the Games with the benefit of a bit of perspective, as well as Andy’s Close Encounter of the VIP Kind with IOC President Thomas Bach who had some words of warning for Andy and for the sport in general.
A look back at the formats controversy in the Games leads to the format for the initial rounds of the Challengers competition in Barcelona. Emirates Team New Zealand - the Defender - being allowed to join in on the fun and games? Matt and Andy have a difference of opinion on this one....
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