Below is a long interview with Jones about the implications for sailing, and some of the strong medicine which he believes the sport needs to take if it's going to be a stronger and more global sport...
Click below to listen to the interview...
To find out more about the ISAF report and read it in full, go to the ISAF website here....
Paul Pascoe, long-time multihull enthusiast and chairman of the ISAF Multihull Commission, writes this in-depth, frank and honest appraisal of what happened at the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting in Russia at the beginning of May. It's a real insight into the politics and back-room dealing involved in selecting Olympic events. Pascoe's words will make for tough reading for the ISAF Executive Committee...
Nick Dewhirst has been a thorn in the side of ISAF these past few years, leading a global charge to get the multihull back into the Olympic Regatta for Rio 2016. In the build-up to the ISAF Annual Conference in Athens, Nick says why he thinks the multihull will be invited back in from the cold and back into the bosom of Olympic sailing...
Justin reports back from the TP52 Audi MedCup event in Cascais, while Andy has been speaking to Phil Jones about his controversial recommendations on the future of Olympic sailing ....
Rio de Janeiro winning the bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games is exciting news. The first time the Games will take place in South America, for starters. Rio is a really exciting city, some would say too exciting. Anyone who has seen the film 'City of God' would know something about that. But what's it going to be like for sailing?
Here's the List of Entries to the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta 2009. SailJuice.com is going to be in Weymouth reporting from on and off the water. Send in your requests for who you want us to interview, and whoever is the most popular choice, we'll go after them and get the word from the sailors that you most want to hear from...
Lucy Mcgregor learned her trade crewing for Shirley Robertson in the Yngling during the build-up to the last Olympics. Sarah Ayton's team ended up winning the Olympic slot for Great Britain, but now Mcgregor is back on the Olympic campaign trail, this time as skipper of her own match race campaign. SailJuice spoke to Mcgregor at the European Match Racing Championships in Denmark, and the World ranked No.3 sailor tells what she learned from sailing with a double Olympic Champion and also looks forward to the next three years until Weymouth 2012...
Dave Hughes, winning crew in the 2015 edition of the 470 Europeans, talks about getting your priorities right and how to identify blind alleys before you drive down them and waste valuable training time...
The Ben Ainslie incident at the ISAF Olympic Class Worlds in Perth has caused a furore, but is it that big a deal? Justin and Andy discuss, along with a look at an intriguing opening to leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race...
