Iker Martinez has done it all - pretty much. Olympic gold and silver medals in the 49er, three-time skipper in the Volvo Ocean Race, but injury prevented him from representing Spain at Rio 2016 this summer in the Nacra 17. Instead he’s campaigning on the World Match Racing Tour, getting to grips with the M32 catamaran, and doing it pretty effectively too...
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© Ian Roman/ WMRT: Iker Martinez celebrates reaching the final in Copenhagen
Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders have been setting the pace in the breeze this week at Delta Lloyd Regatta. The young Kiwis seem to have the measure of the wind and the waves of the IJselmeer better than most.
Sailjuice.com has been catching up with a few of the big names competing in Marseille for the final leg of the Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour 2015. Here are some of the interviews we've done, with some insights into the world of high-speed foiling techniques...
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Adversity in the America’s Cup can come from the strangest of places, as Energy Team is finding out to its cost. The French team is facing the strangest of legal battles off the water, but as to the battles on the water.... well Ben Ainslie was the biggest winner at the recent event - even if he didn’t actually win.
With little more than a couple of weeks before the 33rd America's Cup in Valencia, Andy has just done an in-depth interview with Russell Coutts for top racing magazine, Seahorse International. Justin quizzes Andy about what Russell said, as well as looking back at who won what at the 49er and 14 World Championships....
