How USA won the 470 Europeans - interview with Dave Hughes

SailJuice spoke to Neil Marsden just after he’d spent a day watching the 470 Junior Europeans and analyses why two teams who rounded the windward mark together ended up almost 20 places apart by the end of the first reach. Who says nothing ever happens on the reaching legs?

USA 470 Olympian Dave Hughes explains the multi-tasking challenges of trapezing whilst attempting to execute sail trim, strategy and tactics, at world-class level...

How much difference does upwind pumping add to a 470's boatspeed?

2016 Gold medalist and North Sails expert Sîme Fantela answers your questions about sailing the 470...

Kevin Burnham, Olympic gold and silver medallist in the 470, has died at the age of 63, just week after the passing of another legend of the class, Dave Barnes. This photo says so much about the force of nature that was Kevin Burnham...

Luke Patience won Olympic silver with Stu Bithell at London 2012. One of the deep thinkers in the sport, Patience is a big believer that you need to understand the ‘why’ of what you do, the reasons behind why the things you do.

Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre are out to defend their 470 class world title as they go into battle against the world’s best just four months out from Tokyo 2020. The 2020 470 World Championships in Palma will be one of the last opportunities for Mills and McIntyre to test themselves against their rivals before the Olympics....

On this month’s show we start a new series building up to this summer’s Olympic Games. We start by looking at the favourites for medals in the 470 and bring you our guide to the sailing venue in Enoshima...

Hannah Mills gives an insight into what it took to win the 470 Women's gold medal with Saskia Clark at Rio 2016. "I was completely unprepared for how different an experience Rio would feel to London. London felt like the official Games, where you absolutely knew it was the Olympics and everything was where it should be. Rio however, felt like a very relaxed Games where you really had to focus on the fact it was the Olympics and this was it!!!"

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...