Podcast: Sailing Talk with Bora Gulari - from Dark Horse to Moth World Champion
MP3 audio (17 minutes): Bora Gulari tells Sailing Talk about his amazing win at the International Moth World Championships. Weighing more than 80kg in a supposedly lightweight class, and using his most old and tired sail instead of a new one, the Detroit foiler really got his Mach II hull motoring in The Gorge. Justin & Andy are just back from the Laser SB3 Worlds, a great event in a great venue.... Listen to the podcast in the audio player below...
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MP3 audio (8:30 minutes): Matt Belcher & Malcolm Page lead the 470 fleet at Skandia Sail for Gold in Weymouth with a string of 1sts and 2nds. Malcolm tells Sailing Talk why he's back for more 470 racing, after already winning Olympic gold in Qingdao last year ....
Bora Gulari talks technical, looking at some of the killer technology that helped him win the International Moth Worlds in The Gorge. He also breaks some of the myths about Moths and foiling boats, such as needing to be a flyweight, and talks about the joys of turning up 'The Dial'....
MP3 audio (14 minutes): Francesco Bruni wins the TP52 World Championships in Palma aboard Matador. It was a controversial victory, as Andy and Justin discuss, but a win is a win...
Torvar Mirsky is one of the top talents on the World Match Race Tour. The young Australian is earning the respect of some of the biggest names on the professional circuit, and he tells Sailing Talk about his plans for the future...
Jim Saltonstall is one of the most influential sailing coaches in the world. Having set up the RYA youth programme in the late 70s, he has been responsible for the development of some of the greatest sailing talents of recent times - names such as Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy, Bart Simpson - the list goes on. Jim (supposedly now retired) is still actively involved in the sailing scene, except that now he picks and chooses his projects ....