Podcast: Sailing Talk reviews the Palma Olympic regatta and mourns the death of Richard Estaugh
Audio (20 minutes): (15 April 2009) Andy Rice and Justin Chisholm talk about the ongoing dominance of the Brits in the Olympic classes at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma last week. The death of Richard Estaugh on Saturday has shocked the dinghy world, and Sailing Talk looks back at the career of a great sailor who won numerous National and World titles, and made a lot of friends along the way.
MP3: (21 April 2009) Justin Chisholm and Andy Rice talk about Melges 32 Racing on Lake Garda, reflect on a memorable funeral for Richard Estaugh, discuss the latest machinations in the America's Cup and look at who's hot and who's not at the Olympic regatta in Hyeres...
MP3 Audio (27 minutes): (6 April 2009) Andy Rice and Justin Chisholm have a chat about last week's America's Cup ruling in the New York Supreme Court and the implications for the 33rd America's Cup. Also on the agenda is the Rio in-Port race in the Volvo Ocean Race, and a talk about team work as new crews partner up for the next Olympic cycle at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma.
Paul Cayard calls into Sailing Talk from San Francisco, where at the ripe old age of 5-0 he'll soon be racing a Five-Oh (geddit?!) in the 505 World Championships with dinghy legend Howie Hamlin, himself no spring chicken. Not surprisingly, Paul's also got something to say about the 'stored power' should-they-allow-engines-in-the-America's-Cup debate. Justin Chisholm reports from the Mirror Worlds which are concluding in North Wales....
This week Andy & Justin’s guest is the British match racing sensation Ian Williams. who joins the Sailing Talk Podcast from Korea where he is preparing for the third round of the 2009 World Match Race Tour (WMRT). Ian tells how he first got into match racing, his role as China Team AC helm and his recent momentous battle with Ben Ainslie at the last WMRT regatta in Germany....
MP3: Sailing Talk with Mike Sanderson, frustrated team boss at British America's Cup campaign Team Origin - on the state of the Cup and a look at the Volvo Ocean Race, an event he dominated three years ago as skipper of ABN Amro One...
MP3: All-round superwoman Carolijn Brouwer has just been racing Extreme 40s in Venice. She tells Sailing Talk all that's going on in her busy world, including Olympic campaigning, the future of the Tornado and the health of the F18 catamaran circuit. Currently she's campaigning a Laser Radial but she'd love to see that 11th Medal get the multihull back into the 2012 Olympic Regatta....
MP3: Ian Walker is not happy. This double Olympic silver medallist is not used to losing, but the skipper of the Green Dragon Racing Team has just finished last in both In Port races during the Boston stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race. This podcast is a massive insight into the pressures of being a skipper in one of the world's toughest races. Ian tells Sailing Talk podcasters Andy Rice & Justin Chisholm about the highs and lows of competing in the Volvo Race, the huge support of the Green Dragon fanbase, and speculates on the future of the event....
MP3 (5 May 2009): Top US professional Chris Larson talks about tough economic times in sailing and how the big boat scene's loss is the sportsboat scene's gain. Sailing Talk podcasters Justin Chisholm & Andy Rice also discuss the Wilson Trophy, the massive team racing event at West Kirby...
MP3: (28 April 2009) Volvo Ocean Race sailor from Australia, Chris Nicholson, should be racing on board Puma but instead the injured sailor is forced to share his thoughts on grand prix racing with Sailing Talk podcasters Justin Chisholm & Andy Rice...
Rob Wilson has just beaten a fleet of more than 500 catamarans to win the world's biggest multihull race, the Round Texel in Holland. A North Sails man, Rob tells Sailing Talk about what's going in Formula 18 development and considers his prospects against a tough fleet at the forthcoming F18 World Championships in Belgium...
SailJuice goes racing with Emirates Team New Zealand in this week's Sailing Talk podcast, with Andy Rice bringing back news from the Audi MedCup tour in Marseille, where he caught up with Terry Hutchinson for an interview. Terry reveals what his dream job WOULD have been if the next Cup had gone ahead, and he considers his chances against the new crop of TP52s on this year's circuit...
Bora Gulari tells Sailing Talk about his amazing win at the International Moth World Championships in 2009. 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....