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Sailing Talk Podcast - The Ben Ainslie incident and the Stealth Zone in the Volvo Ocean Race
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...
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A dismasting, a near sinking, the French going AWOL along the African coast - Justin and Andy look back at an incredible first week in the Volvo Ocean Race...
Mike Sanderson tells Sailing Talk why he thinks Team Origin has something pretty unique and special with the unbreakable bond of friendship that exists in the afterguard between Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson....
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...
The dynamic duo of Sailing Talk, Justin and Andy, meet up in Nice at the 2009 Louis Vuitton Trophy to look at the strengths and weaknesses of the eight teams, and ask why a series can't be a series, or a circuit, or a number of other words in the thesaurus...
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 ....
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....
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 ....
Puma is back in the Volvo Ocean Race. Justin and Andy talk about Ken Read's return, and the debut of 19-year-old Oscar Mead who plans to take on the Velux 5 Oceans. Andy has also been speaking to Simon Payne, recent winner of the Puma Moth Worlds....
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: (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...
"The medal race you generally have to pick one side or the other because there’s fewer boats and you’ve got to make sure you’re on the right side of it. It’s a bit harder with the medal race, but still, there’s no point just sending it out into a corner if you’re not sure that that’s going to work." Ben Ainslie continues his interview with SailJuice...
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