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Sailing Talk Podcast - Tough first week in the Volvo Ocean Race
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...
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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...
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: 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...
Skipper of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, Ian Walker, shares his views on the Volvo Ocean Race in Cape Town. Lots of topics covered in this wide-ranging interview...
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....
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: (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...
There are all kinds of hazards on the Volvo Ocean Race, but none more dangerous than the prospect of a night attack by animals, whether it be birds, sharks, or the fabled Megalodon. Thoughts from the Volvo Ocean Race skippers....
Justin has been racing on the 90ft canting keeler Genuine Risk in the Caribbean, and talking to Dean Barker about flipping grand prix catamarans like the VX40 and AC45. Andy says he'll eat his hat if the multihull doesn't make it in for the Rio 2016 Games, but not much else is certain in the build-up to next week's controversial ISAF mid-year meeting in Russia.... |
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