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....