"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...
Skandia Sail for Gold 2011 is crunch time for many sailors, the strong British Finn squad included. Ben Ainslie is the favourite, but the three-time Olympic Champion has never had it so tough trying to beat his fellow Brits, Giles Scott and reigning World Champ Ed Wright among them....
Alex Rickham talks about her preparations for Weymouth 2012 Paralympics in the two-person Skud keelboat. A twice World Champion, Rickham has her sites set on gold. She made the switch from crew to helm after Qingdao 2008, and the partnership with Niki Birrell is going from strength to strength...
For the first time, every minute of the racing action from Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Boston will be available live on the internet. After Alinghi's big crash in Istanbul, what's in store for the 40-foot extreme catamarans? Action starts 1300hrs, Eastern time in USA....
Terry Hutchinson says you've got to talk about when things go wrong, but not WHEN things go wrong... Er, not quite clear, well listen in and see what this multiple keelboat and multihull champion has to say about communicating with your team mates in a constructive way...
Coach to Tom Slingsby, Michael Blackburn is a great sailor in his own right. Blackburn has won an Olympic bronze medal in the Laser, and won the Laser World Championships aged 35. Even as he approaches middle age, Aussie is as fit as a butcher's dog, and a good man to ask about how to hike the Laser...
Mike Lennon looks at one of the most straightforward aspects of asymmetric sailing - how to sail in a straight line. Actually, not as simple as it sounds. There's more than one way to skin a cat, and more than one way to get down the run too, apparently...
Paul Pascoe, long-time multihull enthusiast and chairman of the ISAF Multihull Commission, writes this in-depth, frank and honest appraisal of what happened at the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting in Russia at the beginning of May. It's a real insight into the politics and back-room dealing involved in selecting Olympic events. Pascoe's words will make for tough reading for the ISAF Executive Committee...
Audio: Leading sportsboat sailor Justin Chisholm explains the importance of sailing in the correct downwind mode in a sportsboat. How do you know when to soak for depth, and when to 'heat it up' into planing mode? Justin has the answers....
Ed Baird likes to take time out from the rarefied world of America's Cup racing to do some good ol' fleet racing in sportsboats, including the Melges 32. Talking to Justin Chisholm, the American pro sailor shares his views on mental approach, learning from mistakes, and how the team works together...
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....
Laser Olympic Champion Paul Goodison tells Jon Emmett some of his secrets to starting consistently and securing a front-row position up the first beat... "If I'm in the middle of the line and I'm unsure, I'll point the bow of the boat directly at the pin end and line the tiller up in the middle of the boat to see where that's aiming, and look through the tiller to see where that's aiming..."
"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...
Skandia Sail for Gold 2011 is crunch time for many sailors, the strong British Finn squad included. Ben Ainslie is the favourite, but the three-time Olympic Champion has never had it so tough trying to beat his fellow Brits, Giles Scott and reigning World Champ Ed Wright among them....
For the first time, every minute of the racing action from Act 4 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Boston will be available live on the internet. After Alinghi's big crash in Istanbul, what's in store for the 40-foot extreme catamarans? Action starts 1300hrs, Eastern time in USA....
Coach to Tom Slingsby, Michael Blackburn is a great sailor in his own right. Blackburn has won an Olympic bronze medal in the Laser, and won the Laser World Championships aged 35. Even as he approaches middle age, Aussie is as fit as a butcher's dog, and a good man to ask about how to hike the Laser...
Mike Lennon looks at one of the most straightforward aspects of asymmetric sailing - how to sail in a straight line. Actually, not as simple as it sounds. There's more than one way to skin a cat, and more than one way to get down the run too, apparently...
Paul Pascoe, long-time multihull enthusiast and chairman of the ISAF Multihull Commission, writes this in-depth, frank and honest appraisal of what happened at the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting in Russia at the beginning of May. It's a real insight into the politics and back-room dealing involved in selecting Olympic events. Pascoe's words will make for tough reading for the ISAF Executive Committee...
Audio: Leading sportsboat sailor Justin Chisholm explains the importance of sailing in the correct downwind mode in a sportsboat. How do you know when to soak for depth, and when to 'heat it up' into planing mode? Justin has the answers....
Ed Baird likes to take time out from the rarefied world of America's Cup racing to do some good ol' fleet racing in sportsboats, including the Melges 32. Talking to Justin Chisholm, the American pro sailor shares his views on mental approach, learning from mistakes, and how the team works together...
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....
