In the last few days leading up to the Vendée Globe, shouldn’t Michel Desjoyeaux be preparing to sail around the world and attempt to win the race a third time? Instead we found the ocean racing legend on the other side of the world at the China Cup, at the helm of a Beneteau 40.7. His first time in China, his first time in Asia indeed, Michel tells Andy what he’s up to and his thoughts on the massive rise of the sport in the Far East...

Now in its fourth season, this Winter Dinghy Handicap Championship will test sailing skill and sheer persistence across six of the biggest events of the chilly season.... The GJW Direct SailJuice Winter Series kicks off with the Draycote Dash on the weekend of 24/25 November 2012.

Andy grills Justin on his way back to Spain after finishing a reporting stint at the Paralympic Games in Weymouth. There were some clear winners but also a lot of controversy in deciding some of the Paralympic medals. Justin and Andy analyse the three events, the medal winners, and the level of media coverage for the sailing event in Weymouth.

So that was the Olympics! Justin's waiting for a plane back to Spain having finished up his duties in Weymouth. Andy went to the Nothe Course to join the 4,000 other spectators and find out what all the fuss was about. Well, with a girl-over-board incident in the gold-medal-deciding match race between Australia and Spain, he wasn't disappointed.....

Jo Aleh certainly knows her history. Her country has won medals in the windsurfing in recent memory, but as the Kiwi 470 gold medallist pointed out today: “New Zealand hasn’t won a ‘sit down’ sailing medal since 1992....”

Australia became the most successful sailing nation at the Olympic Regatta after Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page secured gold ahead of GBR in the men's 470. Then it was New Zealand's turn for gold, Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie winning the medal race of the women's 470, with Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark having to settle for silver, with the Dutch team taking bronze. The Olympic Regatta is nearly over, bar the women's match racing, as Justin and Andy look back at today's light-wind drama....

Eight years ago in Athens, Joe Glanfield had wrapped up an Olympic silver medal with a race to spare. He was sailing in the men’s 470 with helmsman Nick Rogers and if they played their cards right against the Americans in the final race, a gold medal might even come their way. But it didn’t work out that way.....

Sailing never gets any coverage in the national newspapers, particularly not a tabloid 'red top' paper like The Sun. But with Justin away with his bucket and spade on Weymouth beach, Andy asks The Sun's reporter Bob Harris why Olympic sailing has finally caught the imagination of the general public. Listen out too for Kate Laven of The Daily Telegraph who gatecrashes the interview....