Audio (6 minutes) and text: James Spithill is best known as Oracle Team USA's winning skipper in the America's Cup and for his prowess on the match racing scene, but he's a pretty mean fleet racer too, having won the Melges 24 Worlds for example. In this interview the Australian professional looks at how to fight you way through the pack, and why it's the cool cats that win out in the end...

Andy joins Justin in San Francisco to catch up on what's been happening so far at the 34th America's Cup....

America's Cup veteran Gavin Brady came to the Chicago Match Cup to see how he measured up against the young guns on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. He had his ass handed to him, but he tells Andy Rice he's never had so much fun getting beat. Gavin says why he'd like back into the Tour, and what the rest of the sailing world - America's Cup included - could learn from an event like the Chicago Match Cup....

What are some of the common mistakes made when racing at Cowes Week and what does it take to be a winning team? Rupert Holmes gets the low-down on a 5-point plan from Matt Alexander and John Raymond who won the Redwing Class and White Group overall in 2012 with Harlequin....

In our penultimate #2012inspired blog, West Mersea’s Saskia Clark looks back on her Games experiences, having won 470 class silver with Hannah Mills after just an 18-month campaign together. Clark and Mills took time out of the sport after London, but have returned to the 470 this month ahead of the 470 World Championships in La Rochelle next month

Hannah Mills won silver at her first Olympic Games in London, competing with Saskia Clark in the 470 women’s event. Since London, she’s taken time out of the sport, returning to Olympic Classes sailing only this month as she and Clark prepare for their World Championships in August as a first step back on the Road to Rio

Luke Patience sailed the ‘regatta of my life’ to claim an exuberant silver medal with Stuart Bithell in the 470 class at their first Olympic Games. Since London, the friends have parted ways with Bithell moving into the 49er class, and Patience having now teamed up with two-time Olympic silver medallist Joe Glanfield in their quest for Rio gold

He is the most experienced man in mixed multihull sailing on the Olympic Nacra circuit to date. Sebbe Godefroid (BEL) leads the way to this new discipline, by joining forces with Carolijn Brouwer in their bid for an Olympic medal in 2008 in the Tornado. On their way, they won silver at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais. It wasn’t an easy road with many bumps, which makes him a skilled coach for the Swiss team of two boats.

Kate Macgregor sailed in the Women’s Match Racing event at her first Olympics with sister Lucy and Annie Lush where they finished seventh. Match racing was removed from the Games programme after London, so, like Lucy, Kate has been back to school – literally and metaphorically – since the Olympics, learning a new boat as well as finishing her degree.