Video: 470 Men at Hyeres **
470 startThe 470 fleet competes at Hyeres in light and challenging conditions. Some useful tacking and mark-rounding footage here...
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Video: 'Big Rig' 49ers compete at Hyeres 2009

The new 'big rig' 49ers compete at the Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres for the first time. The souped-up skiffs looks well powered up even in the light breezes...

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MP3: New Racing Rules Pt 2 - Marks & Obstructions ***
Audio (7 minutes): Rules expert and International Judge Chris Simon explains the new distinction between Marks & Obstructions under the new ISAF Racing Rules. They used to be lumped under the same heading, but Chris welcomes the move to separate rules and talks through the implications for racing sailors...
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Podcast: Sailing Talk reviews the Palma Olympic regatta and mourns the death of Richard Estaugh
MP3: (15 April 2009) Andy Rice and Justin Chisholm talk about the ongoing dominance of the Brits in the Olympic classes at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma last week. The death of Richard Estaugh on Saturday has shocked the dinghy world, and Sailing Talk looks back at the career of a great sailor who won numerous National and World titles, and made a lot of friends along the way.
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MP3: New Racing Rules Pt 1 - An Introduction **
Audio (4 minutes): Few people know the Racing Rules better than Chris Simon, who opens this series of audios with a brief summary of the changes that people can expect from 2009 onwards...
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Podcast: A new Sailing Talk Podcast looks at the Cup, the Volvo & Princess Sofia Trophy
MP3 Audio (27 minutes): (6 April 2009) Andy Rice and Justin Chisholm have a chat about last week's America's Cup ruling in the New York Supreme Court and the implications for the 33rd America's Cup. Also on the agenda is the Rio in-Port race in the Volvo Ocean Race, and a talk about team work as new crews partner up for the next Olympic cycle at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma.
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Roll tacks - April 2009
Kids are growing up bigger now than they did 20, 30 or 40 years ago, so how come the boat - or rather the rig - has got smaller? I rang up the recently appointed RYA Youth Manager Duncan Truswell to get his view on the situation...
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Why you need to get S.M.A.R.T. about your goals ***

When you set yourself goals for the upcoming sailing season, make sure they fulfil all the criteria of SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic & Tangible. Learning this stuff is much cheaper than buying a new set of sails, but don't underestimate the power of goal-setting just because it's free...

Glenn Ashby doing a bit of showboating...

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What chance of an 11th Medal for the Multihull? Carolijn Brouwer speaks
Carolijn Brouwer is a talented sailor who has competed in three Olympic Games in three different classes. Most recently it was steering the Tornado in Qingdao, the only woman in the fleet. The Belgian sailor is also President of the International Tornado Association (ITA), and so SailJuice contacted Brouwer to find out the latest on the possibility of a multihull getting back into the Olympics for Weymouth 2012.
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What's in your Tool Box? **
What's in your toolbox? Or more likely, what's not in your toolbox? Most of us like spending our money on sailing, not on tools to fix our boats. But we also know it's a false economy to think that way. If you're serious about 'no excuses' winning, then a well-kitted tool box is essential. We ask two world championship winning boatbuilders what they think should be in your tool box...
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MP3: Grant Piggott previews the Formula 18 season
Audio (6 minutes) - Grant Piggott looks forward to a competitive 2009 season in the Formula 18 fleet, where a bunch of new designs will be vying for supremacy at the Worlds in Belgium this July...
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Where next for Women's Olympic Match Racing?
Women's Match Racing is the new Olympic discipline, but a lack of entries for Palma and Hyeres has seen this new event cancelled from the first two major regattas of the European calendar. Is this just a temporary blip or are there bigger problems going on? We got the views of RYA Olympic Manager Stephen Park....
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