The dynamic duo of Sailing Talk, Justin and Andy, meet up in Nice at the 2009 Louis Vuitton Trophy to look at the strengths and weaknesses of the eight teams, and ask why a series can't be a series, or a circuit, or a number of other words in the thesaurus...
MP3 audio (14 minutes): Francesco Bruni wins the TP52 World Championships in Palma aboard Matador. It was a controversial victory, as Andy and Justin discuss, but a win is a win...
Torvar Mirsky is one of the top talents on the World Match Race Tour. The young Australian is earning the respect of some of the biggest names on the professional circuit, and he tells Sailing Talk about his plans for the future...
MP3 audio (8:30 minutes): Matt Belcher & Malcolm Page lead the 470 fleet at Skandia Sail for Gold in Weymouth with a string of 1sts and 2nds. Malcolm tells Sailing Talk why he's back for more 470 racing, after already winning Olympic gold in Qingdao last year ....
Jim Saltonstall is one of the most influential sailing coaches in the world. Having set up the RYA youth programme in the late 70s, he has been responsible for the development of some of the greatest sailing talents of recent times - names such as Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy, Bart Simpson - the list goes on. Jim (supposedly now retired) is still actively involved in the sailing scene, except that now he picks and chooses his projects ....
Lucy Mcgregor learned her trade crewing for Shirley Robertson in the Yngling during the build-up to the last Olympics. Sarah Ayton's team ended up winning the Olympic slot for Great Britain, but now Mcgregor is back on the Olympic campaign trail, this time as skipper of her own match race campaign. SailJuice spoke to Mcgregor at the European Match Racing Championships in Denmark, and the World ranked No.3 sailor tells what she learned from sailing with a double Olympic Champion and also looks forward to the next three years until Weymouth 2012...
MP3: (21 April 2009) Justin Chisholm and Andy Rice talk about Melges 32 Racing on Lake Garda, reflect on a memorable funeral for Richard Estaugh, discuss the latest machinations in the America's Cup and look at who's hot and who's not at the Olympic regatta in Hyeres...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
The dynamic duo of Sailing Talk, Justin and Andy, meet up in Nice at the 2009 Louis Vuitton Trophy to look at the strengths and weaknesses of the eight teams, and ask why a series can't be a series, or a circuit, or a number of other words in the thesaurus...
Torvar Mirsky is one of the top talents on the World Match Race Tour. The young Australian is earning the respect of some of the biggest names on the professional circuit, and he tells Sailing Talk about his plans for the future...
Jim Saltonstall is one of the most influential sailing coaches in the world. Having set up the RYA youth programme in the late 70s, he has been responsible for the development of some of the greatest sailing talents of recent times - names such as Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy, Bart Simpson - the list goes on. Jim (supposedly now retired) is still actively involved in the sailing scene, except that now he picks and chooses his projects ....
Lucy Mcgregor learned her trade crewing for Shirley Robertson in the Yngling during the build-up to the last Olympics. Sarah Ayton's team ended up winning the Olympic slot for Great Britain, but now Mcgregor is back on the Olympic campaign trail, this time as skipper of her own match race campaign. SailJuice spoke to Mcgregor at the European Match Racing Championships in Denmark, and the World ranked No.3 sailor tells what she learned from sailing with a double Olympic Champion and also looks forward to the next three years until Weymouth 2012...
MP3: (21 April 2009) Justin Chisholm and Andy Rice talk about Melges 32 Racing on Lake Garda, reflect on a memorable funeral for Richard Estaugh, discuss the latest machinations in the America's Cup and look at who's hot and who's not at the Olympic regatta in Hyeres...