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Andy Rice, www.sailjuice.com
News, Opinion, Gossip & Interviews with some of the biggest names from the world of sailboat racing. Olympics, the Cup, Offshore and much more!
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of 2022: sailing journalist Justin Chisholm of Yacht Racing Life talks with Andy Rice about the highs and lows of the sailboat racing world in the first almost-full season since the Covid pandemic. Justin and Andy talk America's Cup, Ocean Race, SailGP, the Olympic scene and a few more things in this wide-ranging and opinionated conversation about where sailing is today, and where it's going in 2023 and beyond...
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Meet Yassine Derkaoui. The Moroccan Laser sailor broke the distance record, then he lost it. Now he wants it back. And he's prepared to go without any sleep and do battle with hallucinatory sea monsters in his bid to beat the 320-mile non-stop mark in a 13ft dinghy...
It’s the second and final part of Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2021 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. ...
Mark Jardine talks with Andy Rice about the top stories of 2021 (measured by highest readership) from yachtsandyachting.com and sail-world.com.
This is Part 1, with stories No.10 going up to No.6....
Here are the articles mentioned in the podcast:
- Baron Benjamin de Rothschild passes away, founder and owner of the Gitana Team -https://www.sail-world.com/news/234533
- Launch of the Maxi Banque Populaire XI -https://www.sail-world.com/news/237111
- SailGP Bermuda: Dramatic onboard video of the collision between USA and Japan -https://www.sail-world.com/news/237050
- Meet the Reverso Air - the world's fastest portable sailboat -https://www.sail-world.com/news/236716
- MW40OF - New Foiling Offshore Sailboat Concept -https://www.sail-world.com/news/234298
Who's going to win the Medals at Tokyo 2020? That's what Andy Rice is discussing with TV commentators Alec Wilkinson (GBR) and Peter Lester (NZL). We go through all 10 sailing events and the Runners & Riders...
© Sailing Energy/ World Sailing: Blanca Manchon (ESP) with Lilian de Geus (NED)
The Rio 2016 Olympic Champion doesn't think he's as good as you know he is, as he tells Sailjuice interviewer Mike Madge. "I always pay a price because I don't have very good eyes and not really a good memory." Despite his self-confessed failings, the humble Argentinean will start as one of the favourites for the Nacra 17 gold medal at Tokyo. Also, a really nice endorsement for Road To Gold from Santi (www.roadtogold.net)
Watch the video version here:
https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-santi-lange-race-defend-olympic-title
Award-winning writer and blogger Carol Cronin asks Andy Rice about the Road To Gold project he put together in late 2020 with three-time 470 World Champion Hamish Willcox. A former Olympian in her own right, Carol talks to Andy about Hamish's processes and how he works with Pete Burling and Blair Tuke across their world-beating Olympic 49er and America's Cup campaigns...
It’s the second and final part of Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2020 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. In Part 2 we cover stories No.5 up to No.1, taking in everything from the dramatic rescue in the Vendee Globe to the Greed for Speed in many different forms...
There’s also a plug for Andy’s new online course that he’s put together with Hamish Willcox - Pete Burling and Blair Tuke’s coach in their world-beating 49er Olympic campaign. To find out more about Road To Gold, go to www.roadtogold.net
It’s that time again for Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2020 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. In Part 1 we cover stories No.10 up to No.6, taking in everything from the explosion of interest in doublehanded offshore racing to round-the-world nostalgia and the latest attempt to push the speed sailing barrier of 65.45 knots...
There’s also a plug for Andy’s new online course that he’s put together with Hamish Willcox - Pete Burling and Blair Tuke’s coach in their world-beating 49er Olympic campaign. See if you can spot the ‘mystery names’ endorsing Road To Gold, then go to www.roadtogold.net to see if you’re right!
Podcast: Update on the Vendée, America's Cup latest & Selden Sailjuice Winter Series. Andy Rice enjoys a lockdown chat with Mark Jardine of Sail-World.com
Listen in here, or go to the link below for the YouTube version of the podcast:
https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-vendee-americas-cup-dinghy-racing-uk-november
Mark Jardine joins with Andy Rice to see how the sailing world is coping in the virtual world forced by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. While most events are suffering, could the Vendee Globe actually profit from the strange circumstances that we're facing?
You can also watch the video of this podcast here:
https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/cv19-could-send-vendee-globe-stratospheric
HIGHLIGHTS
2:34 The Lockdown Cup - Virtual showdown between Olympians and Weekend Warriors, but who’s best at e-Sailing?
5:20 Which 470 Olympic medallist is obsessed with Whiskey?
6:08 How Olympic coach Hugh Styles is using Virtual Regatta to coach some of his clients in the subtleties of tactics and strategy
10:45 Andy Rice has been doing Zoom interviews with top Olympic sailors including Olympic Champion Nathan Outteridge, Nacra 17 World Champion Vittorio Bissaro and many others.
16:50 What future for the Selden Sailjuice Winter Series this November?
19:50 Andy has also been interviewing offshore heroes like Nick Moloney and future star Boris Herrmann.
22:22 Could the Vendee Globe actually be bigger than ever thanks to the coronavirus pandemic? A controversial thought, but very possible...
© Michael Chittenden: 18ft skiffs on Sydney Harbour for the JJ Giltinan Trophy
Andy Rice & Mark Jardine discuss a rapidly changing world held in the grip of coronavirus, and celebrate the fact that the 18ft skiffs still competed on Sydney Harbour for the JJ Giltinan Trophy. Andy & Mark also ask if it's still OK to go sailing out of your own club, or if we should be pursuing self-isolation under all circumstances...
You can also watch the video of this podcast here:
https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-sailing-adjusts-coronavirus-world
Mark Jardine from Sail-World.com joins Andy Rice to look back on their favourite bits of an RYA Dinghy Show in North London. Storm Jorge, not even Coronavirus, could stop the die-hards from turning up at a show which has become an annual pilgrimage for UK dinghy sailors, and plenty of overseas visitors too...
For videos, boat walk-thrus and exclusive interviews from the Dinghy Show, go to Sailjuice.com
In the last podcast before Christmas, Andy Rice joins with fellow sailing journalist James Boyd and Mark Jardine, managing editor of Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com to look back on an extraordinary 10 years of sailing. The first big moment of the decade was the America's Cup match between those mighty multihulls created by Alinghi and BMW Oracle. At the other end of the decade we saw the emergence of the SailGP circuit. Despite being a bit the worse for wear the morning after the night before of their Christmas party, Andy, James and Mark look at many high points - from the Olympic Games of 2012 and 2016 to the big round the world races such as the Volvo and the Vendée, the enormous developments in foiling. And the often overlooked but incredible feat of Paul Larsen when he smashed the outright speed sailing record, raising the bar to more than 65 knots with the breathtaking Vestas Sailrocket.
Warning: This is a long podcast! But then it's Christmas, and we thought you deserved it!
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In the second and concluding part of the Top 10 biggest stories of 2019, the list from 5 to 1 looks like more familiar territory (compared with some of the wild and wacky revelations in Part 1), although there are still some notable events missing from the list. Quizzed by Andy Rice, Mark Jardine reveals the most-read stories in 2019 from his successful news websites, Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com....
Following on from last year's roundup of the Top 10 big stories in the sailing world, Mark Jardine shares the most-read stories in 2019 from Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com. Mark and Andy Rice look at the stories from 10 up to 6, and there are quite a few surprises and interlopers in this elite group of stories....
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It's hard to recall a grand prix circuit that has hit the water running at such a pace as SailGP. The conclusion of Season 1 in Marseille was a nailbiter, especially for an Aussie supporter like Nic Douglass, Sailor Girl herself. Nic wanted to cheer for Tom Slingsby and Team Australia, but equally for another Aussie skipper Nathan Outteridge, at the helm of Team Japan. Nic and Andy Rice look back on the first season and wonder what's going to happen for Season 2 as SailGP moves to establish itself as a truly commercially viable circuit....
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“Dark.” That’s how Dylan Fletcher described his mood soon after coming ashore from a deeply disappointing day on the water at SailGP. Andy Rice of SailJuice.com was there to report on the action.
Since its glitzy launch last autumn next to London’s Tower Bridge, SailGP has burst on to the scene at an adrenalin-rushing pace. Even for us lifelong sailors gazing slack-jawed at the action from the Cowes shore, the sight of Tom Slingsby steering Team Australia across the finish line at just over 50 knots was breathtaking. Andy Rice interviewed a number of the key players after a big day out on the Solent for the foiling F50 catamarans...
HERE'S THE RUNNING ORDER OF THE PODCAST...
Now Fletcher has never been one to hide his feelings. His mood is generally written across his face, as it was at the end of a stormy and - for him - a deeply unsatisfactory day in Cowes. He told me in the media centre afterwards: “I think the only day that comes close to this is when we capsized in the Rio Medal Race.”
Fletcher and Team Great Britain had high hopes for a strong performance in front of a massive home crowd lining the Cowes seafront. They had won both practice races and they were the first to earn the bragging rights of breaking the 50 knot barrier a few days earlier on the Solent, even if Australia and Japan were able to match that feat a day just a day later.
Little more than 30 seconds into the first race and already the crowds were witnessing six foiling catamarans come hurtling around mark one and stuffing the bows in. Team USA capsized but survived to compete in the next two races. I spoke to Rome Kirby afterwards about his big day out and the lessons learned...
ROME KIRBY
Despite Rome’s optimism, Team USA’s chances of making that $1m final in Marseille look distant, but you never know, not in this game! A more likely contender for the two-boat showdown in Marseille is Team Japan, despite a really difficult outing in Cowes, as grinder Leo Takahashi explained afterwards.
LEO TAKAHASHI
Steering the Japanese boat was the ever calm and collected Australian, Nathan Outteridge. This year he became a dad, and he was holding the baby while taking media interviews, and was going off to change young Jack’s nappy soon afterwards. Perhaps Nathan’s nappy needed changing after such a scary outing on the water, but if it did, he wasn’t letting on...
NATHAN OUTTERIDGE
Now, the standout performers in Cowes were of course Team Australia, who won all three races to dominate the day. Remember, there was no sailing on the Friday or the Saturday because of the storm force winds sweeping across the UK, which was a great shame for the event. But someone who was grateful for the unavoidable delay in proceedings was Tom Slingsby who, having steered Team Australia to a new record speed of 51.24 knots during practice, then managed to bust the wing on the way back to the technical area in Southampton. The wing crossed the boat with too much twist during a low-speed gybe, ripping off the flaps and breaking several control arms.
So Tom was fortunate that racing wouldn’t take place until Sunday afternoon, when three back-to-back fleet races were scheduled. In the end it worked out pretty well for Tom and the Aussie team...
TOM SLINGSBY
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David Askew has to pinch himself that - along with his brother and co-owner Peter - he keeps on winning major offshore races with his VO70 Wizard. This is the Volvo Open 70, Groupama, which won the Volvo Ocean Race in 2011/12 before the round-the-world format switched to the VO65 one-designs. Of course it was going to be a solid offshore boat, but for it to perform so well to IRC - a rule it wasn't designed for - must come as a surprise even to the Askews. We spoke to David just after he won the Rolex Fastnet Race in Plymouth....
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In July 2018, just two days after her 25th birthday Nikki Henderson became the youngest skipper ever to complete an around the world race when she finished second in the 2017/18 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. According to Nikki, good leadership is not about barking orders, it’s about fostering an atmosphere of shared responsibility and finding out what really motivates the individuals on your team. The more you seek to understand your crew, the more respect you are likely to earn from them. Once you have that respect, you can inspire your team to create and buy into a shared vision of success. There were plenty of moments in the Clipper Race when she experienced the loneliness of the long-distance skipper, the burden of feeling like you always need to be ready with the right answer for any given situation. But Nikki also learned a lot about herself and the application of good leadership during that gruelling circumnavigation...
How is that some of us sail and race all our lives, yet the results barely change throughout our racing careers? While others can breeze into the sport and learn the ropes so quickly? Tom Kneen very much falls into the latter category. Humble and mild-mannered on the outside, there must be a steel core in there somewhere because in his mid-twenties he set up a renewable energy business that today employs more than 40 people.
Tom says he was in the right place at the right time. I think there’s probably a bit more to it than that. When you learn about his rapid progress in the offshore racing world, you start to understand why Tom is so well acquainted with success. Now Tom grew up in Plymouth, and as a boy he used to watch boats finish the Rolex Fastnet Race.
Many years later and now working hard in London, he decided he wanted to have a crack at the iconic race, so in 2014 he bought an Elan 350 cruiser/racer called Sunrise.....
There's another exclusive interview with Tom at www.sailjuice.com, where he talks about which sails to choose for a big offshore race, and when to use them...
Stu Bithell is one of the nicest blokes you’ll find on the Olympic circuit. He’s also one of the best. Winner of an Olympic silver medal in the 470 when he raced with Luke Patience at London 2012, he’s since moved into the 49er. He missed out on selection for Rio 2016 but has since teamed up with the man who beat him there, Dylan Fletcher.
A year after Rio, this duo dominated everything in the 49er, winning the Worlds, Europeans and quite a bit more besides. But 2018 saw them have a wobble. And then they got the call-up to represent GBR in the new SailGP circuit in 45-knot 50ft foiling catamarans. Would this be a distraction from their aim of qualifying for Tokyo 2020? Well, not to judge by the way they dominated the first round of the European season. Pretty much everyone was there, including the much anticipated return of Olympic Champions and America’s Cup heroes Pete Burling and Blair Tuke from New Zealand. But it was the Brits - Dylan and Stu - who won with the Medal Race to spare.
Andy Rice caught up with Stu a few days later, when he just happened to be driving back home from Slough near London, where they’ve been doing some dryland high-speed sailing. Apologies for the sound quality but still well worth a listen to Stu....
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Things have been mighty quiet with the America's Cup since Bermuda 2017. It's almost exactly the halfway point between the last Cup and the next edition in Auckland 2021, so where are things up to? With the teams staying mostly tight lipped about progress, Andy Rice turns to Jack Griffin, self-professed geek about all things related to the Cup. Who are the latest challengers to join the circus, and do they stand a a cat-in-hell's chance of taking on the big boys, what Jack refers to as the 'Super Teams'?
To find out more about what's going on in the sailing world and for some of the best expert advice and go-faster tips available, head over to www.sailjuice.com
In our second podcast about the RYA Dinghy Show, Andy Rice and Mark Jardine discuss some of the boats that caught their eye. From top-end speedsters like the Lithium International Moth and the foiler for beginners - Flying Mantis - to boats for complete newcomers to the sport like the Maverick. Andy also explains why he has just bought a famous old 470 for peanuts and how it might fit in with his plans for the Great British Sailing Challenge....
To find out more about what's going on in the sailing world and for some of the best expert advice and go-faster tips available, head over to www.sailjuice.com
The RYA Dinghy Show... is there anything else like it? Andy Rice and Mark Jardine don't think so. If you sail small boats in the UK, chances are you've been to this incredible geekfest a few times. If you live somewhere else, this Show will have you drooling for the boats and the sheer enthusiasm and passion that oozes out of Alexandra Palace every March. Andy and Mark pick out their highlights from this year's Dinghy Show...
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SailGP... it's been a long time coming but now the day is upon us and these boats have been looking sensational on Sydney Harbour. Larry Ellison and Russell Coutts have extended their vision from the 2017 America's Cup into something unfettered by history. Andy Rice previews the first event in Sydney with Sail-World.com publisher Mark Jardine, and they pick out different winners for round one. Who will be buying the beers for who, after this first weekend of SailGP action?
To get the exclusive interview with Dylan Fletcher about training for F50 racing on Sydney Harbour in the simulator (near Slough! A stone's throw from Heathrow Airport and just down the road from where Ricky Gervais's The Office was set), and his sense of responsibility for steering the British boat at 50 knots, go to Sailjuice.com
There are the stories that you think are the biggest stories of the year, the ones that make the biggest splash. But what actually ARE the biggest stories? Sailjuice.com's Andy Rice joined up with someone who knows better than most, Mark Jardine, the publisher of Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com. Mark looked up what were the most read stories across his websites and there are a few obvious ones, but some really not very obvious-at-all stories that have crept into the top 10.
Here's Part 2, the final countdown from 5 to 1. Find out which was the biggest story of 2018...
There are the stories that you think are the biggest stories of the year, the ones that make the biggest splash. But what actually ARE the biggest stories? Sailjuice.com's Andy Rice joined up with someone who knows better than most, Mark Jardine, the publisher of Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com. Mark looked up what were the most read stories across his websites and there are a few obvious ones, but some really not very obvious-at-all stories that have crept into the top 10.
Here's Part 1, the countdown from 10 to 6...
The Top 5 will appear in the next podcast coming soon...
James Peters and Fynn Sterritt have won gold in the 49er at the Sailing World Cup in Enoshima, and they're pretty darn happy about it. Andy Rice spoke to the British duo as soon as they stepped ashore for the medal ceremony....
Santiago Lange became one of the stories of the whole Olympic Games in Rio 2016. The Argentinean won a last-gasp gold in the Nacra 17 Medal Race less than a year after conquering cancer. Much as he hated being the centre of attention for beating the C word, he learned to embrace his new celebrity. Yet he remains as quietly unassuming as ever, as this interview from the Sailing World Cup in Marseille reveals. Call him greedy, but Santi is after his fourth Olympic medal at Tokyo 2020, by which time he will be 58 years old. The ever-youthful Lange still doesn't see his age as a barrier. More the challenge is all the other projects he has going on, including racing on the TP52 circuit and as a sports consultant to one of Argentina's top-performing professional polo teams...
You can also listen to this podcast on Sailjuice.com
It’s been a lean patch in recent years for Philipp Buhl, Germany’s leading light in the Laser class. After a disappointing Olympic result of 14th place for a sailor who was considered among the favourites for a medal at Rio 2016, Buhl has ploughed on with his campaign for Tokyo 2020 and now seems to be rediscovering some of the old magic that brought him podium places at Laser World Championships back in 2013 and 2015. A gold medal in June’s Sailing World Cup Finals in Marseille was a welcome return to form. “I think it's the first gold medal after my World Cup win in 2016.... When you look at the different regattas and the different winners, it shows how intense the racing is. And I think the more intense the races, the more important are the little things such as mental strength, how long are you able to maintain your highest level of ability?”
You can also listen to this podcast on Sailjuice.com
World Sailing’s Mid Year Meeting was crunch time for deciding the future of the Olympic Regatta. Emotions and opinions were running high during the meeting in London. World Sailing got it in the neck from all sides, but one sailor who came to the organisation’s defence was Roy Dunster from South Africa. Most people seemed frustrated by the speed of change. Roy is frustrated by the opposite. Here the management consultant lays out his argument for faster and more rapid change....
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Ben Nicholls was sitting on his commuter train chatting to a fellow sailor about an article he'd just seen published in Seahorse magazine. A number of Olympic medallists had clubbed together to voice their concern about the discussions going on in advance of World Sailing's Mid Year Meeting in London. It appears that a number of wholesale changes are on the table for discussion, some of them never trialled in major competition. Ben asked his friend what he should do. "Put up a petition on Change.org!" And so that's what Ben did. More than 18,000 signatures later, Sailjuice.com decided it might be interesting to find out more from the man himself....
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© Richard Gladwell: 470s riding big waves at Rio 2016. Not only did Kiwi yachting journalist Richard Gladwell take this photo, he's also been researching and publishing hard on the subject of the future of sailing in the Olympics. You can read more at www.sail-world.com
Paul Goodison has become only the second person in the long history of the International Moth class to win the World Championship three times in a row. Sailjuice managed to catch up with Paul on his mobile phone as he was jet-setting his way to a J70 competition in Italy. Paul is the first to achieve the Moth hat trick in the foiling era after he dominated the competition in Bermuda this year. With the next America’s Cup set to take place in 75ft foiling monohulls, it’s no surprise to learn that Paul’s been signed up to one of the teams, although who that might be he’s not saying quite yet. Anyway, he had plenty to say on other subjects, including a little wind-up of his old Laser rival Tom Slingsby....
Carol Cronin went to the Olympic Games at Athens 2004, representing the USA in the Yngling women's keelboat. She went there as one of the favourites, but optimised for light airs. The wind blew and she was off the pace. But she remains a fan of all things Olympic and recently did some extensive research into what it takes to win an Olympic medal. She contacted 19 medallists from the past decade including Sir Ben Ainslie, Robert Scheidt, Anna Tunnicliffe and many more. In this podcast Carol discusses those winning character traits with Andy Rice. Listen in, and see which winning traits YOU have! And which ones you don't....
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There has been a lot of doom and gloom lately about sailing being under threat, and generally being in a state of decline. But Dan Jaspers doesn't see it that way. He sees plenty of reasons to be cheerful, and here he discusses the best examples of growing the sport with podcast host Andy Rice of Sailjuice.com
While Dan is a Brit and lives primarily in the UK, he has been around the block promoting the sport of sailing to many different nations around the world. A former World Sailing employee, Dan was responsible for developing and writing the initial project for the Youth Worlds Emerging Nations Program (ENP), aimed at supporting the training and subsequent attendance of youth sailors (and their coaches) from ‘emerging’ nations at the World Sailing Youth World Sailing Championship. Dan also created the successful World Sailing Paralympic Development Program (PDP), the aim of which was to increase the number of nations actively taking part in this part of the sport.
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Matt Sheahan is the producer of the World Sailing Show, working at Sunset & Vine in London. Here Matt chats with Sailjuice.com's Andy Rice about some of the goings on in the grand prix racing world at the end of 2017 and start of 2018...
Singlehanded around the world record - smashed again
Last year Thomas Coville completed his 28,000 mile solo circumnavigation in 49 days, slashing 8 days off the previous best.
Heralded as the performance of the decade, many believed that the new record would stand for a long time. But 12 months later and on his first attempt, Francois Gabart changed that and lowered the time even further, slicing more than 6 days off Coville’s record.
Star Sailors’ League – The world’s best go head to head
Among the 25 strong fleet there were 25 Olympic medals on the start line, seven of them gold, while the list of World and European champions and offshore record holders read like the credits of a Hollywood movie.
The message was clear – This was an impressive assembly of sailing rock stars and legends doing battle in a fleet of identical boats and where the final result went all the way to the wire. The World Sailing Show was there.
Volvo Ocean Race Leg 3 & 4 - All change
From surfing the wastes of the Southern Ocean, to a standstill the windless Pacific Doldrums, four weeks in which crews went from one extreme to another. Then, drama and tragedy, this was a month like no other so far in the Volvo Ocean Race that saw results turn inside out as the fleet arrived in Asia.
Rolex Sydney Hobart controversy
With strong northerly winds the Southern hemisphere offshore classic was set to be a record breaker from the start. The duel between two of the biggest and fastest super maxis in the world was attracting attention too. But no one had predicted the controversial outcome.
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Tom Burton won a tense Medal Race to claim the Olympic gold medal in the Men's Laser class at Rio 2016. After a bit of downtime and trying other kinds of sailing, including competing at the International Moth World Championships in Lake Garda and the Star Sailors League in Bermuda, the Australian sailor is fully back into his Laser campaign. Here Tom talks to Sailjuice.com's Andy Rice about his plans and progress so far.
Even though his charter boat in Miami was a bit of a dog, the dog might have led him the right way up some tricky beats on the first two days of Sailing World Cup Miami. Tom ended up dominating the event and looks right back on form for defending his Olympic title at Tokyo 2020. But with other top Aussies breathing down his neck, just getting to the Olympics will be a challenge in itself....
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Could this be Chris Rashley's year? He's finished 2nd and 4th at the last two Moth World Champs and the 2016 Worlds takes place this week, starting 24 May. With Nathan Outteridge and Pete Burling absent, this could be a good year for Rashers to get on the top of the podium, although there's plenty of people in his way: Rob Greenhalgh, Josh McKnight, Scott Babbage and Paul Goodison to name a few....
Hear what Chris reckons about his prospects.
And CLICK HERE for a video walk-thru of his beautifully kitted out Exocet foiling Moth...
Ian Walker has been three times round the planet with the Volvo Ocean Race, and won it in 2015. Does he really need to do another? Andy Rice catches up with the ever-restless professional sailor while at the World Match Racing Tour event in Fremantle, Australia....
To get more of Ian's views on M32 racing in the new format of the Tour, CLICK HERE....
Skip Dieball narrowly won the Etchells World Championships in Hong Kong last November in a close battle with fellow American Steve Benjamin, the 470 Olympic silver medallist. Here, Skip looks back at that victory and talks about his plans for defending his world title in Cowes in 2016. You can listen to this by clicking on the green button below. In a second, 24-minute chat with Skip, he reveals some of his keelboat racing tactics and approach to worlds-winning campaigns and picking the right team to work with. At the time of posting, 7 January 2016, it's free to download from Sailjuice.com, but don't leave it too long as it soon becomes part of the members-only tips and advice for paid-up subscribers to Sailjuice.com CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SKIP'S SECRETS...
But not until you've heard what Skip has to say in the podcast below, about his big win in Hong Kong....
Jack Griffin keeps abreast of the latest goings-on in the America's Cup like few others. In this podcast, Jack asks Andy Rice about the 49er Worlds while Andy asks Jack about the Cup. The common theme? Those great young sailors Pete Burling and Nathan Outteridge, duelling on both the Olympic and Cup stages, as well as the Moth.... To find out more about what we do: www.sailjuice.com And Jack's website is: www.CupExperience.com
In the women's 49er FX fleet, it's a wide open field, although don't expect the Brazilians and Danes to be too far away from the top. But in the men's fleet, with a 21-regatta unbroken run of victories including the past two World Championships, can anyone stop New Zealand's Pete Burling and Blair Tuke from scoring their hat trick?
Nathan Outteridge talks about the big 3 goals in his life at the moment: the Cup, the Olympics, and Getting Married….
This interview took place in Marseille when Nathan was racing GC32s for the first time, just before Artemis Racing's barnstorming success at the America's Cup World Series event in Bermuda.
You can also catch this interview at Sailjuice.com here: http://www.sailjuice.com/articles/Nathan-Outteridge-interview-part-1
Subscribers to Sailjuice.com can also catch Part 2 of the interview when Nathan tells Andy Rice about some of the technical developments in the foiling Cup boats for Bermuda 2017.
You can get Part 2 here: http://www.sailjuice.com/articles/Nathan-Outteridge-Interview-Part-2
Here's an excerpt from Nathan's insights into the Cup:
"I think you’re going to see some very complicated boats going extremely fast with the majority of the crew focusing on powering the boat, and the other guys on board tweaking it and harnessing the power and using it to make it go quicker. And it’s probably very similar to motorsport, where you look at a Formula One car, you see how many buttons are on the wheels of those things? Okay, so the general public don’t know how difficult are those cars to drive and how tweaky they are, but they're impressive cars that go around the race course, and that is the direction that the America’s Cup has chosen to take."
That link again for Part 2: ttp://www.sailjuice.com/articles/Nathan-Outteridge-Interview-Part-2
Dave Hughes talks about how he won the 470 European Championships recently with helmsman Stu McNay. This American team is really starting to set the pace. Dave also talks about the loss of his great friend Trevor Moore. More from Dave for subscribers to SailJuice.com here: http://www.sailjuice.com/articles/Dave-Hughes-470-setting-sailing-campaign-priorities
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Many professional sailors in the big boat scene - the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race - learned their trade in the Olympic classes. However it’s not often you see the pro sailors come back later in their careers to compete on the Olympic scene, certainly not when they’re 62 years old. But as he explains to Sailjuice.com editor Andy Rice in this frank interview, American pro Dee Smith has done exactly that....
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