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Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Season 5 Grand Final in Abu Dhabi: A Deep DiveIn this episode of the Yacht Racing Life podcast, hosts Justin Chisholm and Magnus Wheatley discuss the final SailGP event of the season held in Abu Dhabi. They analyze the challenges faced by the sailors during the racing, particularly the light wind conditions, and highlight the technological advancements that have allowed for racing in such conditions. The conversation shifts to team performances, strategies, and the impact of key figures like Phil Robertson on team dynamics. They reflect on the Grand Final, emphasizing the importance of team cohesion and the future of SailGP in relation to the America's C...
2025-12-0150 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastIain Percy – CEO Artemis SailGP TeamJustin Chisholm's guest this time is British triple-Olympic medallist Ian Percy, CEO of Artemis Technologies and the newly announced Swedish Artemis SailGP team – which will be skippered by Nathan Outteridge in Season 6 of the global high-performance circuit.During their chat the pair discuss Iain's role at Artemis Technologies, the reasons for Artemis joining SailGP, his thoughts on the relative merits of the America’s Cup and SailGP – and Iain gives fans a clue into just what they can expect from the new kids on the block when the new season gets underway next year.Image © Felix Di...
2025-10-1644 min
Yacht Racing Life Podcast2025 OK World Championship winner Andrew MillsJustin Chisholm's guest is British dinghy sailor Andrew Mills, a past Olympic campaigner in the Finn class who recently won the International OK World Championship after topping a fleet of 212 boats during a week-long series on Lake Garda, Italy.Anyone looking for tips on how to put together a major championship campaign of their own, will find plenty of interest in what is discussed during the interview.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/yacht-racing-life-podcast3387/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2025-10-1447 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Cádiz AnalysisIn this episode of the Yacht Racing Life podcast Justin Chisholm is joined by the Rule69Blog’s Magnus Wheatley to unpack a light-air weekend of racing at the SailGP event in Cádiz, Spain. Justin was on site for practice and day one before watching Sunday’s action on replay. The verdict: a picturesque venue and big crowds, yet a regatta that often turned into starting practice in marginal breeze and awkward sea state.Venue and vibeCádiz impressed. The old city serves up surfy beach culture on one side and a natural stadiu...
2025-10-0634 minYacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Cádiz AnalysisIn this episode of the Yacht Racing Life podcast Justin Chisholm is joined by the Rule69Blog’s Magnus Wheatley to unpack a light-air weekend of racing at the SailGP event in Cádiz, Spain. Justin was on site for practice and day one before watching Sunday’s action on replay. The verdict: a picturesque venue and big crowds, yet a regatta that often turned into starting practice in marginal breeze and awkward sea state.Venue and vibeCádiz impressed. The old city serves up surfy beach culture on one side and a natural stadiu...
2025-10-0634 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Cádiz AnalysisIn this episode of the Yacht Racing Life podcast Justin Chisholm is joined by the Rule69Blog’s Magnus Wheatley to unpack a light-air weekend of racing at the SailGP event in Cádiz, Spain. Justin was on site for practice and day one before watching Sunday’s action on replay. The verdict: a picturesque venue and big crowds, yet a regatta that often turned into starting practice in marginal breeze and awkward sea state.Venue and vibeCádiz impressed. The old city serves up surfy beach culture on one side and a natural stadiu...
2025-10-0633 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastBuilding Real Pathways for Women in Sailing — The Magenta Project CEO, Vicky LowJustin Chisholm sits down with Vicky Low, CEO of The Magenta Project, to unpack how a volunteer-driven idea born out of the Team SCA all-women campaign in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 has evolved into one of the sport’s most effective engines for getting more women into sailing.From Team SCA to a Global MovementMagenta began when the Team SCA squad realised that, post-campaign, very few of the women had immediate opportunities. The early goal was simple: create teams and seats. The breakthrough, Vicky explains, was recognising that mentoring scales impact far wider th...
2025-10-0247 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastGlenn Ashby on the Ferrari Hypersail projectOn the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast Justin Chisholm quizzes Australian Olympian, two-time America’s Cup winner, and current wind-powered land speed record holder Glenn Ashby about his role as rig designer for the Ferrari Hypersail project.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/yacht-racing-life-podcast3387/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2025-09-2620 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP St. Tropez AnalysisIn the latest Yacht Racing Life Podcast, host Justin Chisholm and regular guest Magnus Wheatley dissect the SailGP regatta held in Saint-Tropez, a weekend dominated by tricky conditions, new technical challenges, and some standout performances.The French event saw Mistral winds wiped out Friday’s practice and cancel Sunday’s racing, leaving Saturday’s four races to decide the outcome.The British team emerged victorious, not through dazzling dominance but through consistency and resilience. Wheatley hails strategist Hannah Mills as the MVP, noting her sharp, concise communication with helm Dylan Fletcher. Together, they turned potential setbac...
2025-09-1531 minYacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP St. Tropez AnalysisIn the latest Yacht Racing Life Podcast, host Justin Chisholm and regular guest Magnus Wheatley dissect the SailGP regatta held in Saint-Tropez, a weekend dominated by tricky conditions, new technical challenges, and some standout performances.The French event saw Mistral winds wiped out Friday’s practice and cancel Sunday’s racing, leaving Saturday’s four races to decide the outcome.The British team emerged victorious, not through dazzling dominance but through consistency and resilience. Wheatley hails strategist Hannah Mills as the MVP, noting her sharp, concise communication with helm Dylan Fletcher. Together, they turned potential setbac...
2025-09-1531 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP St. Tropez AnalysisIn the latest Yacht Racing Life Podcast, host Justin Chisholm and regular guest Magnus Wheatley dissect the SailGP regatta held in Saint-Tropez, a weekend dominated by tricky conditions, new technical challenges, and some standout performances.The French event saw Mistral winds wiped out Friday’s practice and cancel Sunday’s racing, leaving Saturday’s four races to decide the outcome.The British team emerged victorious, not through dazzling dominance but through consistency and resilience. Wheatley hails strategist Hannah Mills as the MVP, noting her sharp, concise communication with helm Dylan Fletcher. Together, they turned potential setback...
2025-09-1529 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastAnalysing the boldest America's Cup Protocol yetThe America’s Cup has entered a bold new era with the release of the Protocol for the 38th edition, and it’s nothing short of revolutionary. A new governing body — the America’s Cup Partnership — will run the event, promising continuity, a two-year cycle, and more transparency than ever before. Defenders Emirates Team New Zealand and Challenger of Record Athena Racing have given up traditional powers in favour of stability, cost controls, and broader commercial appeal. The changes are sweeping: existing AC75s will be reused, budgets capped at €75m, cyclors replaced by batteries, and at least one female sailo...
2025-08-2152 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Sassnitz AnalysisJustin Chisholm and Magnus Wheatley get into the nitty gritty of the explosive first-ever German SailGP event that took place in Sassnitz over the weekend.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/yacht-racing-life-podcast3387/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2025-08-1937 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSupercharging the America's CupJustin Chisholm declares his support for the groundbreaking new Protocol for the 38th America’s Cup — a document that has reshaped sailing’s most prestigious event.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/yacht-racing-life-podcast3387/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2025-08-1510 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastNarrated story: Northern RaidersJustin Chisholm reads Ed Gorman's story about Britons Tim Robinson and Zeb Elliott, and Australian Dave Witt, who in 1999 made history by becoming the first Northern Hemisphere–skippered crew to win the JJ Giltinan Trophy – the world championship of 18 Foot Skiff racing on Sydney Harbour.Read the story on the Yacht Racing Life website.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/yacht-racing-life-podcast3387/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2025-08-0411 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastBritish Laser Olympian Micky BeckettIn this episode of The Yacht Racing Life Podcast, host Justin Chisholm sits down with British Olympic campaigner Micky Beckett for a wide‑ranging and candid conversation about his journey in the Laser (ILCA 7) class, the brutal highs and lows of Olympic campaigning, and his plans for the future.From growing up in a tiny Welsh harbour, crashing around in a home‑built dinghy, to standing on start lines against the world’s best, Beckett’s story is one of perseverance, learning, and a relentless drive for self‑improvement. He opens up about the influence of the British Sa...
2025-07-301h 10
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Portsmouth AnalysisEpisode Summary:In the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Life Podcast, Justin Chisholm sits down with fellow sailing journalist Magnus Wheatley to unpack a packed weekend of world-class racing at last weekend's British SailGP event. From the electric atmosphere in Portsmouth to Britain’s much-needed resurgence, the pair dive deep into the stories behind the racing – from Dylan Fletcher’s standout performance under pressure to the bold new ideas shaping the league’s future.Key Highlights:On-the-water impressions: Why the stadium-style SailGP experience is unlike anything else in sailing.Team GB’s bounce back: Dyla...
2025-07-2328 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastKen ReadJustin Chisholm sits down with North Sails president Ken Read for a look across the recent goings on in the sailboat racing world.We start with the IMOCA class — that wild, high-stakes solo circuit that somehow keeps cranking out close finishes in the middle of nowhere. Kenny was glued to the last Vendée Globe like the rest of us, marvelling at the match race up front and the level of detail behind every campaign. From there, we go deep into the design side. Read talks about how the North Sails brain trust has gone full...
2025-07-1645 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP New York AnalysisIn this episode of The Yacht Racing Life Podcast, Justin Chisholm is joined from the UK by fellow yachting journalist Magnus Wheatley to dive into all the drama, intrigue, and slippery foils of the the sixth event of SailGP Season 5, which took place in New York last weekend.While neither of them got the call-up from Russell Coutts to attend in person (again), Justin and Magnus were watching intently online and had plenty to say about a weekend of unpredictable conditions, inconsistent performances, and some curious tactical decisions.Magnus begins with heaps of praise for...
2025-06-1039 minYacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP New York AnalysisIn this episode of The Yacht Racing Life Podcast, Justin Chisholm is joined from the UK by fellow yachting journalist Magnus Wheatley to dive into all the drama, intrigue, and slippery foils of the the sixth event of SailGP Season 5, which took place in New York last weekend.While neither of them got the call-up from Russell Coutts to attend in person (again), Justin and Magnus were watching intently online and had plenty to say about a weekend of unpredictable conditions, inconsistent performances, and some curious tactical decisions.Magnus begins with heaps of praise for...
2025-06-1039 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastBritish Vendée Globe Skipper Sam Goodchild.Justin Chisholm’s guest is the British solo around-the-world sailor Sam Goodchild.Goodchild recently fulfilled a 14 -year dream to compete in the Vendée Globe solo, nonstop, around-the-world race. Racing as part of Thomas Ruyant’s two boat TR Racing campaign and on a previous generation IMOCA he led the race several times in the early stages heading down the Atlantic and entered the final fortnight of the race in a battle for fourth place with Vendée veteran Jérémie Beyou on his new generation boat Charral.Disappointingly catastrophic mainsail damage in a storm on...
2025-04-1758 minYacht Racing Life PodcastBritish Vendée Globe Skipper Sam Goodchild.Justin Chisholm’s guest is the British solo around-the-world sailor Sam Goodchild.Goodchild recently fulfilled a 14 -year dream to compete in the Vendée Globe solo, nonstop, around-the-world race. Racing as part of Thomas Ruyant’s two boat TR Racing campaign and on a previous generation IMOCA he led the race several times in the early stages heading down the Atlantic and entered the final fortnight of the race in a battle for fourth place with Vendée veteran Jérémie Beyou on his new generation boat Charral.Disappointingly catastrophic mainsail damage in a storm on...
2025-04-1758 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastFrancesca ClapcichJustin Chisholm's guest is Italian / American sailor Francesca Clapcich. Frankie – as she is best known – has had an amazing career in sailing since having been introduced to the sport by her parents when she was a young child growing up in Trieste, Italy. She has won world and European titles, twice represented Italy at the Olympic Games, is the first Italian to sailor win The Ocean Race, and competed at last year's Women's America's Cup. If all that isn’t enough – she’s also a CrossFit Coach, a triathlete, and ski instructor, too. Despite havin...
2025-04-081h 10
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP San Francisco AnalysisYacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm is joined from the UK by Magnus Wheatley as the pair give their independent analysis and commentary on the fifth event of the Rolex SailGP Championship 2025 season which took place in San Francisco, CA this weekend.
2025-03-2645 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Los Angeles AnalysisYacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm is joined from the UK by Magnus Wheatley (Rule69 Blog) as the pair give their independent analysis and commentary on the fourth event of the Rolex SailGP Championship 2025 season which took place in Los Angeles, CA this weekend.
2025-03-1736 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastJohn Croom: US America's Cup CyclorJustin Chisholm’s guest on the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast is American athlete John Croom.Croom had an illustrious career as a track cyclist in the US National Team before switching sports to bring his physique and fitness to bear in the America’s Cup, where he raced as a ‘cyclor’ aboard the New York Yacht Club American Magic AC75 at the 38th Cup in Barcelona last year.During what turned out to be a wide ranging and fast paced interview we find out how John’s tried football and wrestling before bec...
2025-03-061h 06
Yacht Racing Life PodcastAnderson Reggio: Data Analysis and AI in the America's CupJustin Chisholm’s guest on the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast is the American sailor, meteorologist, and navigation expert, Anderson Reggio.Anderson has just returned home with his family to Newport Rhode Island after a two year assignment in Barcelona, Spain where he headed up the data analytics unit at the US America’s Cup syndicate NYYC American Magic.During their chat they discuss the increasing importance of data analysis and Artificial Intelligence in the America’s Cup but we begin by hearing how Anderson and his family enjoyed their extended sojourn in Barcel...
2025-02-1841 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Sydney AnalysisOn the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast British sailing journalists Justin Chisholm and Magnus Wheatley catch up online to review the action at last weekend’s SailGP event three with took place in Sydney, Australia.As well as diving into the relative performances of the top three teams – event winners Emirates GBR, skippered by Dylan Fletcher; second-placed Northstar Canada, led by Giles Scott; and Tom Slingsby’s home town favourites, third-placed Australia – the pair also take a close individual look at each of the other nine international crews. Cover image © Jon Buckle for SailGP
2025-02-101h 13
Yacht Racing Life PodcastGlenn AshbyJoining Justin Chisholm on the Yacht Racing Life Podcast this time is Australian Olympic silver medallist and two-time America’s Cup winner with Emirates Team New Zealand – Glenn Ashby.As well as his AC and Olympic achievements Glenn also holds the wind-powered land speed record with an incredible run of 222.4 kilometres per hour.For the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona last year Glen was drafted in to provide some expert punditry as part of the TV commentary team working along side Shirley Robertson and Stephen McIvor.
2025-02-041h 22
Yacht Racing Life PodcastGiles ScottOn the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast Justin Chisholm’s guest is the British double Olympic gold-medallist sailor Giles Scott.Aside from his Olympic triumphs Giles is also an multiple America’s Cup veteran – including taking part in the last three consecutive British challenges – and recently stepped into the role of skipper of the Northstar Canada team for the fifth season of SailGP.During the interview – recorded in early January 2025 – Giles talks about his earliest days in sailing as a youngster who initially had no interest in racing and had to be bribed to com...
2025-01-271h 08
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSailGP Auckland AnalysisJustin Chisholm is joined by fellow-British sailing writer Magnus Wheatley (Rule69 Blog) as the pair give their independent analysis of the second SailGP event of Season 5 which took place in spectacular style in Auckland, New Zealand last weekend.Cover image © Felix Diemer for SailGP
2025-01-221h 05
Yacht Racing Life PodcastTom BurnhamJustin Chisholm’s guest is American professional sailor and coach, Tom Burnham, who takes on a fascinating deep dive into the New York Yacht Club’s American Magic syndicate’s recent challenge for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona.During the interview Tom shares his thoughts on the relative merits of the Shared Reconnaissance programme, explains the key elements of his role as the American syndicate’s head coach, describes what goes on aboard the coach boat during a typical training day, as well as giving his assessment of how AC37 played out between the six teams on t...
2025-01-161h 11
Yacht Racing Life PodcastRicardo Pinto: Life behind the lensJustin Chisholm’s guest is the renowned Portuguese sailing photographer Ricardo Pinto.Ricardo is one of the most prolific shooters in the business right now and his work from around the world at our sport’s keystone regattas will be familiar to anyone following professional sailboat racing.From the ocean going IMOCAs of the Vendée Globe and The Ocean Race, to the supercharged fast foilers of Sail GP and the America’s Cup, Ricardo’s stunning images help bring these events to life for sailing fans everywhere.Ricardo’s pure passion – both for sailing a...
2025-01-1549 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastTony QuinnEver wondered what it’s like to be in charge of an America’s Cup chase boat? Right at the very heart of the on the water battle - nobody, other than the AC75 sailors themselves, gets a closer vantage point on the white hot racing action.Justin Chisholm’s guest on this episode of the Yacht Racing Life Podcast is Tony Quinn – chase boat driver for the British INEOS Britannia America’s Cup syndicate that last year in Barcelona Spain won the Louis Vuitton Cup Challenger Selection Series and took on the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand in...
2025-01-1443 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastDavid ReedJustin Chisholm chats to Newport, Rhode Island-based Sailing World magazine editor David Reed.
2024-07-231h 18
Yacht Racing Life PodcastAndy RiceJustin Chisholm catches up with fellow British sailing journalist Andy Rice, who as well as being a regular contributor to all the major sailing publications, also hosts the Sailjuice Podcast as well as running the Road to Gold 12 step coaching programme that helps sailors of all abilities improve their racing performance.
2022-11-1748 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastDavid FullerJustin Chisholm is joined by friend and colleague David Fuller – host of the Yacht Business podcast which examines new innovative technologies, trends and business models that are having an impact on the global marine industry. On this crossover episode – which will be jointly published on The Yacht Business Podcast, (available on all major podcasting platforms) – the pair discuss how various technologies are having an effect on the professional yacht racing world.
2022-10-291h 00
Yacht Racing Life PodcastHannah MillsJustin Chisholm’s guest this time is British Olympic medallist and SailGP competitor, Hannah Mills.Hannah won silver in the women’s 470 class at the London 2012 Olympics and followed that victory up with back to back gold medals at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 making her the most successful female Olympic sailor of all time.She called time on her Olympic campaigning after the last Games, but was snapped up by Sir Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailGP Team where she has raced in the strategist role on the British F50 fo...
2022-06-1251 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastRosalin KuiperJustin Chisholm’s guest is Dutch offshore sailor Rosalin Kuiper who has just been announced as a member of Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia IMOCA 60 crew for the upcoming edition of The Ocean Race which sets off around the world in January 2023. As you will hear in the interview, the young Dutch sailor has a fantastic back story. Whereas lots of people just dream of being a professional sailor and racing around the world Rosie came up with a plan and went out on her own into the world and made it happen.
2022-05-121h 00
Yacht Racing Life PodcastFreddie CarrJustin Chisholm’s guest is British yachtsman Freddie Carr, a five time veteran of the America’s Cup who has recently signed on for his sixth campaign to win yachting’s oldest and most prestigious trophy.Aside from his racing skills Freddie has also carved out a sailing media career for himself and is well known to high-performance sailing fans for his role as a mainstay of the SailGP commentary team.The interview turned into a wide ranging discussion that spanned Freddie’s illustrious career in the America’s Cup, his t...
2022-05-021h 05
Yacht Racing Life PodcastMorgan ReeserJustin Chisholm’s guest is American Olympic silver medalist and renowned performance coach Morgan Reeser. Reeser won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona sailing with the legendary Kevin Burnham and has since coached the Greek women’s and British men’s pairings to Olympic gold and silver respectively and established himself as a sought after performance coach across a range of classes from small one-design keelboats to the TP52 circuit.Unsurprisingly, he has a treasure chest of great stories from his long career in yachtin...
2022-04-261h 25
Yacht Racing Life PodcastTom SlingsbyThe latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast was recorded in San Francisco, Ca, where eight international professional sailing teams have been practising out on the bay ahead of the million dollar grand finale of the second season of SailGP.Justin Chisholm’s guest this time is the prolific Australian skipper Tom Slingsby who as well as leading the SailGP rankings with his Australia SailGP team, has also in recent months won the Moth World Championship and line honours in the Middle Sea Race aboard Comanche – to say nothing of mixing it with the top...
2022-03-2335 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastMatt GotrelJustin Chisholm speaks to British America’s Cup sailor and Olympic gold medalist rower Matt Gotrel, who has just re-signed as a member of the powerhouse grinding team for the British Challenger of Record at AC37 – Ben Ainslie’s Ineos Britannia.Gotrel comes from a sailing family and began his career crewing in dinghies on lakes in the south of England. He quickly progressed through the 29er class and into the 49er to join the British Olympic Sailing Team before putting his sailing on hold to go to universityThat’s...
2022-03-1846 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastLaurence Mead – Cowes Week Regatta DirectorJustin Chisholm’s guest is British sailor Laurence Mead, the regatta director at the world’s oldest and largest regatta week: the annual UK spectacular that is Cowes Week.The first Cowes Week regatta was back in 1826 and it now takes place every year on The Solent – that narrow tidal waterway between the English south coast and the nearby Isle of Wight.Laurence – who took over at Cowes Week in 2018 – is an accomplished sailor in his own right, having competed internationally in the Etchells class and on World Match Racing Tou...
2022-03-1052 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastPhil RobertsonJustin Chisholm’s guest this time is the New Zealand high performance foiling supremo Phil Robertson.Robertson made his name as a professional sailor on the international match racing circuit where he twice won the World Match Racing Tour World Championship.Now though he is fully fledged disciple of the high performance foiling revolution and best known for his role as a helmsman and skipper on the SailGP regatta circuit – where he specialises in developing new teams as they join the circuit.After working with...
2022-03-0353 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastJohn GimsonJustin Chisholm chats with British Olympic campaigner John Gimson whose 16-year Olympic career culminated last year in he and his sailing partner Anna Burnett winning the Silver medal in the Nara 17 class at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Justin caught up with John just before Christmas and shortly after he and Anna had returned from kicking off their Paris 2024 Olympic campaign by defending their Nacra 17 World Championship title in Oman.
2022-01-041h 10Yacht Racing Life PodcastJohn GimsonJustin Chisholm chats with British Olympic campaigner John Gimson whose 16-year Olympic career culminated last year in he and his sailing partner Anna Burnett winning the Silver medal in the Nara 17 class at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Justin caught up with John just before Christmas and shortly after he and Anna had returned from kicking off their Paris 2024 Olympic campaign by defending their Nacra 17 World Championship title in Oman.
2022-01-041h 10
Yacht Racing Life PodcastAlex ThomsonJustin Chisholm’s guest is British solo racing skipper Alex Thomson – a veteran of no less than five editions of the Vendée Globe solo around the world race. He made his first attempt in 2004 but damage to his boat put him out of that race and the following edition in 2008-09, but he went on to finish third in the 2012-13 edition and second in the 2016-17. Despite starting the 2020-21 edition as a firm favourite to become the first ever non-French Vendée Globe winner, Thomson was again fo...
2021-11-171h 00
Yacht Racing Life PodcastEd GormanJustin Chisholm’s guest is Ed Gorman - a veteran British journalist who during a 25 year career with the British Times newspaper was deputy foreign editor, deputy news editor and a war correspondent – before switching gears to cover Formula 1 and sailing.Ed was instrumental in introducing two British sailing legends – Dame Ellen MacArthur and Sir Ben Ainslie – to the mainstream public and has reported from a multitude of America’s Cups, Olympic regattas, and around the world race stopovers.As well as reporting on the America’s Cup and SailGP for T...
2021-11-011h 33
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSam HollidayJustin Chisholm's guest is fellow-Brit Sam Holliday - co-founder of the Race Around: a single and double-handed multi-stage around the world race in Class 40 yachts, scheduled to take place in 2023. Sam is no stranger to the professional yacht racing scene having been involved in Vendee Globe campaigns for British skippers Mike Golding and Mirranda Merron, as well as helping to run successful Class 40 events like The Atlantic Cup and The Pineapple Cup. Although the Race Around start isn’t until 2023, interest from potential competitors is strong – and, as Sam explains in the interview, he and h...
2021-09-301h 09
Yacht Racing Life PodcastAndy Rice – Tokyo 2020Justin Chisholm's guest is British yacht racing journalist Andy Rice, who had just returned from Enoshima, Japan where he had been reporting on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic regatta for World Sailing.Andy is a veteran Olympic sailing correspondent so well positioned to comment on just how different things were for the sailors in Japan as they coped not only with the pressure of Olympic competition out on the water bit also strict Covid 19 restrictions back ashore.
2021-09-151h 11
Yacht Racing Life PodcastLeon SeftonJustin Chisholm speaks to Leon Sefton, who as Head of TV Production for America’s Cup 36 ran the team responsible for the amazing TV coverage that was beamed around the world from Auckland, New Zealand.Leon headed up a production team of almost 80 people during the Cup down in New Zealand, but as we learn in the interview his work to make the TV coverage of AC36 the best ever actually began several years earlier.The pair discuss the technology and logistical challenges that Leon and his team faced pu...
2021-05-071h 00
Yacht Racing Life PodcastHannah DiamondJustin Chisholm’s guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast is British professional sailor Hannah Diamond.As well as spending many years with the British Sailing Team on the Olympic campaign trail in a range of classes Hannah also raced the 2017-18 edition of The Ocean Race as part of the Vestas 11th Hour Racing crew.Having set her Olympic aspirations aside – at least for now – Hannah splits her time between gigs as a pro-sailor, campaign coach, and sailing media contributor.As rev...
2021-05-0237 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastNeal McDonaldThe renowned British yachtsman Neal McDonald is Justin Chisholm’s guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast EXTRA.McDonald is perhaps best known for his ocean racing achievements in the Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Race, but he is also an Olympic campaigner and won world and European dinghy titles in his time – as well as spending eight years campaigning on the Australian 18-foot skiff circuit.As well as six Whitbread and Volvo Ocean appearances as a sailor – including twice as a skipper – Neal coached Ian Walker’s Abu Dhab...
2021-04-131h 25
Yacht Racing Life PodcastCharlie DalinJustin Chisholm’s guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast is the French solo offshore racing skipper Charlie Dalin.Dalin hit the headlines earlier this year after he claimed the line honours victory in the Vendee Globe 2020-21 singlehanded non-stop around-the-world race.Despite being first home Charlie was not the overall winner.The time allowance awarded to fellow Frenchman Yannick Bestaven for his part in the search and rescue operation to save PRB skipper Kevin Escoffier put Dalin down to second pl...
2021-04-071h 15
Yacht Racing Life PodcastRay DaviesJustin Chisholm's guest is New Zealand sailor Ray Davies – a key member of the Emirates Team New Zealand syndicate that recently successfully defended the America’s Cup on their home waters off Auckland, New Zealand.As well as having been instrumental in introducing the original concept of a foiling monohull that so successfully evolved into the astonishing AC75s that the teams raced in the 36th America’s Cup, Ray was also in charge of the Team New Zealand sailing programme – including driving the team’s chase boat in mock match races to help hone Peter...
2021-03-311h 17
Yacht Racing Life PodcastKyle LangfordJustin Chisholm’s guest this time is Australian professional yachtsman Kyle Langford.Kyle won the 34th America’s Cup as wing trimmer for Jimmy Spithill with Oracle Team UK and also won the first season of the SailGP international series as wing trimmer for Tom Slingsby’s Australian SailGP Team.He is now based in Gothenburg, Sweden but the conversation takes him all the way back to his first experiences of sailing as a demanding four-year-old in Australia on Lake Macquarie, his early years of dinghy sailing, and an aborte...
2021-03-191h 31
Yacht Racing Life PodcastIan WilliamsJustin Chisholm is joined by six-time world match racing champion Ian Williams to discuss the first four races of the 36th America’s Cup Match between the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team.With the points so far having been shared equally between the teams at two points apiece, Justin quizzes Ian for his expert analysis of the races and asks him to breakdown the pre-start strategies, tactics and mistakes that ultimately led to both teams’ victories.
2021-03-121h 08Yacht Racing Life PodcastIan WilliamsJustin Chisholm is joined by six-time world match racing champion Ian Williams to discuss the first four races of the 36th America’s Cup Match between the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team.With the points so far having been shared equally between the teams at two points apiece, Justin quizzes Ian for his expert analysis of the races and asks him to breakdown the pre-start strategies, tactics and mistakes that ultimately led to both teams’ victories.
2021-03-121h 08
Yacht Racing Life PodcastAndy RiceJustin Chisholm’s guest on the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast is fellow British sailing journalist Andy Rice – creator of sailjuice.com and co-founder of the ‘Road to Gold’ online course on how to mount a professional racing campaign.Andy and Justin mull over the happenings of the last few weeks on the international sailing scene, including: the unusually close racing in the Vendee Globe; whether a fully crewed IMOCA 60 will be the best solution from a communications point of view for the next edition of The Ocean Race; the quality of the TV c...
2021-02-111h 09Yacht Racing Life PodcastAndy RiceJustin Chisholm’s guest on the latest episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast is fellow British sailing journalist Andy Rice – creator of sailjuice.com and co-founder of the ‘Road to Gold’ online course on how to mount a professional racing campaign.Andy and Justin mull over the happenings of the last few weeks on the international sailing scene, including: the unusually close racing in the Vendee Globe; whether a fully crewed IMOCA 60 will be the best solution from a communications point of view for the next edition of The Ocean Race; the quality of the TV c...
2021-02-111h 09
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 12Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm is joined by Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman for the final episode of the Vendee Globe special series.After more than 11 weeks of racing the leading group have finally made it back to Les Sables D’Olonne and Yannick Bestaven has been confirmed as the winner of the ninth edition of the Vendee Globe.But Bestaven's Maitre Coq IV was not the first boat home – in fact he finished after line honours winner Charlie Dalin on Apivia, Louis Burton on Bureau Vallee, and...
2021-01-3048 minYacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 12Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm is joined by Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman for the final episode of the Vendee Globe special series.After more than 11 weeks of racing the leading group have finally made it back to Les Sables D’Olonne and Yannick Bestaven has been confirmed as the winner of the ninth edition of the Vendee Globe.But Bestaven's Maitre Coq IV was not the first boat home – in fact he finished after line honours winner Charlie Dalin on Apivia, Louis Burton on Bureau Vallee, and...
2021-01-3048 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastGiles ScottJustin Chisholm’s guest on this episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast is reigning Olympic champion in the Finn class and British America’s Cup sailor Giles Scott.Giles is of course calling tactics for Ben Ainslie’s so far all-conquering Ineos Team UK syndicate who last weekend secured a berth in the Prada Cup Challenger Series final.They did so with a hard-fought victory in a breathtaking race against the Italian Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team.It was an amazing race in which after...
2021-01-2722 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 11Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm and his expert co-host, Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman, pore of the possibilities for the final 2,000 miles of the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world race and try to guesstimate which of the three front-runners – Charlie Dalin on Apivia, Louis Burton on Bureau Vallee, or Boris Herrmann on Seaexplorer Yacht Club de Monaco – will make it to the finish in Les Sables D’Olonne ahead.Among the topics discussed:– How the last week played out to set up such a tightly fought race so close to...
2021-01-2231 minYacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 11Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm and his expert co-host, Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman, pore of the possibilities for the final 2,000 miles of the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world race and try to guesstimate which of the three front-runners – Charlie Dalin on Apivia, Louis Burton on Bureau Vallee, or Boris Herrmann on Seaexplorer Yacht Club de Monaco – will make it to the finish in Les Sables D’Olonne ahead.Among the topics discussed:– How the last week played out to set up such a tightly fought race so close to...
2021-01-2231 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 10Our guest on this episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast is the highly accomplished German ocean racer Boris Herrmann.Herrmann has an impressive track record that includes competing in two double handed around the world races – the Global Ocean Race in 2014 (which he won with Felix Oehme) and the Barcelona World Race with Ryan Breymaier in 2010/11 when they finished fifth.He racked up over 80,000 miles sailing with Italian legend Giovanni Soldini aboard his supercharged VO70 Maserati and set a bagful of ocean passage records along the way. He has al...
2021-01-1529 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastMatt Sheahan – 36th America's CupYacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm is joined from Auckland, New Zealand by British sailing journalist and broadcaster Matt Sheahan. As well as producing all the excellent content we enjoy from the PlanetSail YouTube channel Matt is also part of the TV production team at the 36th America’s Cup.In his many years as a sailing journalist Matt has covered more America’s Cups than he might care to mention and so knows all the protagonists and is pretty much a guru on all things America’s Cup.
2021-01-0959 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 9Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm is joined once again by ocean racing expert Conrad Colman to mull over the latest goings on in the Vendee Globe solo around-the-world yacht race.Amongst the topics discussed are:– Pip Hare’s daring and heroic mid-ocean rudder replacement– Should Alex Thomson have packed a spare rudder?– The needle match going on between Charlie Dalin and Thomas Ruyant for second place– Will Yannick Bestaven’s lead dwindle away over co...
2021-01-0834 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastElliot HansonYacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm speaks to British Sailing Team member Elliot Hanson –– the current Laser Class European champion who will be representing Great Britain at the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games this summer in Enoshima.Full disclosure, this interview was recorded at the beginning of December and we had hoped to bring it to you before Christmas – but with all the Vendee Globe and America’s Cup activity unfortunately it has taken until now to edit and publish.The good news is that it is well worth the wait...
2021-01-0439 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 8Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm and Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman begin with new year with a round-up of the eighth week at sea for the fleet of intrepid solo skippers – including the milestone moment after 55 days at sea as the leading duo Yannick Bestaven and Charlie Dalin round the notorious Cape Horn and turn their bows north towards home.
2021-01-0234 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 7Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm and Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman catch up on Christmas Eve to chat about the latest challenges facing the fleer of Vendee Globe solo skippers out on the Indian and Pacific Oceans on Day 46 of their around the world quest.Amongst other topics, the pair discuss:– what it is like to spend Christmas Day isolated and alone on a 60-foot yacht at the very bottom of the world– Louis Burton’s daring mast climbs to effect the repair...
2020-12-2434 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 6On the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast, Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm is joined once again by 2016-17 Vendee Globe competitor Conrad Colman for another Vendee Globe special episode breaking down the action from out on the racecourse.As the Vendee Globe fleet goes into the final weekend of its sixth week at sea Justin and Conrad break down the on the water action over the last seven days, including:- a lead change (or two) after long-time leader Charlie Dalin suffered his first major breakdown...
2020-12-1834 minYacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 6On the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast, Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm is joined once again by 2016-17 Vendee Globe competitor Conrad Colman for another Vendee Globe special episode breaking down the action from out on the racecourse.As the Vendee Globe fleet goes into the final weekend of its sixth week at sea Justin and Conrad break down the on the water action over the last seven days, including:- a lead change (or two) after long-time leader Charlie Dalin suffered his first major breakdown...
2020-12-1834 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 5The fifth week at sea for the Vendee Globe solo skippers has proved to be a stormy affair with the leading duo Charlie Dalin on Apivia and Thomas Ruyant on LinkedOut both riding the leading edge of a fast-moving Southern Ocean cold front and the chasing pack experiencing some ferocious winds and waves in its wake.On this latest Vendee Globe special episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast 2016-17 Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman joins Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm to pore over the key points of what’s been going on ou...
2020-12-1137 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastPaul GoodisonIn the second episode of our two-part America’s Cup Special focusing on the US Challenger NYYC American Magic, Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm catches up with British sailor Paul Goodison.An Olympic gold medallist in the Laser Class and a three-time Moth world champion, Goodison is in the thick of the onboard action as the controller of the gigantic double-skinned mainsail that powers the American AC75.
2020-12-0830 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastAnderson ReggioThis is the first of a two-part America’s Cup special focusing on the US Challenger syndicate New York Yacht Club’s American MagicAll the teams are understandably generally pretty tight lipped about what’s going on behind the fences of their team bases down in Auckland – this is the America’s Cup after all – but Yacht racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm has been lucky enough to speak to two members of the American Magic squad – Testing Manager Anderson Reggio and mainsail trimmer Paul Goodison.In this first episode...
2020-12-0831 minYacht Racing Life PodcastAnderson ReggioThis is the first of a two-part America’s Cup special focusing on the US Challenger syndicate New York Yacht Club’s American MagicAll the teams are understandably generally pretty tight lipped about what’s going on behind the fences of their team bases down in Auckland – this is the America’s Cup after all – but Yacht racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm has been lucky enough to speak to two members of the American Magic squad – Testing Manager Anderson Reggio and mainsail trimmer Paul Goodison.In this first episode...
2020-12-0831 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastTorvar MirskyAustralian World Match Racing Tour skipper Torvar Mirsky is the guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast.Now 34, Torvar has been competing on the World Match Racing Tour on and off since 2006 and was crowned champion in 2017.He has been based in Europe for the last several years and happily that meant Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm was able to record this interview in person in Palma, MallorcaJustin sat down with Torvar not long after he had returned from...
2020-12-061h 00Yacht Racing Life PodcastTorvar MirskyAustralian World Match Racing Tour skipper Torvar Mirsky is the guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast.Now 34, Torvar has been competing on the World Match Racing Tour on and off since 2006 and was crowned champion in 2017.He has been based in Europe for the last several years and happily that meant Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm was able to record this interview in person in Palma, MallorcaJustin sat down with Torvar not long after he had returned from...
2020-12-061h 00
Yacht Racing Life PodcastGlenn AshbyWith just a fortnight left until the start the opening regatta of the 36th America’s Cup cycle Yacht Racing Life editor Justin Chisholm caught up with Emirates Team New Zealand sailor Glenn Ashby to find out more about the team’s campaign to retain the America’s Cup.Discussed during the interview:– the atmosphere in and around the America’s Cup race village in Auckland– the impact of this year’s Covid 19 restrictions on the campaign– the ratio of time the sail...
2020-12-0426 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 4Yacht Racing Life website editor Justin Chisholm and 2016-17 Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman breakdown what has proved to be a thrilling seven days in the Vendee Globe solo around the world yacht race.Amongst other things the pair discuss:– Alex Thomson's shock withdrawal from the race, including speculation on what the British skipper might do next – Kevin Escoffier's spectacular mid-ocean sinking and equally amazing night time liferaft rescue by fellow competitor Jean Le cam– The repair prospects for Sam Dav...
2020-12-0437 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 3On this latest Vendee Globe special episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast our co-hosts British sailing journalist Justin Chisholm and ocean racing expert/past Vendee Globe competitor Conrad Colman analyse the excitement and drama of the solo fleet’s third week out on the Atlantic, including:•How leader Charlie Dalin managed to wriggle his way through the frustratingly light winds of the Saint Helena high pressure system and into the stronger winds of the Southern Ocean•Alex Thomson’s damage discovery and his remarkable one-man repair programme that has kept him...
2020-11-2737 minYacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 3On this latest Vendee Globe special episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast our co-hosts British sailing journalist Justin Chisholm and ocean racing expert/past Vendee Globe competitor Conrad Colman analyse the excitement and drama of the solo fleet’s third week out on the Atlantic, including:•How leader Charlie Dalin managed to wriggle his way through the frustratingly light winds of the Saint Helena high pressure system and into the stronger winds of the Southern Ocean•Alex Thomson’s damage discovery and his remarkable one-man repair programme that has kept him...
2020-11-2737 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 – Week 2With the Vendee Globe skippers approaching the end of an action packed second week at sea there is plenty to discuss for host Justin Chisholm and past Vendee Globe competitor Conrad Colman, including:– a dismasting for Nicolas Troussel on Corum– a badly torn mainsail for Japanese skipper Kojiro Shiraishi on DMG Mori– the restart of Jérémie Beyou on CharalPlus, the leading pack led by Alex Thomson have crossed the equator and are into the Southern Hemisphere.
2020-11-2036 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 1It may only have been five days since the 33 Vendee Globe skippers set off from Les sables D’Olonne on their solo around-around-the-world adventure but there has been plenty of going on out on the wilds of the north-Atlantic for podcast host Justin Chisholm to quiz his expert co-host Conrad Colman about on their second Vendee Globe special episode.The biggest news of the week of course is that one of the hottest tipped race favourites Jérémie Beyou on Charal has been forced to return to Les Sables D’Olonne after suffering damage...
2020-11-1339 minYacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 Week 1It may only have been five days since the 33 Vendee Globe skippers set off from Les sables D’Olonne on their solo around-around-the-world adventure but there has been plenty of going on out on the wilds of the north-Atlantic for podcast host Justin Chisholm to quiz his expert co-host Conrad Colman about on their second Vendee Globe special episode.The biggest news of the week of course is that one of the hottest tipped race favourites Jérémie Beyou on Charal has been forced to return to Les Sables D’Olonne after suffering damage...
2020-11-1339 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastVendee Globe 2020-21 PreviewOn the eve of the start of the 2021-22 edition of the Vendee Globe solo, nonstop, around the world yacht race 2016-17 Vendee Globe skipper Conrad Colman joins regular host Justin Chisholm for the first of a special series of weekly Vendee Globe updates.With just one more night left to sleep ashore in a comfortable bed for the 33 solo skippers assembled in the start port of Les Sables D'Olonne Conrad describes what it is likely to be going through their minds as they count down the hours to the start.
2020-11-0755 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastKen ReadIn this episode Justin Chisholm’s guest is the world-renowned American yachtsman Ken Read. As well as winning nine world championship titles, taking part in multiple campaigns in the America’s Cup and The Ocean Race – Ken has also skippered iconic race boats like the record setting 100-footer Comanche and the stunning J-Class Hanuman. Aside from all that racing he also has one of the best jobs in sailing – as the President of the global North Sails empire. And if that were not enough, Read has al...
2020-11-021h 11
Yacht Racing Life PodcastSimon FisherJustin Chisholm’s guest on the show this time is British ocean racer Simon Fisher.SiFi – as he is universally known – is one of the world’s most well respected and best liked professional sailors and is very much sought after on the international Grand Prix racing circuit. He is though perhaps best known for around the world racing exploits which feature no less than five Volvo Ocean Race campaigns – including of course a resounding victory in the 2014-15 edition with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing. And now he...
2020-10-2353 minYacht Racing Life PodcastSimon FisherJustin Chisholm’s guest on the show this time is British ocean racer Simon Fisher.SiFi – as he is universally known – is one of the world’s most well respected and best liked professional sailors and is very much sought after on the international Grand Prix racing circuit. He is though perhaps best known for around the world racing exploits which feature no less than five Volvo Ocean Race campaigns – including of course a resounding victory in the 2014-15 edition with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing. And now he...
2020-10-2353 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastTerry HutchinsonThe latest episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast sees NYYC American Magic skipper Terry Hutchinson make a return appearance with an update on the US America's Cup syndicate’s response to the Covid-19 global pandemic. Speaking to Yacht Racing Life website editor and podcast host Justin Chisholm via Zoom from his home in Annapolis, Maryland on Memorial Day in the United States Hutchinson gives a characteristically frank and open assessment of the American campaign’s current status. During the fast paced 50-minute conversation the pair cover off a wide range...
2020-05-2652 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastBouwe BekkingOur guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast is the legendary Dutch ocean racing skipper Bouwe Bekking. Bekking is best known as an around-the-world race campaigner and has eight Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Races to his name. Even more impressive is his track record of results which features six top three overall finishes.2017-18 Brunel – 3rd2014-15 Brunel – 2nd 2008-09 Telefónica Blue – 3rd2005-06 movistar – 6th2001-02 A...
2020-05-011h 06
Yacht Racing Life PodcastBoris HerrmannBoris Herrmann is highly accomplished ocean racer with an impressive track record that includes competing in two double handed around the world races – the Global Ocean Race in 2014 (which he won with Felix Oehme) and the Barcelona World Race with Ryan Breymaier in 2010/11 when they finished fifth – and sailing over 80,000 miles with Italian legend Giovanni Soldini aboard his supercharged VO70 Maserati when they set a bagful of ocean passage records along the way. He has also sailed as part of Francis Joyon's crew on the maxi trimaran IDEC and led a campaign on the GC32 foiling catamaran circuit.
2020-04-2346 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastNicolai SehestedOur guest on Episode 13 of The Yacht Racing Podcast is Danish yachtsman Nicolai Sehested – a sailor who, despite having just reached the age of thirty, has already established himself as a major figure on the international professional sailing scene.Although he does not come from classic sailing family, Sehested began his competitive sailing career in Optimists before making his professional debut as a skipper on the World Match Racing Tour. From there he leapfrogged to ocean racing with two notable round the world Ocean Race campaigns – first with Team Vesta...
2020-04-1653 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastTom Burnham & Rome KirbyTom Burnham and Rome Kirby are, respectively, the coach and skipper of the American SailGP team.Burnham is an ex-Olympic campaigner who has been involved in four America’s Cup challenges – one with Young America, twice with Luna Rossa and once as head coach with Artemis RacingHe has also won multiple world championships in the Swan 45, TP52, and RC 44 classes and as a match racer.Kirby meanwhile is renowned in the professional yacht racing world as an America’s Cup winner, a Volvo Ocean...
2019-06-1834 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastConrad ColmanOn this episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast, host Justin Chisholm speaks to New Zealand solo ocean race skipper Conrad Colman.Colman is probably best known for his participation in the last Vendee Globe around the world race, when – despite being dismasted with fewer than a thousand miles to go – he jury rigged his stricken boat and made it to the finish line.In doing so he became the first person to complete the race using only renewable energy sources like hydro and solar power.No...
2019-05-1040 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastDylan Fletcher & Stuart BithellThe glamorous lifestyle of an Olympic campaigner is often described as “living the dream”, but if ever there were two people whose lives match up to that description it is British Olympic 49er pairing Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell.As well as winning the 49er World Championship in 2017 and being one of the hot favourites to represent Great Britian at Tokyo 2020, this dynamic duo are also a key part of the British SailGP crew – with Dylan on the wheel and Stu in the role of flight controller.Yacht Racing Podcas...
2019-03-0838 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastOcean Race UpdateOn this episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast we get an update on what’s been going on behind the scenes at The Ocean Race – the fully crewed around the world race formerly called the Volvo Ocean Race. Speaking to Yacht Racing Podcast host Justin Chisholm from the race’s HQ in Alicante in Spain are: Ocean Race executive director Richard Mason; IMOCA 60 class president Antoine Mermod; and race director at the Ocean Race, Phil Lawrence.Topics they discuss include: – why rumours circulating recently of a 12-mo...
2019-01-2442 min
Yacht Racing Life PodcastWill Harris, Ray Davies, Taylor Canfield & Mike BuckleyOn this episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast your host Justin Chisholm talks to:– British solo skipper Will Harris who recently announced that he has secured a sponsorship deal with British clean energy company Hive Energy to compete on the French dominated Figaro circuit in 2019– Emirates Team New Zealand sailor and coach Ray Davies about the current state of play as the current America’s Cup holders prepare to defend it on home waters in Auckland in 2021– young American sailors Taylor Canfield and Mike Buckley...
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