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Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 52 - Glenn Ashby and the land speed recordThe number 202.9 might not mean a lot to most but is a figure Glenn Ashby has become obsessed about. The two-time America’s Cup winner is now leading a group from Emirates Team New Zealand trying to break the wind powered land speed record. They need to go faster than 202.9km/h on the salt flats of Lake Gairdner in South Australia to do it.
Glenn joins us for this episode of Broad Reach Radio to talk about why he and Emirates Team New Zealand are chasing this record, what they need to do to break it an...2022-10-141h 06
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 51 - Simon Gundry and Ceramco New ZealandNew Zealand has a proud tradition in the round the world race and a lot of that started with Ceramco New Zealand in the early 1980s – the first New Zealand-flagged boat to compete in the gruelling event. It was a campaign headed up by Sir Peter Blake and something that captured the imagination of Kiwis everywhere. But disaster struck on the first leg of the race when the boat’s mast came down in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean as the team were vying for the lead. It was a devastating blow for the crew, including Simon Gundry who...2022-08-191h 16
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 50 - Karl BudgeKarl Budge doesn’t purport to be much of a sailor, but he is one of this country’s leading event organisers having previously turned the ASB Classic into one of the world’s best tennis tournaments. He consistently attracted some of the world’s top tennis players to this country and now he’s looking to sprinkle his magic dust on the New Zealand leg of SailGP.
Karl talks about why he got involved in SailGP and what his vision is for the New Zealand legs that will be held in alternating years between Christchurch and Auckland...2022-07-221h 15
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 49 - Mike SandersonMike Sanderson is one of the most successful sailors of his generation. He’s a former World Sailor of the Year, two-time winner of the round the world race including when he skippered ABN Amro to victory in the 2005/06 Volvo Ocean Race, been involved in multiple America’s Cup campaigns, a record breaker, a successful maxi yacht skipper and now co-owner and CEO of Doyle Sails.
Mike has plenty of stories to tell, and we touch on a few of those in this podcast, from why he left school early and how he earned his ticket alongside many...2022-05-271h 30
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 48 - Sharon Ferris-ChoatThere’s not a lot Sharon Ferris-Choat hasn’t done in sailing. She’s a two-time Olympian, first woman to be part of a team to win a round the world race, world distance record breaker and the first woman to skipper a GC32 team. And she’s not done yet.
The Northlander talks about how she stumbled into the sport, how she found herself at the Atlanta Olympics only two-and-a-half years after committing to an Olympic campaign, her long association with the legendary Tracy Edwards and what’s still left on her bucket list. There have been plent...2022-05-131h 12
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 47 - Jo AlehJo Aleh always maintained she hadn’t retired when she stepped away from top-level sailing after the 2016 Rio Olympics but it was still a surprise in some circles when she announced earlier this year she was targeting a third Olympic medal in Paris. Rather than do it in the 470, the boat in which she and Polly Powrie excelled for so long, Jo has taken up a fresh challenge and jumped in a 49erFX with fellow Rio medallist Molly Meech.
Jo talks in this podcast about what drew her back to the top level of the sport, what it...2022-04-1559 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 46 - Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (49er sailing)Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are never far from the action, whether it’s the America’s Cup, SailGP or in their environmental work, but the spotlight for this episode of Broad Reach Radio is on their Olympic sailing in the 49er.
We take a look back on where it all began for one of the world’s most successful partnerships, some of the challenges they faced in the early days when some wondered if they could actually realise their potential and how they went on to become so dominant. They delve into that golden period between the Lo...2022-03-181h 00
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 45 - Steve Ashley and the 1979 Fastnet RaceSteve Ashley was an 18-year-old sailmaker living in England when he was asked to crew on a 34-foot yacht for the 1979 Fastnet Race. Little did he know, like the rest of those scattered on the 303 boats who took part that year, he was about to be involved in one of the most notorious races of all time and one that led to the largest combined rescue operation since the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.
Steve talks about the leadup to that race, the fact they received no warning about the ferocity of the storm they were sailing into...2022-03-041h 25
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand Podcastp 44 - Dan BernasconiThe America’s Cup has long been at the cutting edge of yacht racing and we’ve seen incredible development over the last decade or so and a lot of that has to do with Dan Bernasconi. Dan is head designer at Emirates Team New Zealand and played a large hand in things like the evolution of foiling in the America’s Cup, the use of cyclors on Team New Zealand’s boat for the Bermuda campaign in 2017 as well as the design of the AC75 monohulls used in the last edition in Auckland.
Dan’s route to the Ame...2022-02-0457 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 43 - Andy VenturaAndy Ventura sailed solo from New Zealand to the UK via the Southern Ocean so he could get to his mother’s 80th birthday party in the middle of a global pandemic. As you might imagine, it was a remarkable and sometimes dramatic journey. He experienced everything from being becalmed in the Southern Ocean to raging storms, capsizes to concussion, and also endured some worrying equipment failure that could have led to an altogether different outcome.
Andy talks about how he prepared for the journey, what life was like on board his 35-foot yacht and how he dea...2022-01-211h 01
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 42 - Erica DawsonIt’s fair to say Erica Dawson has had a big year in 2021 for a number of different reasons. She broke her leg in a training accident only five weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, but made a speedy recovery to take her place alongside Micah Wilkinson in the Nacra 17. She also joined the New Zealand SailGP Team and made history when she became the first Kiwi woman to compete in the high-octane sailing circuit.
Erica reflects on the last 18 months, the highs and the lows. She talks about what it was like to be selected for the Ol...2021-12-1048 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 41 - Tom SaundersA couple of weeks ago, Tom Saunders became just the second New Zealander to win the Laser world title in nearly 50 years of trying. It was a breakthrough result for the 29-year-old and sets him up nicely as he not only tries to go to his first Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 but also win a medal for his country.
Tom has been on the circuit for the best part of a decade and talks about his experiences in that time – how he’s coped with disappointments after finding success came quite easily to him as a youn...2021-11-2649 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 40 - Roger ‘Clouds‘ BadhamRoger ‘Clouds’ Badham is one of the world’s pre-eminent meteorologists and was also the first person to forecast for yachties and boaties on a fulltime basis. His 50-year involvement in the sport has seen him work on 10 America’s Cups, nine Olympics Games, more than 40 Sydney to Hobart races and countless world championships and big events. He’s been a critical member of Team New Zealand for 20 years, helping them firstly win the Cup in Bermuda in 2017 and then retain it earlier this year in Auckland, and has also worked with New Zealand’s top Olympic campaigners for the last fiv...2021-11-121h 10
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 39 - Martin TaskerMartin Tasker spent most of his time behind a microphone, having commentated and presented news stories on anything from the America’s and Admiral's Cup to the Ocean Race and Olympics. In fact, in his time as a reporter with TVNZ, he produced close to 5500 stories, many of them about yachting. He lifted the lid on a number of news breaks, like the time Russell Coutts and Brad Butterworth were lured to Alinghi, but was equally happy telling the story about something happening at grassroots level.
Martin talks about his career as both a yachting reporter and co...2021-10-291h 13
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 38 - Leah Fanstone and Keryn McMasterLeah Fanstone (nee Newbold) and Keryn McMaster were trailblazers for New Zealand women’s offshore sailing in the 1990s. The pair notched up two laps each around the globe in the Whitbread Round the World Race, once together on the all-women’s crew on board EF Education, and they tell their stories from those epic races in this episode of Broad Reach Radio.
None of those circumnavigations were particularly easy, as they battled a catalogue of bad luck, breakages and broken promises, not to mention old-fashioned attitudes, but they made a big statement for women’s sailing. Leah a...2021-09-171h 19
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 37 - Chris BouzaidChris Bouzaid has been called the father of New Zealand international keelboat yachting who inspired the likes of Sir Peter Blake and Grant Dalton. He was the first non-Australian to win the Sydney-Hobart Race, first non-European to win the One Ton Cup which, in those days, sat only behind the America’s Cup in terms of importance, and was part of the New Zealand team that finished 1, 2, 3 at the 1971 Sydney-Hobart Race, something that had never been done before, and which saw New Zealand claim the Southern Cross Cup. These achievements saw Chris named New Zealand sportsman of the year in...2021-09-031h 17
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 36 - Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan WillcoxFinishing fourth at an Olympic Games is one of the hardest things for any athlete to go through and, unfortunately, it’s what happened to Paul Snow-Hansen and Dan Willcox at the recent Tokyo Olympics. What made it even more emotional was the fact the medal race was probably the last time the pair will sail a 470 competitively together with the class going to a mixed format for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Paul and Dan are presently in MIQ in Christchurch but Broad Reach Radio caught up with them just before they left Enoshima, the sailing venue for th...2021-08-091h 04
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 35 - Tom AshleyThe Olympics have played a large part in Tom Ashley’s life, firstly as a competitor and Olympic gold medallist, then as an international coach and now as a CEO of a national sporting organisation with high hopes of success in Tokyo. In this episode of Broad Reach Radio, we talk to Tom about the many layers to his journey, from growing up in the sport at a time of remarkable success in this country and his non-conventional approaches to training to achieving his lifelong goal and then rather stumbling into coaching in a vastly different environment to the on...2021-07-091h 05
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 34 - John CutlerFew people have done as much in sailing as John Cutler. He’s been involved in five America’s Cups and will next month go to his fifth Olympics – he came home from his first in 1988 with a medal – and is also a multiple world champion and Admiral's Cup winner. On top of that, John has been a professional sailor for more than 30 years, and also been heavily involved as a coach and official.
John talks about his journey, from lanky teenager who discovered the sport after moving to New Zealand to his place now as an elder st...2021-06-241h 08
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 33 - Suzanne McFaddenSuzanne McFadden has been instrumental in the upsurge in coverage of women's sport in this country and was recently named New Zealand sport journalist of the year. She's also had a long association with sailing, having reported on the sport since the early 1990s.
Suzanne writes almost exclusively about women’s sport these days, and talks in this podcast about a range of topics from quotas in professional sailing to the dangers of an unhealthy lifestyle for top athletes and what more can be done to shine a light on females. She also dives into a number of...2021-06-111h 14
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 32 - Tim Dempsey and Brendan TourelleThousands of people with disabilities go sailing every year and it’s a side of our sport that is growing all the time as people experience a level of freedom and control that can be hard for them to find elsewhere in life. Tim Dempsey and Brendan Tourelle both play major roles in Sailability, the name given to sailing for people with disabilities, and talk in this podcast about who can participate, the technology used, where the sport can take them and what it is even like to get out on the water.
Both Tim and Brendan br...2021-05-281h 22
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 31 - Peter MontgomeryPeter Montgomery has the most recognisable voice in world sailing and is known colloquially as the Voice of the America’s Cup, having commentated the last 13 editions of the Auld Mug. But he’s much more than that having also been involved in the broadcast of all 13 round the world races and the last 10 Olympic Games, not to mention countless All Blacks tests and weekend sports shows.
Peter delves into some of the highlights of his 51-year broadcasting career, how he stumbled into the industry, how he pioneered many of the approaches to modern broadcasting and his rela...2021-05-141h 52
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 30 - Rosie ChapmanStatistics show the number of females who belong to yachting and boating clubs in this country drops from about 30 percent at youth level to 20 percent at senior level. This is something clubs and Yachting New Zealand are trying to address and leading a lot of the work in this area is Rosie Chapman.
Rosie is the women’s sailing manager and Laser Radial coach at Yachting New Zealand and is focused on attracting more female participants, retaining those already sailing and also advancing equal opportunities. We talk about a range of things in this podcast from quotas an...2021-04-3048 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 29 - Max SirenaMax Sirena is an America’s Cup survivor, having done seven campaigns with various teams, but he has a burning desire to win the America’s Cup with an Italian team. He got close recently, taking Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli to the America’s Cup match, but ultimately came up short against Emirates Team New Zealand.
The team boss dissects Luna Rossa’s campaign in this podcast - the dual helmsman strategy, their top speed, the pivotal race eight when they led by nearly nine minutes only to lose and what happened for his relationship with Emirates Team New...2021-04-161h 08
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 28 - Dr Dave AustinDave Austin is well known to many in the New Zealand and Australian sailing communities as Dr Dave. He’s sailed more than 40,000 offshore miles, done a number of Sydney Hobart races, a couple of two-handed Round North Island races and raced up to the Pacific Islands multiple times. He’s also one of the pre-eminent intensive care specialists in Australasia and in 2019 was nominated for Australian of the Year despite being a Kiwi.
Dr Dave, who has assisted with a number of medical emergencies at sea and been Yachting New Zealand’s medical officer since 2015, talks about...2021-04-021h 07
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 27 - Elana ConnorElana Connor’s story is a remarkable and powerful one. Born into a violent family where she feared for her life, she ran away from home as a teenager and bounced around foster homes until she reached 18 and was told to fend for herself. By accident, she discovered sailing and it’s given her purpose and direction.
Elana arrived in New Zealand at the end of 2019 as she circumnavigated the globe and has been here ever since. She’s now close to finishing a figure eight of New Zealand and along the way has been casting light on the...2021-03-191h 21
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 26 - Simon van VelthoovenSimon van Velthooven has made an art form out of turning pedals. In a past life he was a world-class track cyclist, winning Olympic, world championship and Commonwealth Games medals. Now he’s a sailor with Emirates Team New Zealand and next week will help them defend the America’s Cup against Luna Rossa.
The 32-year-old made a name for himself as a top cyclist, highlighted by the bronze medal he won in the keirin at the 2012 London Olympics. He was involved during the emergence of the highly-successful New Zealand track cycling programme and he delves into that...2021-03-0552 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 25 - Shirley RobertsonShirley Robertson is one of the most recognisable voices in the sailing world, as a commentator for anything from the Olympics and America’s Cup to magazine shows and SailGP. She’s also one of the most successful female sailors of all time, having won two Olympic titles and been named female world sailor of the year. There are so many layers to her story, and she talks about her work as a broadcaster, including her present role as part of the commentary team for the America’s Cup in Auckland, and delves into her experiences as a sailor which...2021-02-191h 16
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 24 - Jim TurnerJim Turner was a leading figure in American Magic's challenge for the America’s Cup, which ended last week when they were eliminated from the Prada Cup. Jim talks about his experiences and observations with the team, including the dramatic capsize that almost saw their boat sink, the impact it had on the team and their incredible recovery to get back on the start line.
Jim has been involved in three America’s Cup campaigns, starting with the British challenge in 2003, and he talks about how the competition has changed over that time and where he sees it g...2021-02-0557 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 23 - Nigel BlackbournNigel Blackbourn has been involved in the superyacht industry for a large part of his 40 years at sea. He’s worked for some of the wealthiest people in the world, including the Qatari royal family, overseeing the running of 19 superyachts and hundreds of staff. He was also team boss of the German America’s Cup team in 2007 and more latterly has been captain of the famous schooner Altair, which is often seen as the vessel that set the standard for classic yacht restorations.
Nigel talks about what got him into the industry, what it was like to work...2020-12-1855 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 22 - Conrad ColmanConrad Colman astonished the sailing world with his feats in the last Vendee Globe, the single-handed, non-stop race around the world. He faced a catalogue of challenges, from being swept overboard at night in the Southern Ocean, to constant capsizing when his auto pilot played up, a fire on board, his mast nearly coming down in 60+ plus knots in the remotest place on Earth, being dismasted less than 1000 miles from home and then running out of food.
The Crazy Kiwi, as he’s known among the fleet, dives into some of these amazing episodes of misadventure but als...2020-11-271h 22
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 21 - 1987 Admiral's CupIn 1987 New Zealand won the Admiral's Cup, considered the world championships of keelboat sailing, for the first and only time. It was something New Zealand had been chasing since the mid-1970s and in 1987 it all came together through a combination of good designs, good boats, good team culture and good sailors. The one-tonner Propaganda was the top boat at the regatta and had a top-class crew including Peter Lester on helm and Ross Field on main sheet. Peter and Ross reminisce about the brutal nature of the New Zealand trials, racing in the Solent and the famous Fastnet...2020-10-301h 04
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 20 - Coastal Classic SpecialIn this podcast we bring you a special edition on New Zealand’s great race. The Coastal Classic was first contested in 1982 and now attracts more than 150 boats for the annual blast up the coast from Auckland to the Bay of Islands.
Matthew Flynn took part in the very first race and was also on the organising committee that brought it all together and he's still doing both all these years later. Matthew talks about the race’s origins, some of the changes over the time and what makes it so special, and also explains why he's take...2020-10-1659 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 19 - Nathan OutteridgeNathan Outteridge is one of the world's top sailors, having been an Olympic 49er champion and four-time world champion, skipper of two America’s Cup campaigns and now skipper and chief executive of the Japan SailGP team. He talks about his journey in this podcast, from training with a young Peter Burling and Blair Tuke and having three America’s Cup syndicates all chasing him at the same time to his superstitions and why he is seemingly so calm on a boat.
But he also reflects on the low moments, like the time he was involved in a se...2020-09-181h 14
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 18 - Graeme SinclairGraeme Sinclair is a boatie who has been the face of the television show Gone Fishing for 27 years, presented various documentaries, been involved in environmental and charity work and written a number of books. He even had a stint as a weatherman. But he’s also done a lot of it living with multiple sclerosis.
Graeme talks about his relationship with the ocean and how that has evolved over time. He also traces the background to Gone Fishing, why it has proved so popular both here and overseas and how he, a salesman, ended up presenting the sh...2020-09-041h 18
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 17 - Sally GarrettSally Garrett is best known for her exploits in short-handed sailing, being the only woman to have competed in two Round New Zealand races, and she’s also sailed in three Round North Island races. On top of that, she’s the reigning women’s national keelboat champion, been involved in leading clubs and organising offshore races and was the leading female helm at the last Flying 15 world championships. But Sally also works as an environmental scientist with the defence technology agency and studies the waves, tides and weather in the Southern Ocean in order to make it safer for pe...2020-08-2154 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 16 - Alistair MooreAlistair Moore is probably best described as a sailing adventurer. He's amassed over 300,000 nautical miles at sea and was a member of Blake Expeditions for two years before the ill-fated trip to the Amazon in 2001 when Sir Peter Blake was killed by pirates.
Alistair talks about how he was invited to join Blake Expeditions and the joy of working with his childhood hero as well as what happened in the Amazon. He also talks about his determination to try to continue Peter Blake's work after his death and how it brought him to work with the NZ...2020-08-071h 23
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 15 - Barbara KendallBarbara Kendall is the rainbow girl of New Zealand sailing, collecting the full range of Olympic medals during an illustrious career, and she's also the only Kiwi woman to win medals at three consecutive Olympics and only New Zealand female to go to five Olympic Games. On top of that, Barbara won 11 windsurfing world championships medals, four of them gold, and 25 national titles. For most of the past 15 years she’s been heavily involved with the International Olympic Committee, and more latterly has been a vice president of the International Surfing Federation, playing a key role in surfing’s incl...2020-07-241h 07
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 14 - Harold BennettHarold Bennett is best known for being the principal race officer for five America’s Cup between 2000 and 2013. He was front and centre for Team New Zealand’s first defence of the Cup and also their dramatic loss in San Francisco more than a decade later meaning he oversaw racing as it transformed from monohulls to foliling catamarans. But there’s a lot more to Harold than the America’s Cup. He was this country’s first professional sailing coach, is credited with establishing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s youth training programme, coached at five Olympic Games and more lat...2020-07-101h 27
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 13 - Hamish WillcoxHamish Willcox has achieved incredible success in the sport as both a sailor and coach. He won three 470 world titles with David Barnes in the early 1980s, was involved with four America’s Cups campaigns and even sailed in the Round the World Race. Since moving into coaching, he’s been to seven Olympic Games and helped his athletes win multiple world championships titles, including Peter Burling and Blair Tuke who have dominated the 49er class for most of the last decade. He talks about his phenomenal success as a sailor but frustrations at never going to an Olympics as an...2020-07-031h 22
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 12 - Jenny ArmstrongJenny Armstrong competed at two Olympic Games, one for New Zealand and another for Australia. She went to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics under the New Zealand flag and finished fourth in the Europe dinghy. Eight years later she was sailing at 'home' in Sydney for Australia and winning gold in the women’s 470 with Belinda Stowell. The pair are now members of Australia Sailing’s Hall of Fame. Armstrong’s decision to switch allegiance is one that still irks her but she says it’s one she would still make today if facing the same circumstances.
She goes into the...2020-06-2654 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 11 - Nick Egnot-JohnsonNick Egnot-Johnson has been second in the world match racing rankings since October 2019, something he achieved when he was still 21. But Nick rather fell into match racing because of an unfortunate set of circumstances. He talks about his earlier days, what influence his mother Leslie Egnot had on him, his Olympic ambitions and how he got into match racing. He also delves into how he found himself racing, and often beating, some of the world’s best at the Congressional Cup when a relative unknown, the times he’s felt like a salesman trying to get into events and the am...2020-06-1939 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 10 - Aaron McIntoshAaron McIntosh has worn a series of different hats throughout his career. As an athlete, he won three windsurfing world titles in the 1990s and went on to win bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. For the last decade he’s been the windsurfing coach with the Dutch national team and achieved incredible success, delivering multiple world and Olympic titles. More latterly, Aaron has been an advocate for windfoiling, pushing for the class to replace the RS:X on the Olympic programme, which was confirmed late last year for the 2024 Paris Olympics. We talk to Aaron about his journey to the...2020-06-121h 09
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 9 - Justina KitchenJustina Kitchen has rapidly established herself as one of the world's best female kitefoilers and has her sights on the 2024 Paris Olympics. It will be her third attempt at competing at an Olympic Games after previous attempts in windsurfing but this campaign is completely different and she does it as a mum of two young girls. Justina talks about growing up as the daughter of two-time Olympic medallist Rex Sellers, coping with Olympic dreams being shattered then acceptance that going to a Games just wasn't meant to be and now renewed hope of achieving that ambition with the goalposts...2020-06-0552 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 8 - Josh Junior and Andy MaloneyJosh Junior and Andy Maloney both wear a couple of different sailing hats these days. Both are America’s Cup winners with Emirates Team New Zealand and they're also among the world’s best Finn sailors, with Josh becoming the first Kiwi to win the prestigious Finn Gold Cup in 2019 and Andy currently ranked third in the world. They talk about their pathway to the top, weight gain, riding bikes on boats, their Olympic experiences and what the 12-month delay to the Tokyo Games means for them, getting to grips with a new class and, like everyone on the show...2020-05-2944 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 7 - Leslie EgnotLast week marked the 25th anniversary of Team New Zealand's victory at the 1995 America’s Cup but that was only one of a number of major storylines during a dramatic event. Leslie Egnot was skipper and helm of America3, a women’s team who came agonisingly close to beating Dennis Conner and Stars and Stripes for the right to defend the Cup against Team New Zealand. In many ways, that team became a symbol for feminism, not only in sailing, yet they encountered so many obstacles along the way, whether it was gender stereotypes or some pretty unkind jibes from...2020-05-2247 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 6 - Sam and Molly MeechSam and Molly Meech are best known for winning bronze and silver respectively at the 2016 Rio Olympics but they also spent seven years as youngsters sailing around the world before returning to New Zealand and making a name for themselves in the youth and Olympics classes. They talk about their upbringing, being accosted by the military in the Red Sea, going to school for the first time when Sam was 12, being part of the highly-successful generation of sailors to come out of Tauranga, their experiences at the Rio Olympics and their achievements and challenges on the world stage.
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Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 5 - Glenn AshbyGlenn Ashby is New Zealand's favourite Australian sailor and in 2017 skippered Emirates Team New Zealand to victory in the America's Cup in Bermuda. In this podcast, Glenn talks about that campaign and how things are shaping up for the next one but also delves into his background, his love of motorbikes, winning the first of his 17 world titles on his first overseas trip as a green 18-year-old, the impact of missing out on winning gold at the Beijing Olympics and what it was like for the boy from Bendigo to get immersed in the big business world of the...2020-05-0855 min
Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 4 - Bianca CookIn 2018 Bianca Cook became the first Kiwi woman since 2001/02 to compete in the Ocean Race and now she's looking to be the first Kiwi woman to skipper a boat in the iconic round the world race. She talks about her plans for the next Ocean Race but also shares her experiences from her first trip around the globe, looking at some of the highs and the lows. And like all guests, Bianca dives into her world wipeout ever.
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Broad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 3 - Phil RobertsonPhil Robertson is a Kiwi sailor in demand as a multiple world world champion, SailGP skipper and former world No 1 match racer, but it wasn't always an easy pathway to the top. He talks about his journey in the sport as well as the time he was rescued by the Auckland police boat, his run-in with Sir Ben Ainsley and what it was like to get his hands on the flying SailGP catamaran for the first time. He also tells his story of his worst wipeout ever, and it's not a pretty one.
2020-04-2453 minBroad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEp 2 - Jo Aleh and Polly PowrieTeam Jolly (Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie) went into the 2016 Rio Olympics as one of the favourites for gold but plenty went against them in a dramatic regatta that saw them disqualified from two races. Somehow, though, they managed to secure silver in a result they look back on as their proudest achievement. Jo and Polly reflect on what happened in Rio and then talk about the many challenges they have faced adjusting to life away from Olympic campaigning.
2020-04-1747 minBroad Reach Radio - The Yachting New Zealand PodcastEpisode 1 - Peter Burling and Blair TukePeter Burling and Blair Tuke are Olympic champions, multiple world champions and America's Cup winners and in 2018/19 they attempted to add Volvo Ocean Race champions to that list. Listen to their experiences of that race and what impact it had on them as people and sailors.
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