Vendee Globe 2020-21 Week 3

Vendee Globe 2020-21 Week 3

Author: Justin Chisholm November 27, 2020 Duration: 37:21
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On 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 in the race – albeit hundreds of miles behind the leader•How the damage to the port foil on second-placed Thomas Ruyant’s LinkedOut may impact his chances of a podium result•Justin quizzes Conrad on exactly what it is like to race solo through the Southern Ocean    •The pair’s excitement over the Gitana and Sodebo Ultim crews setting off on their quest to complete a lap of the world in under 40 days All this and more besides….

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Alex Thomson [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:17
Justin 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 h…
Ed Gorman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:33:04
Justin 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 ge…
Sam Holliday [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:51
Justin 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…
Andy Rice – Tokyo 2020 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:22
Justin 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 s…
Paul Larsen [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:20
It was back in 2012 that Paul piloted the revolutionary Vestas Sailrocket 2 to a new outright world record speed of 65.54 knots to become the fastest man on the water.That record still stands and in our interview Paul mu…
Leon Sefton [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:58
Justin 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 p…
Hannah Diamond [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:00
Justin 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 rang…
Neal McDonald [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:08
The 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…
Charlie Dalin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:24
Justin 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 th…
Ray Davies [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:59
Justin 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 w…

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