Ken Read
In 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 – Ke…
Ocean Race Update
On 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-month delay to the next edition of the race are unfounded– what the course for the next race might be and when it will be announced– how many teams the race organisers are hoping for in both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 fleets– what sort of budgets are being sought for by the IMOCA 60 teams– the possibility of an Around Europe Race in 2023 to mark the-around-the-world race’s 50th anniversaryAll that and very much more…
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Simon Fisher
Justin 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…
Terry Hutchinson
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Bouwe Bekking
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Boris Herrmann
Boris 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 th…
Nicolai Sehested
Our 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 internation…
Tom Burnham & Rome Kirby
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Ed Baird
American sailor Ed Baird is the man who coached Team New Zealand to victory in the 1995 America’s Cup and then two cycles later in 2007 helped defeat the Kiwis as helmsman of the Swiss challenger Alinghi. In the eighties…
Conrad Colman
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Dylan Fletcher & Stuart Bithell
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Ben Ainslie
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Terry Hutchinson
As well as winning countless world championships in a long and illustrious career American yachtsman Terry Hutchinson has also been involved in four America’s Cup campaigns, but is perhaps best known recently for his lea…
Ian Walker
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Will Harris, Ray Davies, Taylor Canfield & Mike Buckley
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Emily Nagel
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