Tony Quinn

Tony Quinn

Author: Justin Chisholm January 14, 2025 Duration: 43:19
Yacht Racing Life Podcast
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Ever 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 the 37th America’s Cup Match. In the interview Tony shares what the high pressure chase boat driver role is all about and gives us a behind the scenes look at real life inside the highly professional environment of an America’s Cup team.

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Analysing the boldest America's Cup Protocol yet [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:35
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Supercharging the America's Cup [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:49
Justin 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.
Narrated story: Northern Raiders [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:01
Justin 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 Troph…
British Laser Olympian Micky Beckett [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:28
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SailGP Portsmouth Analysis [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:37
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Ken Read [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:15
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SailGP New York Analysis [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:50
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British Vendée Globe Skipper Sam Goodchild. [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:37
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Francesca Clapcich [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:53
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