Sailjuice Talk

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of 2022: sailing journalist Justin Chisholm of Yacht Racing Life talks with Andy Rice about the highs and lows of the sailboat racing world in the first almost-full season since the Covid pandemic. Justin and Andy talk America's Cup, Ocean Race, SailGP, the Olympic scene and a few more things in this wide-ranging and opinionated conversation about where sailing is today, and where it's going in 2023 and beyond... For more insights into the sailboat racing world, go to https://yachtracing.life, www.sailjuice.com, and RoadToGold.net    

Meet Yassine Derkaoui. The Moroccan Laser sailor broke the distance record, then he lost it. Now he wants it back. And he's prepared to go without any sleep and do battle with hallucinatory sea monsters in his bid to beat the 320-mile non-stop mark in a 13ft dinghy...  

It’s the second and final part of Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2021 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. ...  

    Mark Jardine talks with Andy Rice about the top stories of 2021 (measured by highest readership) from yachtsandyachting.com and sail-world.com.    This is Part 1, with stories No.10 going up to No.6.... Here are the articles mentioned in the podcast: Baron Benjamin de Rothschild passes away, founder and owner of the Gitana Team -https://www.sail-world.com/news/234533 Launch of the Maxi Banque Populaire XI -https://www.sail-world.com/news/237111 SailGP Bermuda: Dramatic onboard video of the collision between USA and Japan -https://www.sail-world.com/news/237050 Meet the Reverso Air - the world's fastest portable sailboat -https://www.sail-world.com/news/236716 MW40OF - New Foiling Offshore Sailboat Concept -https://www.sail-world.com/news/234298

Who's going to win the Medals at Tokyo 2020? That's what Andy Rice is discussing with TV commentators Alec Wilkinson (GBR) and Peter Lester (NZL). We go through all 10 sailing events and the Runners & Riders... © Sailing Energy/ World Sailing: Blanca Manchon (ESP) with Lilian de Geus (NED)

The Rio 2016 Olympic Champion doesn't think he's as good as you know he is, as he tells Sailjuice interviewer Mike Madge. "I always pay a price because I don't have very good eyes and not really a good memory." Despite his self-confessed failings, the humble Argentinean will start as one of the favourites for the Nacra 17 gold medal at Tokyo. Also, a really nice endorsement for Road To Gold from Santi (www.roadtogold.net) Watch the video version here: https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-santi-lange-race-defend-olympic-title  

Award-winning writer and blogger Carol Cronin asks Andy Rice about the Road To Gold project he put together in late 2020 with three-time 470 World Champion Hamish Willcox. A former Olympian in her own right, Carol talks to Andy about Hamish's processes and how he works with Pete Burling and Blair Tuke across their world-beating Olympic 49er and America's Cup campaigns...

It’s the second and final part of Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2020 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. In Part 2 we cover stories No.5 up to No.1, taking in everything from the dramatic rescue in the Vendee Globe to the Greed for Speed in many different forms...   There’s also a plug for Andy’s new online course that he’s put together with Hamish Willcox - Pete Burling and Blair Tuke’s coach in their world-beating 49er Olympic campaign. To find out more about Road To Gold, go to www.roadtogold.net

It’s that time again for Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2020 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. In Part 1 we cover stories No.10 up to No.6, taking in everything from the explosion of interest in doublehanded offshore racing to round-the-world nostalgia and the latest attempt to push the speed sailing barrier of 65.45 knots...   There’s also a plug for Andy’s new online course that he’s put together with Hamish Willcox - Pete Burling and Blair Tuke’s coach in their world-beating 49er Olympic campaign. See if you can spot the ‘mystery names’ endorsing Road To Gold, then go to www.roadtogold.net to see if you’re right!  

Podcast: Update on the Vendée, America's Cup latest & Selden Sailjuice Winter Series. Andy Rice enjoys a lockdown chat with Mark Jardine of Sail-World.com   Listen in here, or go to the link below for the YouTube version of the podcast: https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-vendee-americas-cup-dinghy-racing-uk-november      

Mark Jardine joins with Andy Rice to see how the sailing world is coping in the virtual world forced by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. While most events are suffering, could the Vendee Globe actually profit from the strange circumstances that we're facing?   You can also watch the video of this podcast here: https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/cv19-could-send-vendee-globe-stratospheric   HIGHLIGHTS 2:34  The Lockdown Cup - Virtual showdown between Olympians and Weekend Warriors, but who’s best at e-Sailing? 5:20  Which 470 Olympic medallist is obsessed with Whiskey? 6:08  How Olympic coach Hugh Styles is using Virtual Regatta to coach some of his clients in the subtleties of tactics and strategy 10:45  Andy Rice has been doing Zoom interviews with top Olympic sailors including Olympic Champion Nathan Outteridge, Nacra 17 World Champion Vittorio Bissaro and many others. 16:50  What future for the Selden Sailjuice Winter Series this November? 19:50  Andy has also been interviewing offshore heroe

© Michael Chittenden: 18ft skiffs on Sydney Harbour for the JJ Giltinan Trophy   Andy Rice & Mark Jardine discuss a rapidly changing world held in the grip of coronavirus, and celebrate the fact that the 18ft skiffs still competed on Sydney Harbour for the JJ Giltinan Trophy. Andy & Mark also ask if it's still OK to go sailing out of your own club, or if we should be pursuing self-isolation under all circumstances... You can also watch the video of this podcast here: https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-sailing-adjusts-coronavirus-world      

Mark Jardine from Sail-World.com joins Andy Rice to look back on their favourite bits of an RYA Dinghy Show in North London. Storm Jorge, not even Coronavirus, could stop the die-hards from turning up at a show which has become an annual pilgrimage for UK dinghy sailors, and plenty of overseas visitors too... For videos, boat walk-thrus and exclusive interviews from the Dinghy Show, go to Sailjuice.com  

In the last podcast before Christmas, Andy Rice joins with fellow sailing journalist James Boyd and Mark Jardine, managing editor of Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com to look back on an extraordinary 10 years of sailing. The first big moment of the decade was the America's Cup match between those mighty multihulls created by Alinghi and BMW Oracle. At the other end of the decade we saw the emergence of the SailGP circuit. Despite being a bit the worse for wear the morning after the night before of their Christmas party, Andy, James and Mark look at many high points - from the Olympic Games of 2012 and 2016 to the big round the world races such as the Volvo and the Vendée, the enormous developments in foiling. And the often overlooked but incredible feat of Paul Larsen when he smashed the outright speed sailing record, raising the bar to more than 65 knots with the breathtaking Vestas Sailrocket. Warning: This is a long podcast! But then it's Christmas, and we thought you deserved it! You can also d

In the second and concluding part of the Top 10 biggest stories of 2019, the list from 5 to 1 looks like more familiar territory (compared with some of the wild and wacky revelations in Part 1), although there are still some notable events missing from the list. Quizzed by Andy Rice, Mark Jardine reveals the most-read stories in 2019 from his successful news websites, Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com....  

Following on from last year's roundup of the Top 10 big stories in the sailing world, Mark Jardine shares the most-read stories in 2019 from Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com. Mark and Andy Rice look at the stories from 10 up to 6, and there are quite a few surprises and interlopers in this elite group of stories.... For more insights from the grand prix racing world, go to www.sailjuice.com To find out more about Mark's uber-successful websites, go to www.sail-world.com and www.yachtsandyachting.com    

It's hard to recall a grand prix circuit that has hit the water running at such a pace as SailGP. The conclusion of Season 1 in Marseille was a nailbiter, especially for an Aussie supporter like Nic Douglass, Sailor Girl herself. Nic wanted to cheer for Tom Slingsby and Team Australia, but equally for another Aussie skipper Nathan Outteridge, at the helm of Team Japan. Nic and Andy Rice look back on the first season and wonder what's going to happen for Season 2 as SailGP moves to establish itself as a truly commercially viable circuit.... For more from Sailor Girl, https://www.facebook.com/sailorgirlHQ/ For more insights from the grand prix racing world, go to www.sailjuice.com      

“Dark.” That’s how Dylan Fletcher described his mood soon after coming ashore from a deeply disappointing day on the water at SailGP. Andy Rice of SailJuice.com was there to report on the action. Since its glitzy launch last autumn next to London’s Tower Bridge, SailGP has burst on to the scene at an adrenalin-rushing pace. Even for us lifelong sailors gazing slack-jawed at the action from the Cowes shore, the sight of Tom Slingsby steering Team Australia across the finish line at just over 50 knots was breathtaking. Andy Rice interviewed a number of the key players after a big day out on the Solent for the foiling F50 catamarans...   HERE'S THE RUNNING ORDER OF THE PODCAST... Now Fletcher has never been one to hide his feelings. His mood is generally written across his face, as it was at the end of a stormy and - for him - a deeply unsatisfactory day in Cowes. He told me in the media centre afterwards: “I think the only day that comes close to this is when we capsized in the Rio Medal Race.” Fletcher

David Askew has to pinch himself that - along with his brother and co-owner Peter - he keeps on winning major offshore races with his VO70 Wizard. This is the Volvo Open 70, Groupama, which won the Volvo Ocean Race in 2011/12 before the round-the-world format switched to the VO65 one-designs. Of course it was going to be a solid offshore boat, but for it to perform so well to IRC - a rule it wasn't designed for - must come as a surprise even to the Askews. We spoke to David just after he won the Rolex Fastnet Race in Plymouth.... For more in-depth interviews with great sailors from all parts of the racing world, go to www.sailjuice.com  

In July 2018, just two days after her 25th birthday Nikki Henderson became the youngest skipper ever to complete an around the world race when she finished second in the 2017/18 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. According to Nikki, good leadership is not about barking orders, it’s about fostering an atmosphere of shared responsibility and finding out what really motivates the individuals on your team. The more you seek to understand your crew, the more respect you are likely to earn from them. Once you have that respect, you can inspire your team to create and buy into a shared vision of success. There were plenty of moments in the Clipper Race when she experienced the loneliness of the long-distance skipper, the burden of feeling like you always need to be ready with the right answer for any given situation. But Nikki also learned a lot about herself and the application of good leadership during that gruelling circumnavigation...