Sailjuice Talk

        Matt Sheahan is the producer of the World Sailing Show, working at Sunset & Vine in London. Here Matt chats with Sailjuice.com's Andy Rice about some of the goings on in the grand prix racing world at the end of 2017 and start of 2018...   Singlehanded around the world record - smashed again Last year Thomas Coville completed his 28,000 mile solo circumnavigation in 49 days, slashing 8 days off the previous best. Heralded as the performance of the decade, many believed that the new record would stand for a long time. But 12 months later and on his first attempt, Francois Gabart changed that and lowered the time even further, slicing more than 6 days off Coville’s record.   Star Sailors’ League – The world’s best go head to head Among the 25 strong fleet there were 25 Olympic medals on the start line, seven of them gold, while the list of World and European champions and offshore record holders read like the credits of a Hollywood movie. The message was clear – This was an impressive as