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Wild Finish to Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta 2021

The twelfth edition of the Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta concluded today in a strong and gusty southerly, with the sporty conditions testing the sailors who did take to the water to race. “It’s called Sail Paradise, not Survive Paradise” commented Race Officer, Southport Yacht Club’s own Mark Dingley at the skippers briefing ahead of racing, where the organisers opted to keep the…
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Adventures Weekly: Big Boat Wrap

For Adventures Weekly on 11 December – we recapped a massive week of sailing – well it felt like it after so long! We dived in behind-the-scenes at the Grinders Coffee SOLAS Big Boat Challenge, including our interviews with all of the skippers, plus our Vendée Globe updates, being on-site for the VX One Australia NSW State Champs at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club – RPAYC and…
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Adventures Weekly: Jessica Watson

With the Vendée Globe in focus this week, it was brilliant to have Jessica Watson on our Adventures Weekly show on Friday to chat about her incredible record-breaking solo non-stop and unassisted round-the-world adventure ten years ago as a 16-year-old. Jess in her words is an “ordinary girl who went out and achieved her goals”, a great way to look at life and how you can break it all…
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Special Edition Interview with Stars+Stripes Team USA

Adventures Weekly on 5 November 2020 included a special show line up with the entire Stars + Stripes Team USA; Taylor Canfield, Mike Buckley, Victor Diaz de Leon, Erik Shampain and Michael Menninger, fresh from their win in the 70th Bermuda Gold Cup, which this year was also the World Championship for the World Match Racing Tour. The whole team joined Nic to chat about their latest win (their…
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Adventures Weekly: Victor Kovalenko

For Adventures Weekly on 22 August 2020 we were excited to welcome Victor Kovalenko – the “Medal Maker”. https://business.facebook.com/sailorgirlHQ/videos/943447682804687/ What a great discussion, from the postponement of this year’s Olympics, to his own career, and what it takes to be part of the team to help win Gold medals. A big thanks…
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Adventures Weekly: Olympic Special

For Adventures Weekly on 1 August 2020 we were excited to take a look back at a series of Olympic journey interviews – given it is both one year until Tokyo 2020, and the time when we were all thinking that we would be following the action over there we thought it was a great fit! From post-London, to pre and post-Rio I was lucky to talk with athletes and coaches from a range of nations.
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Adventures Weekly: Carolijn Brouwer

For Adventures Weekly on 24 July 2020 we were excited to have Carolijn Brouwer with us to chat about her adventures as one of the first females to win The Ocean Race and a few other laps, her three Olympic Games, love of multis, foiling and just being on the water! Some amazing insights, great memories and beautiful stories from the sport that we love. Carolijn Brouwer (left)…
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Adventures Weekly: Kay Cottee

For Adventures Weekly on 18 July 2020 we were excited to have Kay Sutton – aka Kay Cottee with us to chat about her adventures as the first female to sail non-stop, unassisted, around the world. A great show, with insights from Kay, as well as Marcus Blackmore. Hope you enjoy as much as we did! https://www.facebook.com/sailorgirlHQ/videos/705747553323358/ A…
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