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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: "Season One" recap

We have done a show every week since 27 March, so we wanted to take the opportunity to take a look back at what we are calling “Season 1” before we kick straight back into live interviews with Andrew Palfrey and Iain Murray next week from 1700 AEST Friday / 0800 BST! A big thanks to all of our amazing guests in season one for sharing their stories and their passion for our amazing…
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Adventures Weekly: Newport to Bermuda Race

For Adventures Weekly on 18/19 June 2020 we welcomed Jay Gowell (Race Chairman) and Somers Kempe (Race Co-Chair) to chat about the Newport Bermuda Race and their pivot to create the 2020 Online Newport Bermuda Race (which you can still enter!). More information on entering the online race here: https://bermudarace.com/onlinerace ⛵And if you are keen for a leg up as mentioned on the show, head to…
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Adventures Weekly: The Original SINS

This week on Adventures Weekly the Sailor Girl, Nic Douglass took on the challenge of chatting with two incredible sailors and journalists, as well as being two of the founding members of the Society of International Scribes (SINS); Bob Fisher and Rob Mundle. With 35 books, four world championship wins, and a serious and renowned passion for the America’s Cup, it is no doubt that many refer…
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Adventures Weekly: Tracy Edwards

What a show…! For Adventures Weekly on 15 May 2020 the Sailor Girl welcomed Tracy Edwards MBE, direct from the UK to chat about her inspiring journey with Maiden, andThe Maiden Factor.For a full sixty minutes we chatted about the early days, the Whitbread, the Maiden movie, her motivation(s), the tough times, the good times, and now why she is so motivated to support the…
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Adventures Weekly - 27 March 2020

Sailing News in 60 Secondsish is back – with the Bad, the Sad and the Good! The Bad were a list of cancellations that Nic couldn’t finish, the Sad was a tribute to John Fisher, or Fish, two years to the day of his passing. The Good, was Sailor Girl’s new “videos of the week” segment – including training inventions while in lockdown, and innovative…
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Sail Paradise 2020

Day One: Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta kicks off from Southport Yacht Club To kick off the new decade, the 11thBartercard Sail Paradise Regatta got underway today under a sunny sky in a building nor’easterly breeze with a fleet of 33 yachts. The Race Officer, Southport Yacht Club’s own Mark Dingley opted to start the boats off on a Course 12, the Q1 extended course. Taking…
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#KeepingYouCovered

64 videos in total, a three-hour pre-start live show talking with over 35 boats through the fleet, start commentary for ABC Grandstand, a world first with live offshore drone coverage of the middle to smaller sized yachts off the coast of Sydney, over 15 hours of live coverage including finishes with over 50 yachts right throughout the fleet in Hobart… This was the core of the “Keeping…
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Smoke on the water

For the first time in the 26-year-history of the Big Boat Challenge, the race has been abandoned due to safety concerns following the settling of thick smoke from the Australian bushfires over the Sydney basin and a serious lack of visibility. “It was really suggested to us from harbour control that perhaps we shouldn’t be racing” said Race Officer, Denis Thompson. “The smoke…
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