Adventures Weekly: Carolijn Brouwer
July 25, 2020
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…
Adventures Weekly: Kay Cottee
July 18, 2020
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…
Adventures Weekly: Big Fella
July 10, 2020
For Adventures Weekly on 10 July 2020 we were lucky to have champion sailor, boat designer, coach and self-proclaimed “sailing addict” Iain Murray – Big Fella with us to chat about his career and all that he is up to now with theAustralian Sailing…
Adventures Weekly: "Season One" recap
June 26, 2020
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…
Adventures Weekly: Newport to Bermuda Race
June 19, 2020
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…
Adventures Weekly: Tracy Edwards
May 15, 2020
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…
Adventures Weekly - 10 April 2020
April 10, 2020
Nic Douglass caught up withDavid TurtonfromThe Seabin Project, to chat about saving the world one bin at a time, theBrisbane to Gladstone Yacht Racewhich would have started on Good Friday, the Mooloolaba Australasian Etchells Championship (David…
Smoke on the water
December 10, 2019
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…
40th Edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race wraps up in Malta!
October 27, 2019
Over the past few days I have managed to wrap all of the stories that we looked into at the start of the race, and in the case of the first all-female team, a story that I looked into at the conclusion of the Rolex Fastnet Race.
Black Sheep take RORC Overall Season
I…