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Adventures Weekly: "Season One" recap

26 June 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 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

19 June 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 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: Tracy Edwards

15 May 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, 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 - 10 April 2020

10 April 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 Turton is the defending champion), AND to decide on thePantaenius Yacht Insurance“Video of the…
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Smoke on the water

10 December 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 suggested to us from harbour control that perhaps we shouldn’t be racing” said Race Officer, Denis Thompson. “The smoke…
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40th Edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race wraps up in Malta!

27 October 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 caught up with Jake and Trevor from Black Sheep as they docked and startedcelebrating their Royal Ocean Racing Club…
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Wizard, Wild Joe and the waiting game...

24 October 2019
As our attention starts to turn from line honours bringing the overall and IRC winner back into primary focus, it is becoming more clear that the 40th Edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race will be a small boat race. IRC Divisions 3, 4 and 5 are pushing back to the top of the leaderboard, with BeWild the Swan42 currently leading IRC Overall and Division 4, with last year’s overall winner…
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Rambler 88 take the gun - will they take the double?!

22 October 2019
While they finished 160 nautical miles in front of the next boat, the team were well behind their own record time set in 2007 when they took both line honours and IRC of 1 day 13 hours 55 minutes and 3 seconds. Live line honours finish – Rambler 88 Nic Douglass, the Sailor Girl was live at the finish thanks to the Royal Malta Yacht Club and the Rolex Middle Sea Race.
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Rolex Middle Sea - In the hot seat!

22 October 2019
BeWild the Swan42 continues to lead on IRC, Rambler 88 has moved up to second as they head into their last 200 miles with pace, and Sunrise Racing Team, the JPK 1180, the same design as last year’s winner, and the boat I delivered to Malta have moved up to third. Update from Marsamxett Harbour and the Rolex Middle Sea Finish Line Check out my full recap of the second 24 hours of the…
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