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Adventures Weekly: Katie Spithill and Stacey Jackson

29 August 2020
For Adventures Weekly on 28 August 2020 we had a special show lined up with two amazing #SailorGirl‘s! Both Katie Spithill and Stacey Jackson joined Nic to chat about the good old days in Women’s Match Racing, the awesome Ocean Respect Racing project, AND what has been happening in 2020! https://www.facebook.com/sailorgirlHQ/videos/335367567815031 You…
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Adventures Weekly: Carolijn Brouwer

25 July 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 amazing insights, great memories and beautiful stories from the sport that we love. Carolijn Brouwer (left)…
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Adventures Weekly: Kay Cottee

18 July 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 you enjoy as much as we did! https://www.facebook.com/sailorgirlHQ/videos/705747553323358/ A big…
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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 sport in…
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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, and The 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 education of women…
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Adventures Weekly - 10 April 2020

10 April 2020
Nic Douglass caught up with David Turton from The Seabin Project, to chat about saving the world one bin at a time, the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race which would have started on Good Friday, the Mooloolaba Australasian Etchells Championship (David Turton is the defending champion), AND to decide on the Pantaenius 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 haze…
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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 started celebrating their Royal Ocean Racing Club season…
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