Adventures

Cowes Week adventures...

13 August 2016
The Cowes Week adventures so far… Day 1 & 2 – Figaro, first-timers, fast mast drops and First 40s I talk with my Dad, Rob Douglass on his first sail on the Solent, Sam Laidlaw who dropped a rig during a race and was still leading the Quarter Tonners at the end of day two, Piers Hugh Smith who was leading the Figaro class and Andrew “The Admiral” McIrvine on his up and…
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The Magenta Project is set to give female sailors "wings"

19 July 2016
I chatted with Dee Caffari and Sharon Ferris this morning about what the Magenta Project is doing in Cowes this week! The Extreme Sailing Series has given a squad of eight to twelve girls a GC32 to borrow leading right up to Cowes Week, to help up skill some of our top women sailors in the area of foiling! Absolutely awesome! I will drop in on the girls again tomorrow. So excited to see these…
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Maserati, Chinese Whisper & Ichi Ban with a hint of "Magenta"

29 December 2015
Dockside chats with Liz Wardley from Maserati, Rupert Henry from Chinese Whisper and Sophie Ciszeck and Matt Allen from Ichi Ban (4th, 5th and 6th on line honours). Great to chat about the conditions, the ups and downs, everything in between and what might be coming up next. Make sure you follow the Magenta Project, the next all-female Volvo project, AND also check out SOLAS if you are looking for…
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