Adventures

AUSTRALIAN SAILING TEAM: Rio 2016 announcements

This week the Australian Sailing Team announced the first of their athletes that will be competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. I spoke with Victor Kovalenko, head coach and Jason Waterhouse & Lisa Darmanin. Congratulations to the whole team (on and off the water) and in particular to Nath Outteridge and Iain Jensen (49er, who were unable to attend as they are currently training with Artemis…
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Adventures

PARA WORLD SAILING: A windy day in Williamstown

Finishing off the interview “on the dock” On a blustery day last week in Williamstown I was lucky enough to catch up with some amazing sailors; Dee Smith who sails the 2.4 and went on to finish sixth, Amy Barnbrook who sails the Skud 18, and Liesl Tesch who has just been crowned World Champion with her skipper Dan Fitzgibbon. What a way to lead into the Olympics in Rio where they will…
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