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71st JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship – Invitation Race – 05/03/2021

#37 | Off Watch – Abby Ehler: More than a sailor

Abby Ehler has sailed in The Ocean Race three-times and is a seasoned boat captain dealing with repairs in less than ideal circumstances. As a woman working at the top of the sport of sailing both on and off the…

STARTING BASICS – Connect to Coaching – Coaching the fundamentals of a dinghy race start

This episode we focus on coaching the fundamentals of a start, who are you coaching , what are you coaching and how is it coached?

START LINE TRANSITS – Connect to Coaching – Help Sailors sight a line transit and judge position

This episode we focus on the start line transit, we will look at activities a coach can use to help sailors sight a line transit and judge a position on a start line.

LEEWARD MARK ROUNDING – Connect to Coaching – Help sailors make good strategic decisions

This episode we look at ideas for coaches on how to support sailors to develop strategic competencies to make good choices as they approach round and exit a leeward mark.

Sailing World on Water February 26.21 Sir Ben Is Upset, 12 Metre Beauty, ETNZ, Angry Ainslie- more

These are some of the highlights in the sport of Sailing Globally, in the last seven days. The PRADA Cup Day 3 Action, and INEOS Team UK live to fight another day. For all you traditionalists, here are the beautiful…

36th America’s Cup Start Postponed Feb 28.21

Due to the NZ Government legislating a 7 day shut-down due to the pandemic the America’s Cup Events (ACE) Authority has postponed the start of the 36th America’s Cup between the Italian Challengers and Defender Emirates Team New Zealand. Keep…

Australian Championship Race 9 – 21/02/2021

Sailing World on Water Feb 19.21 18 Footer Capsize, ACE v COR The Fight, Skiffs at speed

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of Sailing in the last 7 days. Chaos on Sydney Harbour brings the 18’s undone. It’s “swim-time”. The Americas Cup Events Committee and the Challenger of Record clash over race dates as…

#36 | Off Watch – From Whitbread races to ice adventures with Skip Novak

This week we take a wonderful journey back to the Whitbread years, and also to some extremely cold climates with legend of The Ocean Race Skip Novak. Skip competed in four editions of the Whitbread Round the World Race before…

WoW PRADA Cup Days 1 and 2 Races 1-4. Wednesday Racing Postponed .

Here are the highlights of the first two days, Races 1-4, of the PRADA Cup as recorded by Richard Gladwell, Editor, www,sail-world.com New Zealand. Other video by INEOS Team UK.

Australian Championship Races 8 – 14/02/2021

UPWIND IN BIG WAVES – Dinghy Sailing Techniques – How to improve your racing

In this video, Shaun Priestley shows us top tips and techniques for sailing upwind when the conditions are rough and there are larger waves. These techniques can help to give you the extra speed you need on the race course.

Australian Championship Races 6 & 7 – 07/02/2021

#35 | Off Watch – Reliving Vendée Globe rescue with Kevin Escoffi

SEASON #2 of OFF WATCH starts today with a dramatic story of survival that captured the whole of the sporting world. 😯 Kevin Escoffier 🇫🇷 is a two-time competitor in The Ocean Race, a winner with Dongfeng Race team in…

Australian Championship Race 4 & 5 – 31/01/2021

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LIGHT WIND TACK – Dinghy Sailing Techniques – How to nail the manoeuvre

In this video, Shaun Priestley gives us some top tips on how to perform tacks in light wind conditions. This manoeuvre can help you gain vital speed out on the race course and help you sail faster.

Australian Championship Race 2 & 3 – 24/01/2021

WHAT WENT WRONG? – TOP TIPS ON HOW TO AVOID A FOILING CAPSIZE

RYA Foiling Coach Assessor Shaun Priestley takes a look at a Skeeta Capsize with Sam Whaley at the helm. Watch the clip for tips on how to avoid capsizes and crashes.

Claudia Rossi (ITA) | An Insight: Double Handed Offshore

Italian sailor Claudia Rossi is new to the world of offshore, but she’s quickly fallen in love with the double handed discipline. She’s teamed up with good friend Matteo Mason to form Big Wool Sailing Team, as the duo look…

Jesse Fielding (USA) | An Insight: Double Handed Offshore

After falling in love with sailing as a child, Jesse Fielding is now pursuing a perhaps unexpected dream – to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the new mixed double handed offshore discipline. He’s teamed up with Francesca…

TOP 5 RULE 42 MISTAKES and how to avoid them in Single-Handed Dinghy Racing

#34 | Off Watch – A Conversation with Simon Fisher

Simon ‘SiFi’ Fisher is one of The Ocean Race’s most accomplished navigators with five laps around the planet and plenty of stories to tell over a distinguished career. SiFi explains how he communicates with a crew, how to come back…

Francesca Clapcich | An Insight: Double Handed Offshore

Two-time Olympian Francesca Clapcich is looking to combine her Olympic Games background with her offshore sailing experience, as she joins forces with Jesse Fielding to form State Street Marathon Sailing Team, aiming for the Mixed Two Person Offshore Keelboat Event…

#33 | Watch – A Conversation with psychologist Anje-Marijcke van Boxtel

This week we get a special insight into coaching and psychology in elite sport. Anje-Marijcke van Boxtel is a leading business and sports psychologist and has worked behind the scenes with Bouwe Bekking and Team Brunel for two editions of…

Rumball & Lee (IRL) | An Insight: Double Handed Offshore

Kenny Rumball and Pamela Lee, two experienced offshore sailors from Ireland, discuss an unprecedented but successful 2020, and how they want to inspire female sailors as well as young Irish athletes as they aim for Paris 2024.

#32 | Off Watch – A Conversation with Tony Rae

Tony Rae has an incredible resume by any standards – he’s competed in The Ocean Race five times, winning twice, and sailed in The America’s Cup seven times. He’s also carried the heavy responsibility of being one of the race’s…

Kostelic & Kliba (CRO) | An Insight: Double Handed Offshore

Croatian duo Ivan Kostelic and Petra Kliba have their sights set on the Mixed Two Person Offshore Keelboat Event at Paris 2024. With Kostelic a multiple Olympic medallist in alpine skiing, and Kliba an experienced offshore sailor, they will be…

Federico Waksman (URU) | An Insight: Double Handed Offshore

Experienced offshore sailor Federico Waksman, from Uruguay, talks about his passion for double handed sailing and why he believes the event at Paris 2024 will be exciting for everyone, not just fans of the sport.

#31 | Off Watch – A Conversation with Annemieke Bes

Annemieke Bes is an Olympic silver medallist for the Netherlands 🇳🇱, and competed in the last edition of The Ocean Race aboard Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. In this interview she tells us about getting a taste for ocean racing as…

Barney Walker & Jade Cole (AUS) | An Insight: Double Handed Offshore

Australian duo Barney Walker and Jade Cole have already started campaigning for the Mixed Two Person Offshore event at Paris 2024. With vast experience amongst them, they know they will have to train and compete as much as possible in…

Vendée Globe vs The Ocean Race?

We asked some of the guys who’ve sailed both iconic offshore races – Jérémie Beyou, Sam Davies, and Kevin Escoffier. They explain the differences between sailing solo in the Vendée Globe and sailing fully-crewed in The Ocean Race.

Preparing for The Volvo Ocean Race 2022 with 11th Hour Racing Crew | Dispatches

After the start of The Ocean Race was delayed until 2021, due to Covid-19, the 11th Hour Racing Team decided to relocate their new IMOCA 60 sailing vessel from France back to the team’s home base in Newport, RI. Outside…