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Sam Davies: Toughing it through a Cold Front

Sam Davies: Toughing it through a Cold Front

TOUGHING IT THROUGH A FRONT SAM DAVIES is one of the most accomplished offshore racers in the world. A former skipper in the Volvo Ocean Race and competitor in multiple editions of the Vendée Globe, the British sailor is a respected veteran of the ocean racing scene. INTRO Weather fronts

Alexis Loison: Doublehanded Sailing Tips

Alexis Loison: Doublehanded Sailing Tips

WINNING WHEN YOU’RE TWO-UP ALEXIS LOISON is a talented professional sailor who competes regularly on the Figaro circuit. He’s also been part of the winning crew in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. However his biggest claim to fame came in 2013 when Alexis and his father Pascal raced

Pre-Start Prep with Olympic ace Giles Scott

Pre-Start Prep with Olympic ace Giles Scott

How to maximise your time before the gun for a fast start Routines, routines, routines. The key to mastering a complicated sport is to make things simple wherever you can. For the competitive sailor, the start is the most critical period of the race, where a couple of seconds and

Dylan Fletcher: Getting Ahead at the Leeward Mark

Dylan Fletcher: Getting Ahead at the Leeward Mark

Dylan Fletcher won Olympic gold steering the 49er skiff for Great Britain at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Formerly the skipper of Team GBR on the SailGP circuit until Sir Ben Ainslie took over the reins, Fletcher won the International Moth Worlds and has since become a key part of

Oskar Svensson - the 18 year old future of Ice Yachting

Oskar Svensson - the 18 year old future of Ice Yachting

The Swedish teenager Oskar Svensson tells Mike Madge about his DN Ice Yachting successes in early 2022, with victory at the DN Youth Worlds and finishing 3rd in the Senior Worlds...

Winning at 76: A-Class Cat supremo Ben Hall

Winning at 76: A-Class Cat supremo Ben Hall

How a septuagenarian keeps on winning in the thrilling A-Class Cat fleet. Ben Hall tells Mike Madge: "I was pretty happy with that performance, I have a new Exploder classic that I got in the beginning of November. The name of the boat is 36 because it's

Ron Sherry - Back up to Full Speed in the DN Ice Yacht

Ron Sherry - Back up to Full Speed in the DN Ice Yacht

Multiple champion in the DN Ice Yacht, Detroit's Ron Sherry explains how he notched up another title at the start of 2022, winning the US Nationals. Nice guy, but don't try talking to him on the morning of Race Day!