In the last few days leading up to the Vendée Globe, shouldn’t Michel Desjoyeaux be preparing to sail around the world and attempt to win the race a third time? Instead we found the ocean racing legend on the other side of the world at the China Cup, at the helm of a Beneteau 40.7. His first time in China, his first time in Asia indeed, Michel tells Andy what he’s up to and his thoughts on the massive rise of the sport in the Far East...
A five-time winner of the Fireball World Championships, Vyv Townend is the most successful Fireball sailor ever. He has also won a few big handicap racing events sailing against all types of other dinghies. Here Vyv shares his tips for battling your way through a fleet of unevenly matched boats and coming out on top....
Bruce Keen went to the Musto Skiff Worlds with hopes of becoming champion. After three races it wasn't looking so good for him, but as the wind increased so his results improved. Bruce tells SailJuice how he won the Worlds in a fleet of 105 skiffs....
Mitch Booth, a double Olympic medallist and former skipper of China Team, explains the challenge of racing AC45 multihulls on short courses...
In January 2005 Nathan Outteridge was doing the long drive from Sydney to Melbourne when he was involved in a horrific car crash. A three-time ISAF Youth World Champion, Outteridge was told he might never walk again, let alone sail or race at the highest level. Three years later he was 49er World Champion. Four years after that he became Olympic Champion in Weymouth. We interviewed Outteridge just moments after his victory in January 2008...
