From campaigning in the 49er, to coaching Olympic keelboat and match race sailors, Maurice Paardenkooper has done it all. He won a silver medal with his Dutch Yngling project at the 2008 Games in Beijing. On the road to London 2012 he made a transfer to the British Federation to work with Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor. Now, he has commenced a new chapter in his professional career…
Sailjuice.com has been catching up with a few of the big names competing in Marseille for the final leg of the Bullitt GC32 Racing Tour 2015. Here are some of the interviews we've done, with some insights into the world of high-speed foiling techniques...
As the 35-knot gust hit the boat at just the wrong time, skipper Morgan Larson found himself in a dilemma. “It was a little bit challenging to read the gusts because the big ones that looked big on the water weren't that big, and the ones that looked small were quite strong...." Larson talks through the moment and what he'd do differently next time...
Gemma Jones and Jason Saunders have been setting the pace in the breeze this week at Delta Lloyd Regatta. The young Kiwis seem to have the measure of the wind and the waves of the IJselmeer better than most.
