The British 49er pair of Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes will start their London 2012 with a little help from a very famous friend. Sir Paul McCartney has sent a personal good luck message to the boys after they named their 49er boat ‘Lovely Rita’....
Halfway through the opening Star race, the Germans had a beautiful lead with defending Olympic champions Iain Percy and Bart Simpson looking comfortably in the top three as they sailed up the second beat.....
An exciting start to the Olympic Regatta in Weymouth, as Justin and Andy report on the world's best sailors and who responded best to the pressure of the opening day....
Day one of the Olympic regatta and the talk of the Finn class was not Ben Ainslie but Jonas Hoegh Christensen of Denmark. Christensen got a great start in race one on the Nothe course where the Finn fleet will be contesting its medal race in a week’s time....
Paul Goodison admits he is desperate to repeat his Beijing 2008 heroics with a gold medal-winning performance on home waters in front of his parents, as he gets his London 2012 campaign underway on Monday.
RYA Olympic Manager, Stephen Park, has described Ali Young, as potentially the “dark horse of this Olympic Games” after the 25-year-old’s performances over the past year propelled her not only into the British Sailing Team for London 2012, but also put her firmly amongst the Olympic medal reckoning.
I had a drink with Jonas Hoegh Christensen a month ago while I was competing at the Musto Skiff Worlds and he was busy training at the Olympic venue. He told me that he was doing some sail testing and would probably pick his sail once we had seen the long-range wind forecast for the Olympic regatta.
Andy and Justin conclude their assessment of the likely medal winners at the London 2012 Olympic sailing event, with a look at the women's match racing and the men's and women's 470 fleets.
At the start of the London 2012 Olympic regatta in Weymouth and Portland, Andy and Justin continue their look at the likely medal contenders in the 49er class and men and women's RS:X windsurfing....
Well, a coach actually. A drink driving offence sees one coach sent home before the Olympic party even started. And who turned down a chance to carry the flag for their country at that spectacular Opening Ceremony?
Australia’s Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen will be the 49er pair to beat at London 2012 but with Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernandez (ESP) back in the skiff many are wondering if they can gatecrash the Australian party.
In the first of three Olympic preview podcasts, Justin phones Andy from the London 2012 Olympic regatta venue in Weymouth and Portland, UK, to mull over the medal hopes in the Finn, Star, Laser men and women’s Laser Radial classes.
