Season 2

June 18, 2019

Tom Burnham & Rome Kirby

Tom Burnham and Rome Kirby are, respectively, the coach and skipper of the American SailGP team. Burnham is an ex-Olympic campaigner who has been involved in four America’s Cup challenges – one with Young America, twice with Luna Rossa and …

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May 29, 2019

Ed Baird

American sailor Ed Baird is the man who coached Team New Zealand to victory in the 1995 America’s Cup and then two cycles later in 2007 helped defeat the Kiwis as helmsman of the Swiss challenger Alinghi. In the eighties …

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May 10, 2019

Conrad Colman

On this episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast, host Justin Chisholm speaks to New Zealand solo ocean race skipper Conrad Colman. Colman is probably best known for his participation in the last Vendee Globe around the world race, when – …

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March 8, 2019

Dylan Fletcher & Stuart Bithell

The glamorous lifestyle of an Olympic campaigner is often described as “living the dream”, but if ever there were two people whose lives match up to that description it is British Olympic 49er pairing Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell. As …

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Feb. 14, 2019

Ben Ainslie

British sailor Sir Ben Ainslie is the most successful Olympic yachtsman of all time and skipper and team principal at America’s Cup challenger Ineos Team UK. Ainslie knows better than most what it is like to experience the highs and …

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Jan. 31, 2019

Terry Hutchinson

As well as winning countless world championships in a long and illustrious career American yachtsman Terry Hutchinson has also been involved in four America’s Cup campaigns, but is perhaps best known recently for his leading roles in both Doug DeVos’...

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Jan. 24, 2019

Ocean Race Update

On this episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast we get an update on what’s been going on behind the scenes at The Ocean Race – the fully crewed around the world race formerly called the Volvo Ocean Race. Speaking to …

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Jan. 9, 2019

Ian Walker

Our guest on this episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast is British Olympian and ocean race skipper, Ian Walker. Walker has had a broad and illustrious career in professional sailing having won two Olympic silver medals – one as crew …

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Dec. 31, 2018

Will Harris, Ray Davies, Taylor Canfield & Mike Buckley

On this bumper episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast your host Justin Chisholm talks to: – British solo skipper Will Harris who recently announced that he has secured a sponsorship deal with British clean energy company Hive Energy to compete …

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