The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of 2022: sailing journalist Justin Chisholm of Yacht Racing Life talks with Andy Rice about the highs and lows of the sailboat racing world in the first almost-full season since the Covid pandemic. Justin and Andy talk America's Cup, Ocean Race, SailGP, the Olympic scene and a few more things in this wide-ranging and opinionated conversation about where sailing is today, and where it's going in 2023 and beyond... For more insights into the sailboat racing...

Meet Yassine Derkaoui. The Moroccan Laser sailor broke the distance record, then he lost it. Now he wants it back. And he's prepared to go without any sleep and do battle with hallucinatory sea monsters in his bid to beat the 320-mile non-stop mark in a 13ft dinghy...  

It’s the second and final part of Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2021 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. ...  

    Mark Jardine talks with Andy Rice about the top stories of 2021 (measured by highest readership) from yachtsandyachting.com and sail-world.com.    This is Part 1, with stories No.10 going up to No.6.... Here are the articles mentioned in the podcast: Baron Benjamin de Rothschild passes away, founder and owner of the Gitana Team -https://www.sail-world.com/news/234533 Launch of the Maxi Banque Populaire XI -https://www.sail-world.com/news/237111 SailGP Bermuda: Dramatic...

Who's going to win the Medals at Tokyo 2020? That's what Andy Rice is discussing with TV commentators Alec Wilkinson (GBR) and Peter Lester (NZL). We go through all 10 sailing events and the Runners & Riders... © Sailing Energy/ World Sailing: Blanca Manchon (ESP) with Lilian de Geus (NED)

The Rio 2016 Olympic Champion doesn't think he's as good as you know he is, as he tells Sailjuice interviewer Mike Madge. "I always pay a price because I don't have very good eyes and not really a good memory." Despite his self-confessed failings, the humble Argentinean will start as one of the favourites for the Nacra 17 gold medal at Tokyo. Also, a really nice endorsement for Road To Gold from Santi (www.roadtogold.net) Watch the video version...

Award-winning writer and blogger Carol Cronin asks Andy Rice about the Road To Gold project he put together in late 2020 with three-time 470 World Champion Hamish Willcox. A former Olympian in her own right, Carol talks to Andy about Hamish's processes and how he works with Pete Burling and Blair Tuke across their world-beating Olympic 49er and America's Cup campaigns...

It’s the second and final part of Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2020 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. In Part 2 we cover stories No.5 up to No.1, taking in everything from the dramatic rescue in the Vendee Globe to the Greed for Speed in many different forms...   There’s also a plug for Andy’s new online course that he’s put together with Hamish Willcox - Pete Burling and Blair Tuke’s coach in their world-beating...

It’s that time again for Mark Jardine and Andy Rice’s annual round-up of the 10 most read stories from 2020 on Mark’s websites, www.sail-world.com and yachtsandyachting.com. In Part 1 we cover stories No.10 up to No.6, taking in everything from the explosion of interest in doublehanded offshore racing to round-the-world nostalgia and the latest attempt to push the speed sailing barrier of 65.45 knots...   There’s also a plug for Andy’s new online course that he’s put together with Hamish...

Podcast: Update on the Vendée, America's Cup latest & Selden Sailjuice Winter Series. Andy Rice enjoys a lockdown chat with Mark Jardine of Sail-World.com   Listen in here, or go to the link below for the YouTube version of the podcast: https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/podcast-vendee-americas-cup-dinghy-racing-uk-november      

Mark Jardine joins with Andy Rice to see how the sailing world is coping in the virtual world forced by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. While most events are suffering, could the Vendee Globe actually profit from the strange circumstances that we're facing?   You can also watch the video of this podcast here: https://www.sailjuice.com/articles/cv19-could-send-vendee-globe-stratospheric   HIGHLIGHTS 2:34  The Lockdown Cup - Virtual showdown between Olympians and Weekend Warriors, but who’s...

© Michael Chittenden: 18ft skiffs on Sydney Harbour for the JJ Giltinan Trophy   Andy Rice & Mark Jardine discuss a rapidly changing world held in the grip of coronavirus, and celebrate the fact that the 18ft skiffs still competed on Sydney Harbour for the JJ Giltinan Trophy. Andy & Mark also ask if it's still OK to go sailing out of your own club, or if we should be pursuing self-isolation under all circumstances... You can also watch the video of this podcast...

Mark Jardine from Sail-World.com joins Andy Rice to look back on their favourite bits of an RYA Dinghy Show in North London. Storm Jorge, not even Coronavirus, could stop the die-hards from turning up at a show which has become an annual pilgrimage for UK dinghy sailors, and plenty of overseas visitors too... For videos, boat walk-thrus and exclusive interviews from the Dinghy Show, go to Sailjuice.com  

In the last podcast before Christmas, Andy Rice joins with fellow sailing journalist James Boyd and Mark Jardine, managing editor of Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com to look back on an extraordinary 10 years of sailing. The first big moment of the decade was the America's Cup match between those mighty multihulls created by Alinghi and BMW Oracle. At the other end of the decade we saw the emergence of the SailGP circuit. Despite being a bit the worse for wear the morning after the...

In the second and concluding part of the Top 10 biggest stories of 2019, the list from 5 to 1 looks like more familiar territory (compared with some of the wild and wacky revelations in Part 1), although there are still some notable events missing from the list. Quizzed by Andy Rice, Mark Jardine reveals the most-read stories in 2019 from his successful news websites, Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com....  

Following on from last year's roundup of the Top 10 big stories in the sailing world, Mark Jardine shares the most-read stories in 2019 from Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com. Mark and Andy Rice look at the stories from 10 up to 6, and there are quite a few surprises and interlopers in this elite group of stories.... For more insights from the grand prix racing world, go to www.sailjuice.com To find out more about Mark's uber-successful websites, go to www.sail-world.com and...

It's hard to recall a grand prix circuit that has hit the water running at such a pace as SailGP. The conclusion of Season 1 in Marseille was a nailbiter, especially for an Aussie supporter like Nic Douglass, Sailor Girl herself. Nic wanted to cheer for Tom Slingsby and Team Australia, but equally for another Aussie skipper Nathan Outteridge, at the helm of Team Japan. Nic and Andy Rice look back on the first season and wonder what's going to happen for Season 2 as SailGP moves to establish...

“Dark.” That’s how Dylan Fletcher described his mood soon after coming ashore from a deeply disappointing day on the water at SailGP. Andy Rice of SailJuice.com was there to report on the action. Since its glitzy launch last autumn next to London’s Tower Bridge, SailGP has burst on to the scene at an adrenalin-rushing pace. Even for us lifelong sailors gazing slack-jawed at the action from the Cowes shore, the sight of Tom Slingsby steering Team Australia across the finish line at just over...

David Askew has to pinch himself that - along with his brother and co-owner Peter - he keeps on winning major offshore races with his VO70 Wizard. This is the Volvo Open 70, Groupama, which won the Volvo Ocean Race in 2011/12 before the round-the-world format switched to the VO65 one-designs. Of course it was going to be a solid offshore boat, but for it to perform so well to IRC - a rule it wasn't designed for - must come as a surprise even to the Askews. We spoke to David just after he won...

In July 2018, just two days after her 25th birthday Nikki Henderson became the youngest skipper ever to complete an around the world race when she finished second in the 2017/18 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. According to Nikki, good leadership is not about barking orders, it’s about fostering an atmosphere of shared responsibility and finding out what really motivates the individuals on your team. The more you seek to understand your crew, the more respect you are likely...

How is that some of us sail and race all our lives, yet the results barely change throughout our racing careers? While others can breeze into the sport and learn the ropes so quickly? Tom Kneen very much falls into the latter category. Humble and mild-mannered on the outside, there must be a steel core in there somewhere because in his mid-twenties he set up a renewable energy business that today employs more than 40 people. Tom says he was in the right place at the right time. I think...

Stu Bithell is one of the nicest blokes you’ll find on the Olympic circuit. He’s also one of the best. Winner of an Olympic silver medal in the 470 when he raced with Luke Patience at London 2012, he’s since moved into the 49er. He missed out on selection for Rio 2016 but has since teamed up with the man who beat him there, Dylan Fletcher. A year after Rio, this duo dominated everything in the 49er, winning the Worlds, Europeans and quite a bit more besides. But 2018 saw them have a wobble....

Things have been mighty quiet with the America's Cup since Bermuda 2017. It's almost exactly the halfway point between the last Cup and the next edition in Auckland 2021, so where are things up to? With the teams staying mostly tight lipped about progress, Andy Rice turns to Jack Griffin, self-professed geek about all things related to the Cup. Who are the latest challengers to join the circus, and do they stand a a cat-in-hell's chance of taking on the big boys, what Jack refers to as the...

In our second podcast about the RYA Dinghy Show, Andy Rice and Mark Jardine discuss some of the boats that caught their eye. From top-end speedsters like the Lithium International Moth and the foiler for beginners - Flying Mantis - to boats for complete newcomers to the sport like the Maverick. Andy also explains why he has just bought a famous old 470 for peanuts and how it might fit in with his plans for the Great British Sailing Challenge.... To find out more about what's going on in the...