Justin Chisholm chats to Newport, Rhode Island-based Sailing World magazine editor Dave Reed

Australian-born Luke Parkinson is a high-performance sailor who has carved out an enviable career for himself in the ocean racing world – having won The Ocean Race 2014-15 with Ian Walker's Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing – and as an expert protagonist of the art of foiling in both SailGP and the America's Cup – with Ben Ainslie's Emirates Team GBR and INEOS Britannia, respectively. During a wide-ranging conversation Luke talks about his early days as a young sailor, his aspirations of following in...

Tom Morris is a talented British dinghy sailor, who aside from his sailing achievements – that include a national championship victory in the RS800 twin trapeze skiff class and winning the UK’s champion of champions Endeavour Trophy last year – is also host of the highly popular YouTube channel Mozzy Sails, where he and some of his sailing friends provide some fascinating and much needed analysis of the technical side of the 37th America’s Cup. So far, Morris' channel has racked up close to...

British sailing writer and America's Cup aficionado Magnus Wheatley has been obsessed with yacht racing's oldest and most prestigious competition since he was in his mid-teens..

British writer and America’s Cup aficionado Magnus Wheatley has been obsessed with yachting’s oldest and most prestigious competition since the age of 16. Now appropriately based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, Magnus has covered numerous America’s Cup cycles over the years as an independent journalist and for the 37th edition – which is scheduled to take place in Barcelona, Spain in 2024 – he has been retained by the event organisers as lead writer for the competition's official website...

Justin Chisholm catches up with fellow British sailing journalist Andy Rice, who as well as being a regular contributor to all the major sailing publications also hosts the Sailjuice Podcast as well as running the Road to Gold 12 step coaching programme that helps sailors of all abilities improve their racing performance.

Justin Chisholm is joined by friend and colleague David Fuller – host of the Yacht Business podcast which examines new innovative technologies, trends and business models that are having an impact on the global marine industry. On this crossover episode – which will be jointly published on The Yacht Business Podcast, (available on all major podcasting platforms) – the pair discuss how various technologies are having an effect on the professional yacht racing world.

Justin Chisholm’s guest this time is British Olympic medallist and SailGP competitor Hannah Mills. Hannah won silver in the women’s 470 class at the London 2012 Olympics and followed that victory up with back to back gold medals at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 making her the most successful female Olympic sailor of all time. She called time on her Olympic campaigning after the last Games, but was snapped up by Sir Ben Ainslie’s Great Britain SailGP Team where she has raced in the strategist...

This is a short promo trailer for the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast featuring an interview with the young Dutch offshore sailor Rosalin Kuiper who was recently announced as a member of Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia IMOCA 60 crew for the upcoming edition of The Ocean Race which sets off around the world in January 2023. Whilst her name might not be immediately familiar to everyone Rosie has a fantastic back story. While lots of people dream of becoming a professional sailor and...

Justin Chisholm’s guest is Dutch offshore sailor Rosalin Kuiper who has just been announced as a member of Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia  IMOCA 60 crew for the upcoming edition of The Ocean Race which sets off around the world in January 2023.  As you will hear in the interview the young Dutch sailor has a fantastic back story. Whereas lots of people just dream of being a professional sailor and racing around the world Rosie came up with a plan and went out on her own into the world and made...

This is a short promo trailer for the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast which features an interview with British serial America’s Cup competitor Freddie Carr. Our wide ranging conversation spanned Freddie’s illustrious career in the America’s Cup, his thoughts on SailGP, plus a discussion on the relative merits of cycling versus grinding in the next AC – and much more besides. The following snippets from our chat will give you a feel for what we discussed – and if you want to...

Justin Chisholm’s guest is British yachtsman Freddie Carr a five time veteran of the America’s Cup who has recently signed on for his sixth campaign to win yachting’s oldest and most prestigious trophy. Aside from his racing skills Freddie has also carved out a sailing media career for himself and is well known to high-performance sailing fans for his role as a mainstay of the SailGP commentary team. The interview turned into a wide ranging discussion that spanned Freddie’s illustrious career...

This is a short promo trailer for the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast which features an interview with US Olympic silver medalist and renowned performance coach Morgan Reeser. After winning a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona sailing with the legendary Kevin Burnham, Reeser has since coached two 470 crews to Olympic medal success and established himself as a sought after performance coach across a range of classes from small one-design keelboats to...

Justin Chisholm’s guest is American Olympic silver medalist and renowned performance coach Morgan Reeser.  Reeser won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona sailing with the legendary Kevin Burnham and has since coached the Greek women’s and British men’s pairings to Olympic gold and silver respectively and established himself as a sought after performance coach across a range of classes from small one-design keelboats to TP52s. Unsurprisingly, he has a treasure...

This is a short promo trailer episode for the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast featuring an exclusive interview with Irish around-the-world yachtsman and ocean health advocate Damian Foxall. When it comes to ocean racing achievements Foxall sets the bar pretty high with six editions of the The Ocean Race under his belt, as well as wins in the double handed Barcelona Race and record setting non-stop runs aboard monster sized maxi catamarans like Steve Fosset’s PlayStation and...

When it comes to ocean racing achievements Damian sets the bar pretty high. He has six editions of the The Ocean Race under his belt, as well as wins in the double handed Barcelona Race, and record setting non-stop runs aboard monster sized maxi catamarans like Steve Fosset’s PlayStation and Cheyenne. Damian grew up on a farm in Ireland close to the water and spent his childhood and teenage years on the water with his friends sailing a range of craft from windsurfers to dinghies. Over the...

A promo trailer for our recent episode featuring an interview with Australian sailor Tom Slingsby. Justin Chisholm sat down with Slingsby in San Francisco, just days ahead of him winning the million dollar grand finale of the second season of SailGP. The pair talked about the trials and tribulations of Slingsby’s Olympic career, joining Oracle Team USA, his passion for goal setting, the future of SailGP, and the tantalising prospect of him making a return to the America’s Cup for the 37th...

The latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast was recorded in San Francisco, California where eight international professional sailing teams have been practising out on the bay ahead of the million dollar grand finale of the second season of SailGP. Justin Chisholm’s guest this time is the prolific Australian skipper Tom Slingsby who as well as leading the SailGP rankings with his Australia SailGP team, has also in recent months won the Moth World Championship and line honours in the Middle...

A promo trailer for our latest episode in which Justin Chisholm speaks to British America’s Cup sailor and Olympic gold medalist rower, Matt Gotrel, who has just re-signed as a member of the powerhouse grinding team for the British Challenger of Record at AC37 – Ben Ainslie’s Ineos Britannia. Gotrel comes from a sailing family and began his career crewing in dinghies on lakes in the south of England. He quickly progressed through the 29er class and into the 49er to join the British Olympic...

Justin Chisholm speaks to British America’s Cup sailor and Olympic gold medalist rower, Matt Gotrel, who has just re-signed as a member of the powerhouse grinding team for the British Challenger of Record at AC37 – Ben Ainslie’s Ineos Britannia. Gotrel comes from a sailing family and began his career crewing in dinghies on lakes in the south of England. He quickly progressed through the 29er class and into the 49er to join the British Olympic Sailing Team before putting his sailing on hold to...

This is a short promo trailer for the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast – in which Justin Chisholm chats with Cowes Week regatta director Laurence Mead. Laurence is an accomplished sailor in his own right and took over Cowes Week back in 2018. If you have ever wondered what it takes to organise an annual week of racing for around 600 boats and 5000 sailors then this is the episode for you. To listen to the episode in full, search for The Yacht Racing Podcast on Apple Podcasts or...

Justin Chisholm’s guest is British sailor Laurence Mead – the regatta director at the world’s oldest and largest regatta week: the annual UK spectacular that is Cowes Week. The first Cowes Week regatta was back in 1826 and it now takes place every year on The Solent – that narrow tidal waterway between the English south coast and the nearby Isle of Wight. Laurence – who took over at Cowes Week in 2018 – is an accomplished sailor in his own right, having competed internationally in the...

A quick promo for our latest episode featuring an interview with New Zealand high performance foiling supremo – Phil Robertson. Best known in his role as skipper on the international SailGP high-performance foiling catamaran circuit, Robertson has also won the World Match Racing Tour world championship title on two occasions. Robertson is always entertaining to chat with – as you will in the series of snippets from our interview featured in this promo. To listen to the episode in full,...

Justin Chisholm’s guest this time is the New Zealand high performance foiling supremo, Phil Robertson. Robertson made his name as a professional sailor on the international match racing circuit where he twice won the World Match Racing Tour World Championship. Now though he is fully fledged disciple of the high performance foiling revolution and best known for his role as a helmsman and skipper on the SailGP regatta circuit – where he specialises in developing new teams as they join the...