Be inspired by the sport's star names and their extraordinary stories. We also hear from adventurers and everyday sailors about their adventures on the world's oceans.
The ocean-racer's big plans for the future; who'll replace him as skipper, Alex's new role and his dramatic memories of the Transat Jacques Vabre. Guests: Alex Thomson, Sam Goodchild Sailing Uncovered on YouTube The Presenting Academy - public speaking & media training
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke on how sailing's future is being shaped by technology. The America's Cup defenders look forward ten years to a brave new world for the sport. With sailing technologist Marcus Baur and commentator Alec Wilkinson. Plus the eSailing game that's gone nuts - the eVendeeGlobe and how to win it. Guests: Peter Burling, Blair Tuke, Marcus Baur, Matt Johnston Sailing Uncovered on YouTube
Any boat, any time and almost no rules-the Jules Verne Trophy is an iconic round the world challenge. Hear about the latest attempt to break the record. The challenges and dangers ahead for the team. With sailor Sam Goodchild. Presented by Alec Wilkinson. Duration 30mins. Sailing Uncovered on YouTube
Almost 2000 miles across some of the world's toughest waters-from the fisherman's graveyard to fastnet. Young race-star Alan Roberts gives Alec Wilkinson the inside story on the gruelling 2020 La Solitaire race. Sailing Uncovered on YouTube Sailing Uncovered on Facebook
Taking on the wilds of Alaska - in the longest inland-water race on the US west coast. Four intrepid racers tell us about whales, grizzlies and the infamous currents of Admiralty island. Guests: Dave D'Amore, Anthony Crupi, Brian Lieb & Sean Boily. Watch race video from this episode here: Sailing Uncovered YouTube Channel
When lockdown came, eSailing exploded on the scene and is set for Olympic inclusion. America's Cup sailors and top gamers look at the rise of the eSport. We hear how SailGP has embraced it and about the brand new global eSailing TV station. Never played? You will after listening to this. Guests: Kjoob, Gamer 3:15 Matt Cornwell, America's Cup sailor 8:23 Julien Di Biase, COO SailGP 12:08 Joseph Ozanne, Head of Simulation American Magic 20:15 Thomas Bjorn-Luthi, Founder eSailingTV 26:10
The thrills and spills of a decade of foiling with Sir Ben Ainslie. The British America’s Cup skipper looks ahead to an action-packed foiling year in SailGP and the AC World Series with INEOS TEAM UK. This is the full interview featured in the March 2020 edition of The World Sailing Show which is packed with awesome shots of big boat foiling! Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A6kMC9ZQ6o&t=6s
How to build a Vendee Globe race team....when you're a woman. PLUS...when your team-mate is your opponent - the fight for the right to represent USA at Tokyo 2020. Britons Sam Davies and Pip Hare on what it takes to challenge the French in the toughest ocean race. And we speak to American Olympic Bronze medallist Caleb Paine and Luke Muller - the youngster looking to knock him off his perch in the Finn. Guests: Pip Hare 2.15, Sam Davies 11.10, Caleb Paine 18.00, Luke Muller 26.30
Two boats pushing the limits of technology to revolutionise how we will cross oceans in the future. Inspirational skippers show us around the floating laboratories that challenge our beliefs on boat design and the environment. Check out the on-board videos from Energy Observer and Race For Water on our Sailing Uncovered YouTube channel. Guests: Jerome Delafosse@2.30 (Energy Observer) Hugo Devedeux@3.45 (Energy Observer) Annabelle Boudinot@18.30 (Race for Water)
Backstage reaction from the youngest ever World Sailor of the Year Marco Gradoni. 3 Optimist World Titles in 3 years for the boy from Rome. He talks to Alec Wilkinson at the Oceanview Theatre in Bermuda.
Back-stage reaction from Anne-Marie Rindom after winning Female World Sailor of the Year 2019. The Danish Laser Radial sailor won World and European Titles in 2019.
At last the battle for the 36th America's Cup gets real. Special edition from the Ineos TeamUK AC75 boat launch. Photos and videos of all teams' boats are on our Sailing Uncovered Youtube channel & FB page. Guests: Sir Robin Knox-Johnston@1'45 Giles Scott (Crew)@4'45 Ben Ainslie (Skipper)@12'30
It'll be the Olympic Games' longest and toughest endurance event. The Mixed Two Person Offshore Keelboat will make history on its debut at Paris 2024 but who came up with the idea? Can it be a success? And what will it take to become Olympic champion in sailing's newest event? Guests: Matt Allen @40" (Pres Australian Sailing/Ocean&Offshore Committee) Stan Honey @5'40" (Sailing&Media legend/Ocean&Offshore Committee) Hannah Diamond @17'45" (Volvo Ocean Racer) Find out more on our network; Twitter (@sailingshow) YouTube and Facebook.
Crossing two oceans on a voyage of medical discovery. Plus an Olympic champ's tips on making sailing fun for kids. Meet the sailors turned rowers crossing the Indian and Atlantic oceans to research Parkinson's and PTSD and double Olympic gold medallist Sarah Ayton explains how we can do more to help kids discover sailing. Guests: John Haskell & Billy Taylor @2'30" Sarah Ayton OBE @20' Enjoyed this episode? Click on subscribe/follow and automatically receive an episode each month.
A passionate call to action to defend the oceans we love. The greatest advocates for ocean life cover the hottest topics of our time. Dame Ellen MacArthur, Emily Penn, the UN and The Ocean Race on how we can turn things around. Episode brought to you by 11th Hour Racing Emily Penn @1:15 Anne-Cecile Turner @12:00 Dr Lisa Emelia Svensson @22:15 Dame Ellen MacArthur @32:10 Get more on all our guests on the Sailing Uncovered Facebook page. We're also on Twitter @sailingshow
From record-breaking sailor to taking on the UN. Ellen MacArthur covers everything from offshore adventures to cancer, from saving the planet to the world's best flapjacks. There's more on this interview on Twitter @sailingshow & on our FB page.
Revolution, motivation and the sweat and tears to make Tokyo 2020. US Olympic sailing chief and proud Australian Malcolm Page takes Alec inside their Miami training base as they fight to put US sailing back on the Olympic map.
What you need to know about adrenalin-pumped SailGP. And can our sailors master the flying F50 in the world's only sailing simulator? Guests: Simon Watin (FRA) @2'30" Chris Draper (GBR) @5'00" Phil Crain (USA) @11'30" Dylan Fletcher (GBR) @14'20" Stuart Bithell (GBR) @20'35" Presenter: Alec Wilkinson
Daniela Moroz on being a teenage kitesurfing world champion PLUS American skipper Charlie Enright on saving the planet, the Volvo Ocean race and his plans to go again. Guests: Daniela Moroz @50" Charlie Enright @10'15" Bloopers @20'
Pavlos Kontides (CYP) backstage at the World Sailor of the Year Awards immediately after taking the male title at the Van Wendel theatre in Sarasota, Florida USA.
The 2018 World Sailors of the Year Carolijn Brouwer (NED) and Marie Riou (FRA) talk to us backstage at the awards. Brouwer celebrates exactly 20 years since winning it the first time and Riou bows out of offshore racing. From the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, Florida USA.
The battle for an Olympic place within the New Zealand team. The biggest fears and dangers of a round the world record attempt - Alex Alley crowdfunds his biggest challenge yet. Guests: Logan Dunning-Beck & Alex Alley Presenter: Alec Wilkinson
How a young family changed their lives and sailed round the world (and made millions). Caspar Craven explains how they did it and how we can do it too. Giovanni Soldini - Italy's greatest sailor since Cristopher Columbus - talks about the business of sailing for Maserati, why he'll never do the Volvo Ocean Race and his speed record from Hong Kong to London. Videos, book details and photos of Maserati on the Sailing Uncovered Facebook page.
A star-studded preview of the 2018 World Championships plus how you can win a trip to Florida with the eSailing World champs. Guests include Mat Belcher (AUS) Haannah Mills (GBR) Jorge Zarif (BRA) Lijia Xu (CHN) Support us by becoming a patron!
Sam Davies and Lucy Hodges MBE guest. What's it like to sail blind and how it's done explained by World Champ Lucy Hodges. Yoho ho and a barrel of rum - Sam Davies prepares for the year's big transat and the 2020 Vendee Globe.
Cancer survivor and Olympic champion Santi Lange inspires us with his story of beating illness to defend his Olympic title. Plus 'The race too far' - the dramatic back-story of the Golden Globe Race with author Chris Eakin.
Alex Thomson shares his plans for 2018 and updates us on his team's progress as they begin to design the boat with which he aims to win the 2020 Vendee Globe race.
The first woman to skipper an all female crew around the world talks about her big plans for her iconic boat Maiden. Plus behind the scenes gossip at BBC Radio 4's Shipping Forecast with announcer Zeb Soanes as Alec Wilkinson previews the last ever London Boat Show. Guests: Tracy Edwards @4'30" Zeb Soanes@14'45"
East coast or West coast - we debate the USA's best side. Plus Sarah Quita Offringa the Aruban freestyle superstar and multi-world Champion talks all things windsurfing and what sailing could learn from her sport. Guests: Jesse Falcone & Mike Holt (3x 505 World Champ) @2'00", Sarah Quita Offrings@12'30"
East coast or West coast - we debate the USA's best side. Plus Multi-world champ and Aruban freestyle superstar Sarah-Quita Offringa on what the rest of sailing could learn from windsurfing. Guests: Jesse Falcone & Mike Holt (3x 505 World Champ) @2.00, David Bergehr (AUT) on the 470 @11.00, Sarah-Quita Offringa @12.30
Paddleboarding the Danube, rowing the Atlantic and the 14 year old who sailed round the world. Adventurer and TV presenter Ben Fogle joins paddleboarder and broadcaster Tim Kruse and sailor Jorgen Mohr Ernst.
Dehydration, hunger and crossing the Pacific - Mutiny star and round the world sailor Conrad Humphreys explains the hardships of recreating Cpt. Bligh's voyage of survival on TV. Dame Ellen MacArthur announces her latest voyage with her Cancer Trust. Presented by Alec Wilkinson. Guests: Ellen MaCarthur @4mins Conrad Humphreys @7mins
Equality and ecology in sailing. Don't yawn, tune in - it's actually quite entertaining. Ocean racers Abby Ehler and Annie Lush tell us about the Magenta project. There's an update from Volvo Ocean Race director Phil Lawrence. Vendee Globe hopeful Phil Sharp aims to be the first to circumnavigate the world in a fossil fuel-free boat. Presenter Alec Wilkinson Guests: Phil Lawrence @2mins Magenta Project @7mins Phil Sharp @15mins
Dame Ellen MacArthur, Alex Thomson, Mike Golding, Francois Gabart join Sam Davies and Alec Wilkinson in Les Sables D'Olonne for a Vendee Globe special as the race comes to an amazing climax. A who's who of ocean racing stars! Guests: Alex Thomson@5.15, Ellen MacArthur@11.15, Mike Golding@12.30, Francois Gabart@20.30 Presented by Alec Wilkinson with Sam Davies Duration: 30mins
Ticket giveaways and top guests from 2017 London Boat Show including BBC R4 presenter of the Shipping Forecast Zeb Soanes and Olympic silver medallist and ocean rower Guin Batten. The competition featured in this episode has now ended! GUESTS: Mike Enser (British Marine) @0.40, Guin Batten @4.40, Zeb Soanes @15.00 Tot Dur:23.46
Could Lance Armstrong compete in the next America's Cup? Has the winning boat already been decided? America's Cup veteran and commentator Kenny Read gazes into his crystal ball of forthright views. Sir Ben Ainslie, Jimmy Spithill and Peter Burling also look ahead to their Bermuda showdown in 2017. And we hear about a British project aiming to snatch the Vendee Globe Race from its French masters.
Hannah Mills gives her reaction from backstage at sailing's top awards night. Mills won gold in Rio with Saskia Clark in the 470 - adding to their silver medal at London 2012. The pair were presented the women's award at a glitzy ceremony in Barcelona.
An emotional Santi Lange reacts to his World Sailor of the Year award. Backstage reaction from the Argentinian who won gold in Rio at the age of 54 a year after losing a lung to cancer.
This month is all about high seas adventures as round the world sailor Dee Caffari talks about the toughest race in sailing - the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe. Also joining Alec Wilkinson is Conrad Manning who has his sights on the 2020 Vendee race but what does it to take to make the cut? PRESENTER: Alec Wilkinson GUESTS: Dee Caffari Conrad Manning
Two double Olympic medallists in one show! Plus a preview of the decisive event of the America's Cup World Series. Nathan Outteridge and Saskia Clark are our special guests this month. Olympic champion Saskia Clark confirms her retirement, admits being scared of life after Team GB and has an important Bart's Bash update. Aussie Nathan Outteridge on what life is really like in Bermuda for an America's Cup sailor, his favourite Olympic medal and why he had to get away from sailing partner Iain Jensen. Dean Barker and Franck Cammas look ahead to the decisive event of the America's Cup World Series in Japan. GUESTS: Saskia Clark (GBR) @1'30" Dean Barker (NZL) @9'17" Franck Cammas (FRA) Nathan Outteridge (AUS) @12'00"
We look ahead to one of September's biggest international sailing events; 'Bart's Bash'. Thousands of sailors and clubs around the world will come together for the annual money raiser. Iain Percy doesn't mince his words on how sailing needs to get serious about safety. And we hear about a life-changing project in South Africa. Join Alec Wilkinson for Episode 3 of Sailing Uncovered. Remember to follow us on Twitter: @sailingshow on Facebook and YouTube PRESENTER: Alec Wilkinson GUESTS: Iain Percy, Artemis Racing Rob Holden, Mossel Bay YC, South Africa Richard Percy, Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation
A full preview to the sailing at Rio 2016. Double Olympic Gold medallist Iain Percy gives his advice to this year's crop of Olympic sailors. Percy's former Olympic partner Steve Mitchell - coaching Canada (when recorded) - reveals his team's secret weapon against Rio's waterborne superbugs. We also hear from the British team on their aim to finish top of the medal table. Alec Wilkinson is also joined by sailjuice journalist Andy Rice as they predict the winners and losers of Rio 2016. PRESENTER: Alec Wilkinson GUESTS: Andy Rice, Iain Percy, Lindsey Bell, Steve Mitchell
Welcome to our brand new podcast! In Episode One...the extraordinary dangers of the North Atlantic, surviving a destroyed mainsail with a little tea and sleep, the thrill of foiling a kiteboard and the perks of coaching Richard Branson. All this and more as Sky Sports presenter Alec Wilkinson speaks to ocean racer Phil Sharp and European foiling kiteboard champion Olly Bridge.
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