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Abby’s guest is Marjoleine Hulshof, a People & Organisation Lead with Investec Bank, an Executive Coach, Mentor, Sailor and passionate about Ocean conservation. Abby & Marjoleine discuss mentoring, which was one of the recommendations following the World Sailing Trusts Strategic Review. This is a topic that The Magenta Project has successfully implemented since 2018, having assisted over 150 female sailors through mentoring. They discuss the benefits, different types of mentoring and how it can be applied to the sailing world. Marjoleine shares her personal experiences as a Mentor as well as ‘lifting the bonnet’ on the intricacies of the role of mentoring.
Host: Abby Ehler
Recorded: April 1, 2022
A co-production of The Magenta Project and WiSP Sports
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On the first episode of a new season, Abby chats to Caroline Boule, a Magenta Project Mentee who is on track to compete in her first Mini Transat campaign and has recently completed her first Atlantic crossing onboard Sailing Poland the V65; one of the yachts that raced in the past Volvo Ocean Races. Caroline had sailed a range of dinghies and keelboats as a child and while at University she got into team racing as well as sailing the 29er. More recently however she has launched into the foiling Moth class, which has really struck a chord with her combining her engineering skills with her love for sailing. Abby spoke to Caroline as she travels back form Antigua fresh from her first Atlantic crossing.
Host: Abby Ehler
Recorded: February 19, 2022
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Abby’s guest on the season finale of The Sailing Show is Spanish sailor, Demila Tassin who has recently returned from competing in the Mini Transat Race for the first time. The Mini Transat is a race Djemila had been dreaming of for the past five years and we hear about her journey to the start line, the challenges, the highs and lows and what she has learnt from this unique experience.
The Mini Transat is a 4,050 nautical mile race from Les Sables d’Olonne in France to Saint-François in Guadeloupe, with a stopover in Santa Cruz de La Palma. This race has acquired the reputation of a true test of ocean racing and for good reason, it’s a single handed, without outside assistance or weather routing by satellite in a 6.5m boat.
Host: Abby Ehler
Recorded: December 13, 2021
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Abby’s guest on this episode is Justine Mettraux, a Swiss sailor who grew up navigating the waters of Lake Geneva with her four siblings. She began sailing competitively as a teenager, before quickly rising through the ranks as one to watch. In 2013, she came second in the Mini-Transat before joining the all-female crew onboard Team SCA, led by offshore sailing legend, Sam Davies, for the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race. Justine officially joined 11th Hour Racing Team in 2021, following a transatlantic training run with the crew in 2020. She will co-skipper the team’s existing IMOCA 60, known as 11th Hour Racing Team - ALAKA'I, with British navigator, Simon Fisher. They are currently leading the IMOCA Globe Series so will be a strong contender going into the Transat Jaques Vabres Race, a double handed race from Normandie, France to the Caribbean Island of Martinique. To kick off this episode Abby taps into the knowledge and experience of record breaking sailor Dee Caffari to seek her insights into who we should be looking out for in this tactical and exciting race across the Atlantic.
Host: Abby Ehler
Recorded: November 3, 2021
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Helena Scutt began racing dinghies competitively relatively late after a soccer-obsessed childhood. Sailing had always been a part of her life, having grown up on Lake Washington near Seattle, she excelled in the 29er class and was selected for the U.S. Sailing Development Team, progressing through to the 49fx and Nacra 17. Helena took up Moth sailing in 2018 to complement her training in the Nacra class. In this episode, Helena shares her experiences of getting into this particular dinghy, racing at the Moth Worlds in Lake Garda, and her vision as the recently appointed Vice President of the Moth Class.
Host: Abby Ehler, The Magenta Project
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On this month’s episode Abby talks to two sailors who have had very different journeys to the Tokyo Olympic Games. Her first guest is Susann Beucke from Germany, for which Tokyo was her third attempt to compete at the Games. Susann has campaigned in the 470 class and most recently has competed in the 49erFX class, winning the European Championships in 2020 and going on to win an Olympic silver medal at Tokyo. Susann shares her highlights and lowlights of her long road to Tokyo.
Abby's second guest is Erica Dawson from Aukland, New Zealand, competing in her first Olympic Games in the Nacra 17 class, a mixed crew, foiling catamaran with Micah Wilkinson. Erica’s dream of going to an Olympic Games were initially in the 49erFX but she switched to the foiling catamaran in 2018, firstly as helm, before teaming up with Micah in the middle of 2019 and switching to crew. The pair showed their huge potential when finishing seventh at the Nacra 17 World Championships in Geelong, Australia and they are coached by two-time Olympic medallist Jo Aleh. Erica suffered a huge setback in training five weeks out from the Games, and we hear about the incident, her coping strategy and her experience at Tokyo.
Host: Abby Ehler
A co-production of WiSP Sports and The Magenta Project
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Milly Jinks is a British Youth sailor who has recently taken part in the Sail GP Inspire Program, which is aimed at the younger generation to make foiling more accessible and build a more inclusive sport from the ground up. Milly has achieved amazing results in the Topper class over the past few years, including a top four finish in the girls Topper World Championships, more recently moving into the 29ers and Nacra 15’s. Milly has also been part of the Magenta Project’s Mentoring Program having been mentored over the last nine months by British former Olympic sailor Kate MacGregor. Milly aspires to race foiling boats in the future and has her sights set on the America’s Cup.
Host: Abby Ehler
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Abby chats to three sailors; Annie Lush, Lara Poljšak and Annika Möslein, all of whom have recently competed in the The Ocean Race Europe, which started on May 29 from Lorient and finished in Genoa on June 19. The Europe race is a new event designed to showcase top-flight, fully-crewed, competitive ocean racing featuring crew members from all over the world racing in foiling IMOCA 60s and one-design VO65s. Annie has competed in two Volvo Ocean Races with Team SCA and Team Brunel. She was part of Team Offshore Germany competing in The Ocean Race Europe. Lara originates from Slovenia and is relatively new to Offshore racing and keen to get more into ocean racing with The Ocean Race being her dream goal. Lara is currently part of the Magenta’s mentorship program. Annika hails from Germany, currently residing in the UK where she is studying at Oxford. She had her first taste of the VO65 following a delivery opportunity after the 2017/18 Ocean Race onboard Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. Annika was part of the 2018/19 Magenta mentoring program. Both Annika and Lara competed The Ocean Race Europe on board The Austrian Ocean Race Project.
Host: Abby Ehler
A co-production of WiSP Sports and The Magenta Project
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On this edition of The Sailing Show, Abby talks to Nina Curtis from Australia and Olivia Mackay from New Zealand, both of whom have recently returned from Sail GP’s first event of Season 2 in Bermuda. Nina and Liv have quite literally been inserted into the deep end of high performance sailing on the F50 foiling catamaran. SailGP has recently taken action to create and implement a plan for female inclusion in the global championship. In the short term, SailGP aims to fast-track the development of top female sailors to race on the F50s, with an overall goal of achieving gender equity by 2025. Bermuda was the first Sail GP event where 15 female sailors were part of the respective sailing teams for training and practice racing. We hear from Nina and Liv about how that experience went.
Host: Abby Ehler
A co-production with The Magenta Project.
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Abby’s guest this episode is Miranda Merron who has been racing competitively offshore for the past 20 years in solo, double-handed and fully-crewed races, including the Route du Rhum, the Transat Jaques Vabre and the Volvo Ocean Race. Miranda has won the Transat Jacques Vabre and Round Britain & Ireland races. Most recently Miranda competed in the iconic Vendee Globe, completing the course in 101 days. In finishing this Vendée Globe, Miranda becomes only the 9th female ever to complete this legendary course and the 5th British woman in her trusty IMOCA60 Campagne de France. Abby chats to Miranda about her journey to get to the start line of the Vendee Globe and also about the highs and lows of the race itself. A really interesting insight into the life of a solo sailor, racing around the world.
Host: Abby Ehler
A co-production with The Magenta Project.
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"On this edition of The Sailing Show, I’m delighted to be joined by Anne-Cécile Turner who is an award-winning, sustainability expert and passionate sailor. Anne-Cécile is committed to contribute to a meaningful change in our lives. In 2016, she joined the Volvo Ocean Race as Sustainability Programme Leader, in order to assist the event in its journey to reduce its environmental impact, optimize its sustainability potential and use the power of the race to create positive change on Oceans Health on a global scale. She heads up The Ocean Race’s Sustainability department, which is committed to using sport as a powerful force for positive change. In this episode Abby chats to Anne-Cécile to understand more about the situation of our environment and oceans and the importance of raising awareness and education. How The Ocean Race is planning and taking action to effect change with their Racing For Purpose initiative and what we can all do to play our part."
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On this month’s episode of The Sailing Show, Abby chatting to someone who has been on the front line of the hottest racing in town at the moment: the Prada Cup, the Challenger series of racing leading into the Americas Cup to be held in March in Auckland, New Zealand. The recent incident of American Magic’s capsize and near sinking and the subsequent levels of respect, camaraderie and professionalism that have ensued, when combined, are simply not delivered by any other sport. So it’s a really exciting episode chatting with Robyn Lesh, who is an integral part of the shore team for the 36th Americas Cup Challenger Team American Magic.
Host: Abby Ehler.
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This has been an epic couple of weeks in the sailing world delivered by both the Vendee Globe and Americas Cup . Both remarkable with regards to sporting achievement and inspirational in terms of dealing with the highs and lows. The need for positive role models, has never been greater, given this, host, Abby Ehler is really pleased to be chatting to British Sailing Team member; Hannah Snellgrove. Hannah is a role model for bouncing back after set backs, be that recovering from illness, injury or being bumped off your team. Hannah is currently campaigning on the Olympic sailing circuit in the Laser Radial (the women’s single-handed Olympic class) with her sights firmly set on Paris in 2024. In this edition of The Sailing Show, Abby discusses with Hannah her experience with Coronavirus, from the perspective of a young, fit, athlete hoping that it opens people’s eyes in terms of the attitude of shrugging it off as not serious, and to learn and share knowledge as to how we cope with this virus.
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On this month’s show Abby's guests are both accomplished match racers and they delve into the discipline of Match Racing, which featured as an Olympic Event in the 2012 Olympic Games. Anna Östling and Annie Wennergren both hail from Sweden, with their team ‘WINGS’ they have been in and out of the number one spot on the women’s match racing circuit including winning the Match Race World Championships in 2014 and 2016. Both have recently returned from competing at the prestigious Bermuda Gold Cup. We hear how they both got into this sailing discipline, learn about Match Racing circuits and how to get into them as a rookie.
A co-production with The Magenta Project
Host: Abby Ehler
Podcast length: 45 mins
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In a year of bad news and forgettable headlines, this is one of those that needs to be celebrated. On October 13th at 07:45, local time, GMT, two female sailors set out to set the first ever ratified World Speed Sailing Council (WSSC) record circumnavigation of Ireland. Just after 3am local time Saturday October 17th, the duo of Pamela Lee and Catherine Hunt crossed the line and pending ratification from WSSRC are now the first to hold a world record of First All Female Double Handed circumnavigation of Ireland with a provisional time of 3 days, 20 hours 29 mins sailing a total of 761 nautical miles. The record prompted a great response globally in the sailing community, with best wishes being sent in from as far as a field as Australia and America. In this episode of The Sailing Show, Abby spoke to Pam and Cat, talking through the actual challenge itself, what they take away from this event and their plans for the future.
Host: Abby Ehler
Podcast length: 27 mins
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On this episode Abby Ehler and Joan Mulloy, co-host to discuss motherhood in sailing. Joan is one of Ireland’s most inspiring young sailors, having represented her country on the global racing stage. In 2018, Joan became the first Irish woman to represent her country at the high-profile international Solitaire Le Figaro race. Her ultimate ambition is to be the first Irish person to complete the Vendée Globe, a solo round-the-world race.
Joan has some very exciting yet challenging news not only of navigating the COVID environment but also that she is pregnant and expecting her first baby in September. Joan had been thinking about how much she would love to hear from other female offshore sailors talking about their experiences of motherhood and raising a family alongside their sailing careers. So the aim of this podcast is to delve into the topic of Motherhood and a sailing related career, with the aim of chatting to guests Carolijn Brouwer and Maria Bertrand to talk about their experiences and share any advice to those, like Joan, who are about to enter into the new world of being a mum and many others who are wondering how on earth it is possible to juggle such an unconventional job with being a parent.
Carolijn Brouwer has successfully navigated the balance of sailing as a career and being a mother, Carolijn many of you will already know is an experienced dinghy and offshore sailor, having won the last edition of The Volvo Ocean Race with DongFeng Race Team.
Maria Bertrand will be a little less known to the sailing world from the outside, however she is certainly no less important and is a master of sailing team logistics and a natural born organiser. Maria, has two children, now aged eight and four, and has worked for five editions of the Volvo Ocean Race.
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On this episode of The Sailing Show, Abby Ehler chats to World Champion Sailor Sally Barkow, who has recently been appointed to US Sailing, as Team Coach and Performance Manager for the Olympic Squad. Sally brings to this role a wealth of sailing experience both on and off the water and covering every facet of the sport, having herself competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in the Yingling keelboat event, leading a team in the M32 World Match Racing Tour and more recently competing in the Volvo Ocean Race with Team SCA and Team Brunel, as well as serving as an active member of the US Sailing Board of Directors. Abby & Sally discuss the role of an Olympic Coach and the challenges & ‘benefits' that the Olympic Squad face with the delay in Olympic competition and the time in lockdown.
Host: Abby Ehler
Guest Co-host: Chris Stafford
Podcast length: 44 mins
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On this episode Abby will be taking a closer look at foiling sailing and chatting to two sailors who have launched themselves into foiling, specifically with the WASZP class dinghy. First Elise Beavis who is based in Auckland, and has become a WASZP sailor and Performance Engineer with Emirates Team New Zealand. Then British based Hattie Rogers, who has come up through the ranks of youth sailing and recently tackled the transition from 29er skiff to the WASZP. We learn a lot about WASZP as both girls share their experiences and top tips for any sailor aspiring to foil.
Host: Abby Ehler
Podcast length: 41 mins.
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In this episode of The Sailing Show, Abby Ehler chats to two female sailors, both specializing in the single handed discipline, Abby’s first guest, Sam Davies, will, later this year, start her third attempt in the Vendee Globe having had a narrow miss of a podium finish in 2008/9 race, and dis-masted in the 2012/13 edition of the race, so could 2020 be her race? To make a donation towards Sam’s charity, Initiatives Coeur, please click the like button on the Facebook page.
Abby's second guest is Marie-Amelie Lenarts who has recently completed in her first Mini Transat, a single-handed race across the Atlantic in a 6.5m boat, becoming the first Belgium women to compete in a race across the Atlantic.
Podcast length: 50 mins.
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Abby's guest this month is Clipper Round the World sailor, Clara Carrington. Clara has been a passionate social sailor through her life and having worked shore side for the Volvo Ocean Race, Clara has now embarked on her own round the world race with Clipper. Clara is racing with team Punta del Este which is currently lying third overall in the Clipper Round The World Race. Abby chats to Clara from her home in Uruguay having recently returned following the decision to postpone the remainder of the Clipper Race due to the global impact of COVID -19. They discuss how Clara's experience in human resources helped her with the crew's interaction and what she learned from each leg especially with adapting to new crew members and the importance of empathy in a team situation.
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