In 1969, Robin Knox-Johnson GBR won 'The Golden Globe', the first solo non-stop round-the-world race, when the leading Bernard Montessier FRA for unknown reasons decided to turn shortly before the finish line to attempt another round. Knox-Johnson is still a most respected person in the British sail racing scene today. A 57-minute video portrait.
The third episode of the arguably best edited and commented video magazines - OnCourse of Planet Sail - features among others takes about the 5o5 World Championship in Australia and the America's Cup. ----- The video.
Loris von Siebenthal SUI, the Geneva photographer and sailor (among others in Matchrace Team Eric Monnin SUI) was awarded the Swiss Sports Press Award for his photos of the storm that mixed up the 600 boat fleet of the 2019 Bol d'Or on Lake Geneva. ----- The news.
The latest edition of CNN Mainsail covers exclusively th Middlesea Race of Malta held in October. As always, the two-time Olympic Champion Shirley Robertson GBR moderates the magazine.
Here the video take.
In the latest edition of the CNN-Sailing-Video-Magazine 'Mainsail', the five-time Olympic Medalist Ainslie GBR speaks about his way to success, interviewed by Shirley Robertson GBR (2x Olympic Champion). The 22-minute video is dedicated to the Olympic Classes World Championship in Aarhus (August 2018), with Ainslie GBR starting after 16:50.
The video.