Sailing Uncovered - the Podcast

By Alec Wilkinson

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The champions, the insight and the latest news. Alec Wilkinson brings you sailing's top names, the big race news, regular features and audience challenges. Broadcast monthly.

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Episode 30-Boats of the Future

12.05.2019

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 ...

Sailing Uncovered - the Podcast episodes:

12.05.2019 Episode 30-Boats of the Future 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 ...
10.30.2019 EXTRA - Marco Gradoni World Sailor of the Year 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.
10.30.2019 EXTRA - Anne-Marie Rindom World Sailor of the Year 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.
10.04.2019 Episode 29 - America's Cup boat launch 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 ...
09.11.2019 Episode 28-Offshore Revolution 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 ...
08.18.2019 Episode27-Voyages of Discovery 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 ...
06.07.2019 Episode 26-Ocean Life Special with 11th Hour Racing 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 ...
05.10.2019 Episode 25 - Ellen MacArthur 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.
03.25.2019 Episode 24 - Inside US Olympic Sailing Team 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.
01.23.2019 Episode 23 - Flying an F50 - SailGP preview. 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 ...
12.21.2018 Episode 22 - Charlie Enright, Daniela Moroz 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'
10.31.2018 Sailing Uncovered - EXTRA Pavlos Kontides World Sailor of the Year 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.
10.31.2018 Sailing Uncovered - EXTRA Carolijn Brouwer, Marie Riou World Sailors of the Year 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 ...
10.15.2018 Sailing Uncovered - Ep21 Round World record + Kiwis battle for Tokyo 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
07.18.2018 Sailing Uncovered - Ep20 Life changing voyages-Giovanni Soldini & Caspar Craven 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 ...
06.20.2018 Sailing Uncovered - EP19 World Championships Preview + eSailing World Champs 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 ...
06.20.2018 Sailing Uncovered - EP19 World Championships Preview A star-studded preview of the 2018 World Championships plus how you can win a trip to Florida. Alec Wilkinson speaks to: Hannah Mills GBR @1'30 Mathew Belcher AUS @5'00 Jorge Zarif BRA @8'00 Lijia Xu CHN @19'00 Enjoy it? Please ...
05.18.2018 Sailing Uncovered - Ep18 Blind Sailing & on the Route Du Rhum 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 ...
05.14.2018 Sailing Uncovered- Ep18 Blind Sailing & on the Route Du Rhum Sam Davies and Lucy Hodges MBE guest. Blind sailing World Champ Lucy Hodges describes match racing and the freedom sailing brings her. Yohoho and a barrel of rum - Sam Davies prepares for the year's big tansat as she trains ...
03.03.2018 Sailing Uncovered- Ep17 Santi Lange & Golden Globe Race. 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.
01.12.2018 EXTRA - Alex Thomson 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.
12.20.2017 Sailing Uncovered - EP16. 2018 Tracy Edwards at the London Boat Show Tracy Edwards shares her big plans for her iconic boat Maiden which she saved from the Indian Ocean. The first woman to skipper an all female crew around the world announces that men will be allowed on board for the ...
12.12.2017 Sailing Uncovered 16 - Tracy Edwards at the London Boat Show 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 ...
11.22.2017 Sailing Uncovered 15 - The BIG debate & Freestyle Windsurfing 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 ...
11.22.2017 Sailing Uncovered-EP15 USA's big sailing debate & Freestyle windsurfing 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 ...
11.22.2017 Sailing Uncovered - Ep15 East Vs West coast? & Freestyle Windsurfing World Champ East coast Vs West coast - we debate the USA's best side. Plus Sarah-Quita Offringa, freestyle superstar and multi World Champion talks windsurfing and what sailing could learn from her sport. 3 times 505 World Champion Mike Holt hotly debates ...
11.08.2017 Sailing Uncovered - Extra. Marit Bouwmeester 2017 Rolex World Sailor of the Year Backstage at the World Sailing Awards in Mexico we catch up with Dutch Laser Radial sailor Marit Bouwmeester after her crowning as the 2017 Rolex World Sailor of the Year. After months out injured, Bouwmeester made an astonishing comeback at ...
10.09.2017 Sailing Uncovered - Ep14 Volvo Ocean Race Your star-studded guide to this year's Race. Kyle Langford, Dee Caffari and Mark Towill join Conrad Colman and Alec Wilkinson from their team bases. Kyle on sailing with arch-enemy Pete Burling. Conrad announces his plans to compete. Dee on her ...
08.23.2017 Sailing Uncovered - EP13 The Adventurers 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.
06.23.2017 Sailing Uncovered - Ep12 America’s Cup Special The characters and stories you won't have heard from the 35th America's Cup - Bermuda rigs America's Cup. Bringing back the monohulls. Sailing a classic J-class. A skipper's winning speech. A bus to Uganda....we have it all in this special ...
06.02.2017 Sailing Uncovered - Ep11 Round the Island Race Preview We preview the world's biggest yacht race. The Round the Island Race.
04.23.2017 Sailing Uncovered - Ep10 Mutiny star Conrad Humphreys & Ellen MacArthur 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 ...
03.16.2017 Episode 9-Magenta Project, Volvo Ocean Race, Eco-sailing 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 ...
01.22.2017 Episode 8 - Vendee Globe Special 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: ...
12.12.2016 Episode 7 - Preview London Boat Show 2017 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 ...
12.02.2016 Episode 6-America's Cup & Vendee Globe 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 ...
12.02.2016 Sailing Uncovered - Episode 6 America’s Cup & Vendee Globe 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 ...
11.09.2016 Extra-Hannah Mills World Sailor of the Year 2016 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 ...
11.08.2016 Extra - Santiago Lange World Sailor of the Year 2016 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.
10.29.2016 Episode 5 - Dee Caffari 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 ...
09.29.2016 Episode 4-Nathan Outteridge & Saskia Clark 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 ...
08.28.2016 Episode 3 - Bart's Bash 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 ...
08.28.2016 Sailing Uncovered Episode 3 - Bart’s Bash 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 ...
07.22.2016 Episode 2 - Rio Olympics Preview 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 ...
06.29.2016 Episode 1 - Kiteboarder Olly Bridge & Phil Sharp Ocean Racer 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 ...