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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 w ..read more

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 ..read more

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 tes ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 aspir ..read more