SailJuice Blog

An Excerpt from an interview I did with Anna Tunniciffe, Olympic Champion in the Laser Radial and just last week crowned Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year.

You’ll find the rest over here (although you need to be a paid up subscriber to get access to it):

http://www.sailjuice.com/articles/tunnicliffe-training

SailJuice Interview with Anna Tunnicliffe (excerpt)

SailJuice: When you’re doing a coaching session, what routines do you put people through to really help them make some gains?

Anna: We try and emphasize the endurance part of Laser sailing and the fitness parts so we do interval training on the water, so we’ll do three minute hikes or two minute hikes and just try and focus on technique and posture for those two or three minutes and then take a little bit of a break and then do it again. So we really… Read the rest

Sarah Steyaert has won the 2008 Women’s Laser Radial World Championship in New Zealand, a great result for the French sailor whose previous best was 6th in 2006. The world title looked to be heading China’s way until series leader Lijia Xu was disqualified from the final race when an umpire gave her an on-the-water penalty for excessive body movement.

Steyaert seized her chance. “I saw her take the flag, and I knew that I had to finish in the top 14 – I knew the points. And I did it, so I knew I had the World Championship.” Xu, who won the Worlds in 2006, had to be satisfied with the silver medal, still a long way ahead of the rest despite that last-race disqualification.

If Xu was disappointed with silver, Skandia Team GBR’s Andrea Brewster was delighted… Read the rest