OnCourse Ep16 - Double helping down under

We kick off this episode with a double helping from down under as Sydney plays host two two big crowd pullers. First up was SailGP, the penultimate stage in the second season where there was plenty of drama as the pressure built ahead of the million dollar finale in March.
The Rolex Sydney Hobart is an offshore classic and after the pandemic forced organisers to cancel last year’s event, there was a keen appetite this year among sailors and spectators alike for the Boxing Day special. According to the competitors, this year’s 600 mile race to Tasmania turned out to be one of the toughest ever. But the history books will mark this race as special for another reason, that of the spectacular achievement of one man and his crew in particular.
We visit the 50+ knot club in Namibia as the speed sailing season delivers some outrageous performances in the windsurfing world, as well as seeing what happens when it all goes to rats.
For 50 years the Youth Sailing World Championships has played host to what have become some of the biggest names in sailing. This time it was the turn of Oman to host the event where oodles of talent was clearly on tap. If you'd like to know what the future holds, this event had plenty of answers.
Plus, we bring you up to speed with an update on the America’s Cup and preview of the new AC40 in build and talk to the man at the top in World Sailing about the paralympic plan.
SailGP Sydney - • SailGP Sydney Showdown...
SailGP That Crash - • That Crash - SailGP Sy...
Alinghi back in the Cup - • Alinghi back in the Am...
Youth Wortld Championships 2021 Oman - Extra features
Sam Ross interview - • The Sam Ross Interview
Emerging Nations Programme - • Learning to take on th...
Al Balushi interview - • Al Balushi Interview
Episode 16 Contents and links
00:39 Double helping down under - SailGP Sydney
01:34 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race
07:25 America’s Cup Update & AC40 in build
11:14 Docktalk Part 1
14:22 Luderitz Speed Challenge
18:08 Docktalk Part 2
20:54 Youth Sailing World Championships
28:06 Paralympic Plan
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Special thanks to:
Ellie Cartwright and the team at Wanderlust Action Films for their coverage of the Youth Worlds
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[@chriskeffer]

As Lake Erie freezes, your show keeps my hopes for early spring sailing alive. Watch and love every episode. Thank you!

[@alanyardley4832]

Hi Matt, best sailing show in the world. Thank you.

[@cesarcordova8686]

Great update! Great views. Thanks

[@henrikkromannknudsen2701]

Thanks for the update, appreciated.

[@arthurturner3080]

Deserves more views

[@PlanetSailOnline]

Glad you like it - Help spread the word!!

[@goodq]

Hi Matthew. Thank you for the video. Would love to hear your take on the protest between ichi ban and celestial. I find that story very interesting.

[@rickcheshire3284]

Double helping down under... she said 🖖

[@tomedom5107]

An excellent wakeup from winter hibernation.
The foiling interview is indeed worth a listen. Its interesting that all the leadmine classes are long gone from the olympics (though the doublehanded proposal was very interesting).
I somehow missed the story of how sailing got tossed from the paralympics. Do you have a video that discusses that?
The interview with Al Balushi turned out to be private and inaccessible.

[@TheHappydays72]

Thank you 😊

[@mosca3289]

A like from me and comment for the algorithm.

[@yachticus]

Sydney Hobart 2021 - hardest ever - 35kts for 12hrs into a southerly - talking about grabbing superlatives. soft run south. cobblers comment

[@johnmartlew5897]

6:34 What’s a fellow to do with 3 Rolex watches?
13:37 Reduction of carbon footprint on these boats? Stop using carbon fibre? 😁

[@CG-99]

There seems to be a lot of content in here that looks more like infomercials than real content....from furlers, to ropes, to "new" cloth for clothing these all look like sponsored content to me....not against ads....but I do think they should be clearly identified as ads

[@maxhugen]

I would have thought it was fairly obvious that some parts are sponsored, for anyone who regularly watches PlanetSail. However, I think there's enough integrity to present sponsored content that's of interest. Well, it is to me anyway. 😎🇦🇺

[@CG-99]

@@maxhugen yes you are right. But in most parts of social media sponsored content has to be clearly identified as such. That is not the case with the infomercial bits within the planet sail content.

[@carlguile2856]

Commentariat

[@allaheadflank]

I think you shouldnt cover sydney hobart without at least mentioning the protests that decided the outcome, no?