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Adventures of a Sailor Girl - ACWS Gothenburg - Day 2 video interviews

by Nic Douglass on 31 Aug 2015
Day 2 - America's Cup World Series - Gothenburg AmplifyPhoto.com
Adventures of a Sailor Girl is now in Gothenburg for Americas Cup World Series - here's her report from Day 2 of the iconic event.

The Sailor Girl is Nic Douglass, a Sydney based sailor and sailing commentator.

She has been in Europe covering the Volvo Ocean Race stopover and other major events.

The Sailor Girl had time to chat with:

- Dean Barker, SoftBank Team Japan about the team's second in the last race today
- Nathan Outteridge, Artemis Racing the comeback kids winning a race in front of their home crowd today
- Paul Campbell-James, Land Rover BAR on the consistency of the team and whether this is their secret to slick crew handling
- Ben Ainslie, Land Rover BAR covering gear changing and the speed loss in race 4 today
- Jimmy Spithill, Oracle Team USA about what is to come for the team, the next 'home' event in Bermuda and feelings on two seconds in a row
- Pete Burling, Emirates Team NZ on his first America's Cup event win, the Moth, the 49er - seriously an awesome competitor across the board.



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