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Adventures of a Sailor Girl interviews the Stena Match Cup Winners

by Nic Douglass on 5 Jul 2015
Hansen in control in the Semi Finals - 2015 Stena Match Cup Sweden Robert Hajduk / WMRT
Adventures of a Sailor Girl is now in Marstrand for Stena Match Cup Sweden.


The Sailor Girl is Nic Douglass, a Sydney based sailor, sailing commentator and icon of the Sydney and Australian sailing scene. With the assistance of GAC Pindar she has been in Europe covering the Volvo Ocean Race stopover and other major events.

Congratulations to Hansen Sailing Team on their fourth straight victory, and fifth victory in Marstrand!

No wonder Bjorn Hansen was inducted into the Stena Match Cup Hall of Fame earlier in the week, he is truly the 'Master of Marstrand'!

Interviews and footage from all of the finals including Keith Swinton, Ian Williams and Bjorn Hansen himself!

This wraps up Sailor Girl's coverage of the Stena Match Cup. But stay tuned for more Adventures a Nic Douglass heads off to the J70 Worlds, then the TP52 Worlds and then the AC World Series in Portsmouth .



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Nic Douglass reports from Marstrand, Sweden supported by GAC Pindar © Robert Hajduk / shuttersail.com http://shuttersail.com/
Nic Douglass reports from Marstrand, Sweden supported by GAC Pindar © Robert Hajduk / shuttersail.com http://shuttersail.com/

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