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Adventures of a Sailor Girl- News and interviews from Nov 16 show

by Sail-World on 17 Nov 2014
Smeg (David Witt and friends) - flies down Sydney Harbour on Sunday in a breeze gusting 40kts Michael Chittenden
If you missed this week's edition of Adventures of a Sailor Girl, then hear the replay below. This week's show is the 30th - a nice milestone.

Adventures of a Sailor Girl #30 on 16 November 2014 by Sunset Radio on Mixcloud



The Sailor Girl is Nic Douglass, a Sydney based sailor, sailing commentator and icon of the Sydney and Australian sailing scene. Nic is a former two-time World and six-time Australian champion in the Tasar class, and has competed in women's match racing on the Olympic and world circuit.

The schedule and times for the show broadcast on November 16 are as follows (fast forward to the times below if you want to hear a specific interview/segment):

- Sailing News in Sixty Seconds-ish (1:55).

- Silas Nolan, Team Shockwave, Concubine Yachting, Ichi Ban (8:20).

- Rob Brown, 'Browny', AC & all-round sailing legend, Envy Scooters (18:30).

- Luke 'Parko' Parkinson, Bowman for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (31:30).

The show as always wraps up with clips from the Sailor Girl's own adventures including some 18 foot skiff action, hanging out in Darren 'Twirler' Jones' pit, Rob Douglass (her skipper) getting told off by Mike 'Fletch' Fletcher (her coach), and a highlights reel over the past 30 weeks, including many greats (55:22).

There is plenty more to come including the Extreme Sailing Series Downunder, the Big Boat Race and Rolex Sydney Hobart.

If you have stories, pictures or something to share, be sure to get in touch with the Sailor Girl via www.nicdouglass.org or Adventures of a Sailor Girl on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sailorgirl18.


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