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Adventures of a Sailor Girl is now in Maarstrand for Stena Match Cup

by Nic Douglass on 1 Jul 2015
Six wins for Johnie Berntsson and his Berntsson Sailing Team today - 2015 Stena Match Cup Sweden Robert Hajduk / WMRT
Adventures of a Sailor Girl is now in Maarstrand 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.

Below is a video from today, at an interview and sailing footage package with Keith Swinton and Johnnie Berntsson (they are in second and third at the moment).




Also an interview with Anna Osling, current Women's World Champ who has the only all-female click here

Adventures of a Sailor Girl - Anna Ostling after day one at Stena Match Cup Sweden by Sunset Radio on Mixcloud




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.

Head to www.AdventuresofaSailorGirl.com or www.nicdouglass.org for more information, or Adventures of a Sailor Girl on Facebook www.facebook.com/sailorgirl18

Check out two amazing adventurers that I was able to chat with on the last few days of the Gothenburg stopover. The Team SCA message is incredibly inspiring, as is the message of Hilary Lister, that sailing can give you wings.

Hilary Lister - How sailing can give you wings...



A catch up with Stacey Jackson of Team SCA - Is this the end for the magenta?

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