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Adventures of a Sailor Girl interviews Barker, Spithill and Ainslie

by Nic Douglass on 25 Jul 2015
35th America's Cup, Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series Portsmouth 2015, Official Training 2 ACEA /Gilles Martin-Raget
Adventures of a Sailor Girl is now in Portsmouth for the first round of the America's Cup World Series.


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.

She managed to catch up with three skippers today after the boats had their first chance to line up. Dean Barker of SoftBank Team Japan, Ben Ainslie of the host team, Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing, and defending skipper, Jimmy Spithill of Oracle Team USA.

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Head to www.AdventuresofaSailorGirl.com or www.nicdouglass.org for more information, or follow Adventures of a Sailor Girl on Facebook www.facebook.com/sailorgirl18 or @sailorgirl218

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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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