ILCA Sailing Interviews
Laser Training Cabarete: Interview with Elliot Hanson
Via Laser Training Cabarete Congratulations, Elliot, for your selection as the GBR Olympic representative for the Tokyo games. In your ILCA interview, you talked about team spirit and cooperation of the national squad during the selection process. What changes should be expected now? Two-time world champion Nick Thompson has officially announced retirement from racing. Nick will now help me…
Interview with Andrew Campbell
Hear from North American Laser legend, Andrew Campbell, courtesy of ILCA North America. Current Hometown: American Magic Homebase (this year we’ll be in Pensacola, FL, Newport, RI and Auckland, NZL. Current Occupation: Flight Controller, American Magic, Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup. Do you Currently Own a Laser: No. I think I have owned six…
Interview with Andrew Lewis
Photo by Sailing Energy How old were you when you started sailing and how did you get involved? It feels like I started sailing way back when I was in my mother’s womb when she and my dad would go on the yacht. When I was born, we would spend many weekends on the yacht…
Interview with Paloma Schmidt Gutiérrez
How did you get involved with sailing? I first started in December 1996 when I asked my mom to sign me up for the sailing summer course at the club. My family had just joined the Regatas Lima Club and I saw the Optis at the beach. By then, I was almost 10 years old…
Interview with Daphne van der Vaart
How did you get involved with sailing? Both of my parents are sailors. My dad did a campaign for the Olympics in the Soling for the 1984 Games in LA. He was very close but didn’t make it. But he knows what it’s like to train hard and do sailing competitions. My parents introduced me…
Interview with Mara Stransky
How old were you when you started sailing? Well I grew up living on a boat so I did my first yacht race at five months old (apparently), but didn’t really get into dinghy sailing until I was around 15 when my family arrived back in Australia. Tell us about the years of your childhood…