ILCA Sailing Interviews
Interview with Filip Jurišić
How old were you when you started sailing and does anyone else in your family sail? First time I touched the Optimist I was seven, my parents put me in a very old Optimist with a wooden mast. After that, when I was nine, they brought me to Split to my current club Mornar. My…
Interview with Ecem Güzel
How did you get involved with sailing? The first time I started sailing was during a summer vacation in Bodrum. Nobody sails in my family. I found out that a frıend of mine had gone and just started by wondering about the ‘Optimist’ name. I didn’t know it was sailboat. Where did you learn to…
Interview with Jesper Stålheim
How old were you when you started sailing? I started sailing quite early around when I was six years old. I got into sailing since my mother was sailing when she was younger and was a trainer in our local club. Like every other kid in Sweden at that time I started with the Optimist….
Interview with Tuula Tenkanen
How did you get involved with sailing? My father, who has been sailing too, took me to a sailing course at my club when I was 7 and I really liked it. What made you decide to sail the Laser Radial and what has kept you sailing it since? I wanted to sail single-handed and…
Interview with Viktorija Andrulytė
How old were you when you started sailing? I was 10 years old when I started sailing. It wasn‘t very early but not too late. How did you first get involved with sailing? There were seven of us girls, me with my two sisters and four neighbors. Two of them were distant relatives with an…
Interview with Charlie Buckingham
How old were you when you started sailing and does anyone else in your family sail? I first learned to sail around while crewing for my father, Jim Buckingham, in local competitions but learned to sail alone in a Naples Sabot when I was eight years old. My dad has been a keen sailor since…