Shirley Robertson OBE, Double gold medallist and TV Presenter

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America’s Cup & Volvo Ocean Race

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Shirley and the team head to Naples, Italy for Luna Rossa’s re-entry into the 34th America’s Cup and meet the...

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CNN Mainsail – April 2012

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Shirley and the team look at the fall and rise of the multihull class. The collapse of the ORMA 60...

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CNN Mainsail – March 2012

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Shirley and the team meet Swedish billionaire Torbjorn Tornqvist, his Artemis Sailing Team and get an exclusive behind the scenes...

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CNN Mainsail – February 2012

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Shirley looks at the growth of sailing in the Middle East with visits to, Abu Dhabi for the Volvo Ocean...

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CNN Mainsail – January 2012

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Shirley and the team follow 3 classes, Laser, Laser Radial and the 49er at the World Championships in Perth Western...

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2011 Sailor of the Year

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Shirley traveled to Puerto Rico to find out who would be crowned ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2011....

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CNN Mainsail – December 2011

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

A year ago, a concept was put forward to change the face of the America’s Cup – the oldest trophy...

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Pioneers of the Volvo Ocean Race

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Is it tougher to race around the world today than it was nearly forty years ago? This month on CNN Mainsail,...

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Going for gold

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Shirley talks to Ben Ainslie as prepares for a home Olympics and his bid for his forth gold...

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Oman Sail launches Women’s Sailing Programme

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Shirley becomes a project mentor for the newly launched Oman Sail project along with round the world yachts woman Sam...

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