Shirley Robertson http://shirleyrobertson.com Official Website of Shirley Robertson - Double Olympic Gold Medallist and Broadcaster Tue, 15 May 2012 11:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 America’s Cup & Volvo Ocean Race http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/05/americas-cup-volvo-ocean-race/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/05/americas-cup-volvo-ocean-race/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:09:29 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/?p=1475 Shirley and the team head to Naples, Italy for Luna Rossa’s re-entry into the 34th America’s Cup and meet the team as they join the rest of the fleet and perform in front of a home crowd. Also a look at the brutal Southern Ocean leg of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race.

Watch the show HERE or at the following times (GMT):

  • Saturday, May 12: 0730; 2100
  • Sunday, May 13: 1630
  • Saturday, June 9:1630
  • Sunday, June 10: 0730, 2100
]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/05/americas-cup-volvo-ocean-race/feed/ 0 CNN Mainsail – May 2012 http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/05/cnn-mainsail-may-2012/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/05/cnn-mainsail-may-2012/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:06:41 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/?p=1477 Shirley and the team head to Naples, Italy for Luna Rossa’s re-entry into the 34th America’s Cup and meet the team as they join the rest of the fleet and perform in front of a home crowd. Also a look at the brutal Southern Ocean leg of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race.

]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/05/cnn-mainsail-may-2012/feed/ 0 CNN Mainsail – April 2012 http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/04/the-return-of-the-multihull/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/04/the-return-of-the-multihull/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:23:34 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/?p=1466 Shirley and the team look at the fall and rise of the multihull class. The collapse of the ORMA 60 class and multihull’s dropped from the Olympics after Beijing, left many sailors like Great Britain’s Leigh MacMillian wondering what was next. The emergence of the Extreme40 class, multihull’s in the Americas Cup and the MOD70 class have filled that gap and provided a exciting pool of talent along with multihull legends.

]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/04/the-return-of-the-multihull/feed/ 0 CNN Mainsail – March 2012 http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/03/the-secret-world-of-the-americas-cup/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/03/the-secret-world-of-the-americas-cup/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:50:30 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/?p=1448 Shirley and the team meet Swedish billionaire Torbjorn Tornqvist, his Artemis Sailing Team and get an exclusive behind the scenes look at their bid to win the Americas Cup.

Watch the show at the following times (all times GMT):

  • Thursday, March 15: 0930, 1530
  • Saturday, March 17: 0730, 2100
  • Sunday, March 18: 1630
  • Saturday, April 7: 1730
  • Sunday,April 8: 0830, 2200

]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/03/the-secret-world-of-the-americas-cup/feed/ 0 CNN Mainsail – February 2012 http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/02/cnn-mainsail-february-2012/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/02/cnn-mainsail-february-2012/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:18:22 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/02/cnn-mainsail-february-2012/ Shirley looks at the growth of sailing in the Middle East with visits to, Abu Dhabi for the Volvo Ocean Race stopover and Oman to check out the progress of Oman Sail’s Women’s Sailing Program.

Also a brief look at an unusual Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race Cape Town to Abu Dhabi, disrupted by piracy concerns and becomes the first woman to go Dhow Racing in the UAE.

]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/02/cnn-mainsail-february-2012/feed/ 1 CNN Mainsail – January 2012 http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/01/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-january-2012/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/01/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-january-2012/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:12:50 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/01/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-january-2012/ Shirley and the team follow 3 classes, Laser, Laser Radial and the 49er at the World Championships in Perth Western Australia – 7 months before London 2012 and the sailors battle to secure places in their national teams.

Also a quick look at the annual Sydney to Hobart race.

]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2012/01/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-january-2012/feed/ 0 2011 Sailor of the Year http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/12/2011-sailor-of-the-year/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/12/2011-sailor-of-the-year/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:10:38 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/?p=1428 Shirley traveled to Puerto Rico to find out who would be crowned ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2011. The winners selected from an impressive and star-studded gathering of nominees, were Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), who claimed the female award for the second time, and the two-man crew of Iker Martínez and Xabier Fernández (ESP), awarded the male prize. Martínez and Fernández, were unable to attend the ceremony as they were onboard Team Telefónica in leg 1 of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race.

In addition to the two winners, the list of nominees for the 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award included:

Female
Dee Caffari (GBR) – Record Breaking Round The World Yachtswoman
Sarah-Quita Offringa (ARU) – Double Professional Windsurfing Association World Champion
Alexandra Rickham (GBR) – ISAF Sailing World Cup Champion and IFDS World Champion

Male
Ben Ainslie (GBR) – Match Racing World Champion & ISAF Sailing World Cup Champion
Lorenzo Bressani (ITA) – Melges 24 and 32 World Champion
Rob Douglas (USA) – Outright World Speed Record Holder
Nathan Outteridge (AUS) – International Moth World Champion and 49er Champion

For more information visit: Honoured By The Sailing World

ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards
The ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards have been held every year since 1994 and past winners include Peter Blake (NZL), Ellen MacArthur (GBR), Robert Scheidt (BRA), Ben Ainslie (GBR) and Russell Coutts (SUI). In 2010 the Awards were presented to Tom Slingsby (AUS) and Blanca Manchón (ESP).

The next edition of the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards will be held in Dun Laoghaire, Republic of Ireland in November 2012.

]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/12/2011-sailor-of-the-year/feed/ 0 CNN Mainsail – December 2011 http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/12/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-december-2011/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/12/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-december-2011/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:51:00 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/12/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-december-2011/ A year ago, a concept was put forward to change the face of the America’s Cup – the oldest trophy in international sport. Twelve months later, Shirley and the MainSail team look at the changes implicated and how successful they have been.

Watch the show at the following times (all times GMT):

  • Thursday, December 15: 1030, 1730
  • Saturday, December 17: 0830, 2200
  • Sunday, December 18: 1730
  • Friday, December 30: 1630,
  • Saturday, January 7: 1730
  • Sunday, January 8: 0830, 2200

]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/12/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-december-2011/feed/ 0 Pioneers of the Volvo Ocean Race http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/11/pioneers-of-the-volvo-ocean-race/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/11/pioneers-of-the-volvo-ocean-race/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:30:41 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/?p=1378 Is it tougher to race around the world today than it was nearly forty years ago?

This month on CNN Mainsail, Shirley is with pioneers who competed in the early editions of the Whitbread Round the World Race including the very first in 1973 and those who are currently heading for Cape Town in the first leg of the current edition of the race, now the Volvo Ocean Race.

This crewed lap of the planet by sail has in many ways changed beyond all recognition, but the essence is exactly as it was, sailors heading off into the unknown or an extraordinary adventure.

Today the professional crew are competing on carbon fibre boats, stacked with technology, everything from the clothing they wear to the food they eat, to the way they sail has changed. But.. has progress made life easier… or will the crews of the 2011 Volvo Ocean Race find life on board tougher then ever before.

Watch the show at the following times (all in times in GMT) or ONLINE HERE.
Thursday, December 12: 1030, 1730
Saturday, December 17: 0830, 2200
Sunday, December 18: 1730
Saturday, January 7: 1730
Sunday, January 8: 0830, 2200

Steinlager 2 – Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race

]]> http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/11/pioneers-of-the-volvo-ocean-race/feed/ 0 CNN Mainsail – November 2011 http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/11/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-november-2011/ http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/11/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-november-2011/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:01:03 +0000 helen http://shirleyrobertson.com/2011/11/this-month-on-cnn-mainsail-november-2011/ November 5 Alicante, Spain – six crews start the 2011 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race and Shirley is with them at the race start to see just what they have in store over the next nine months and 39000 miles of racing.

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