Sailing on the telly

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2003 has been a very special year in British sailing from round the world racing and record attempts to the spectrum of Olympic sailing where Britain again topped the world league tables.

APP Broadcast’s 2003 British Grand Prix Sailing Review joins Ellen MacArthur MBE and her crew of the 110ft catamaran Kingfisher2 as they brave the Southern Ocean on a drag race around the planet in an attempt to set a new Jules Verne Trophy record. We celebrate with the runner-up in the Sunday Times Women Personality of the Award, Emma Richards, as she completes the world’s longest singlehanded race, Around Alone. And we watch in awe as the British Olympic Sailing Team tops the world medal table at the ISAF Olympic Classes World Championship in Spain with two golds, two silvers and a bronze.

Plus, features on Britain’s other top sailing athletes and features from Britain’s leading regattas and sailing events including Tracy Edwards, Sam Davies, Mike Golding, Alex Thomson, Conrad Humphreys, the Admiral’s Cup, Skandia Cowes Week.

And finally, a look ahead to 2004: it’s Olympic year and can Britain surpass the unsurpassable Sydney medal haul at Athens 2004? Up to four teams are due to set out on round the world record attempts in early 2004, the Timberland Euro Prix European Cup of Sailing kicks off in May and in November the Vendée Globe - the race that made Ellen MacArthur famous - will feature a strong British entry. Can a British sailor make history by winning France’s greatest ocean race?

Broadcast details:

Sky Sports
Tuesday December 23rd 2003
2000 Sky Sports Xtra
2400 Sky Sports Xtra
Wednesday December 24th
0700 Sky Sports 3
1300 Sky Sports 2
Sunday December 28th
1100 Sky Sports Xtra
1800 Sky Sports 3
2330 Sky Sports 2

British Airways Inflight
February 2004