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Becoming an Olympic Champion at 21yrs old, a brief Polish history lesson, the Star Sailors League and Stirfry’s language skills all come under close scrutiny as the lads chat with Mateusz Kusznierewicz

This week, the lads catch up with one of Yachting’s most consistent winners; Morty (Peter Morton) who has more wins under his belt than any other northern hemisphere yachtsman, from the Admirals Cup, ¼ ton, ½ ton and one ton to Fast 40s – to name but a few. They talk shipyards, sinkings, backing young talent, loving island life and a 1/4 tonner stuck in the swimming pool.

This week, the boys talk baking birthday cakes, learning to drive in flash cars and Olympic sailing with Andy Beadsworth...

An early morning chat for the boys with down to earth Kiwi Hamish Pepper. We talk Team New Zealand, team dynamics and ‘having your mate’s back’. Learn about the perils of mountain biking without body armour, youthful European road trips with Dean Barker, Olympic sailing and cleaning the dunny!

It’s sunshine, sharks, spear fishing and serious sailing as we join J70 guru Victor Diaz de Leon aboard in Miami.Stretch gets tongue tied with the Venezuelan ‘love pipe’, and the internet lets us down……

This week we talk to Abby Ehler. Three time Volvo Ocean Race veteran, a truly respected race boat captain and the driving force behind The Magenta Project, a fabulous initiative that develops opportunities for women in performance sailing. Abby talks about her Volvo Ocean Race experiences, life in lockdown and she teaches the boys a new word – ‘upskilling’ – something that they both need a lot of…

In this episode we hear from Terry Hutchinson, Executive Director and Skipper of Americas Cup Challenger American Magic.We hear about hours of grinding, preparing for NZ amidst COVID-19, and Terry even tells the boys “to grow a pair”...

On this week’s Happy Hour with Stretch and Stirfry, we chat to America’s Cup sailor and 25 time yachting World Champion, the Luna Rossa tactician Vasco Vascotto.This pod gives an unprecedented insight to Luna Rossa’s Americas Cup campaign and the tactician’s role on the modern day cup boats. Vasco talks of the age old rivalry between himself and Terry Hutchinson (skipper of American Magic). We hear how Vasco’s father once knocked out Italy’s finest boxing champion and Vasco teaches Stirfry some Italian words that his mother would not approve of. More worryingly, Vasco decides to drink beer in honour of Stirfry…