Friday 1st June,2007. This week in the podcast we talk to Andreas Hanakamp, the skipper of the Russian entry for the next Volvo Ocean Race, we hear from Rob Greenhalgh after he and the rest of the Basilica crew win the first Extreme 40 regatta of the summer, Peter Rusch gives us his regular letter from Valencia as we look ahead to the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup while British Laser ace Paul Goodison looks back at the recent Olympic class regatta in Holland and ahead to next week’s European Championships.

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