Good Jibes #225: Annie Gardner on Trailblazing Women’s Sailing and Windsurfing, With Host John Arndt
As we introduce this week’s episode of Good Jibes, we want to extend a big “Thank you!” to our listeners and sponsors — we recently surpassed 200,000 downloads of the Good Jibes podcast!
This week’s guest is sailing and windsurfing renaissance woman Annie Gardner to talk about blazing her own trail and empowering women sailors. Annie placed second in the 1984 Olympics for women’s windsurfing, has over a dozen national and international titles to her name, and was a navigator on the 1995 all-women’s team in the America’s Cup.
Tune in as Annie chats with host John Arndt about how to build your independence as a sailor, how to read and react to the wind, how she teaches women how to sail and race big boats, parallels between cruising life and racing, and the magic of sailing you truly can’t get anywhere else.
Here’s a sample of what you’ll hear in this episode:
- Early independence and offshore racing at SORC
- Creating Women’s Week Offshore
- 1984 Olympic windsurfing and women’s inclusion
- Training for the 1995 America’s Cup
- Cruising by catamaran and mentoring women sailors
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Learn more about Annie and Wind Goddess Retreats at WindGoddessRetreats.com.