{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Richard Clarke \/\/ Canadian Sailing Legend","description":"Richard Clarke was raised on Toronto Island and first sailed at 4 years old. An impressive performance with Canadian Youth sailing led him to compete in the Finn Class in four consecutive Olympic Games with Team Canada. This opened the door to a wildly successful professional sailing career. Richard was part of a winning Volvo Round the World crew, has broken the 24-hour sailing distance record four times, holds both the Transatlantic and the Transpac records \u2013 his accolades are jaw dropping, and these are only a handful. Richard is a great storyteller, so I\u2019m sure you are going to love this episode, full to the brim with stories \u2013 insightful and entertaining. -- This season of ON THE WIND is sponsored by Weather Routing Inc., aka 'WRI', 59\u00ba North's longtime weather routing & forecasting friends. To learn more and sign up for WRI, go to wriwx.com and tell them that 59\u00ba North sent you.  -- This season of ON THE WIND is also sponsored by Boat How To, an educational website co-founded by longtime friend of the pod & sailing tech guru Nigel Calder. Check out the courses at BoatHowTo.com. ","author_name":"On the Wind Sailing","author_url":"http:\/\/59north.libsyn.com","html":"