welcome back to a very special episode of the inside Tac podcast and it's a slightly shorter one this week but we have got a cows week theme because we know you guys are there having a beer in the beer tent having finished some racing in cows we hope we've had a great day and I've got Ben Angley here with us and I've got Kai huley online who has been out racing in his flying 15 today so uh yeah a few cows week stories from you both and then we've got a bit of an announcement around what Kai's going to be doing with us in the near future Ben for you cows week when when was your first cows week chap got a long long time ago some great memories actually my first cow week I remember I didn't even have a ride so I was is it Trinity Landing where you go down if you if a crew if a boat's looking for some spare crew so people you know maybe had too many beers the night before and didn't turn up for sailing you can pick up a spare crew so I was you know standing on Trinity land oh take me take me and did you get a ride I did get few rides and I remember yeah one 50 foot boat yeah quite quite a competitive race boat I was just you know just down there you know helping pull the saes up and down and generally getting in the way but just had an amazing experience and just to see so many as a I was a laser sailor back then so just seeing all of these different size of Yachts racing around and number of boats is great experience yeah it's such a such a great week such a great week and Kai oh sorry yeah well I was going to say all for me I mean I did my first cows week in 9 97 I think or 98 yeah so a long time ago I don't think you were even born in 97 where you Kai by a long shot this is where he's going to start taking the out of us so be careful Freddy yeah for I mean I loved it my first cows week in 97 always loved it favorite event of the year no matter what you always get Windy Wednesday which I love and my favorite cows week memory was probably when we took the extreme sailing series there in 2008 2009 we' get 5 6,000 people up on the green watching Stadium Racing and that's what the America's Cup has become now really Stadium Racing it's what we're going to be doing in Barcelona here off the shoreline in front of the W Hotel so got so many fun memories of that Kai you how many cows weeks are you in bud I think I've done three or four yeah wow three or four in what classes mate what what what classes have you raced in the first one was I seven on 22 that's good racing then quarter ton the quarter T class the uals and then now most recently the flying 15 and you're racing the flying 15 this week yeah have you have you how did you get on did he did he get any wins uh not yet still going for we've got a few podiums but hopefully hopefully a few wins but last last year you tied for first in the chel or just lost out in the last St to British Olympian former British Olympian Andy beadsworth right yeah so we came second but I think it's a few times our spup blew out so lucky enough no Sals got us back racing but yeah just missed out in first place mate let's get going oh mate going Toe to Toe with Andy beor in a small he's in my opinion probably one of the best small booat kill kill booat Sailors in the world like Dragon World Champion eter world champion accomplished star sailor so Kai That's last buddy I love that and you last year you were a young Skipper of the year as well right yeah yeah W that on the last day last race yes buddy and Ben K's been involved with um Athena racing and is now drum roll please yeah joining the Athena pathway program absolutely well I mean it's partly on that success that we've seen with you know kai getting down there with the Greg City team and getting involved with cs week in other races and and really performing seriously well that's impressed so many people and that's the kind of attitude we want with the Athena pathway program youngsters like that coming in and having that drive and determination and talent really to come through and ultimately get through to America's Cup s GP and the top end of the sport so we're really really delighted and to to have Kai as part of the team and you know really hats off to you Kai for the effort that you put in with the rest of the team there to to get those results and and have the opportunity yes Kai and watch you I mean I know kai you've been finishing your A Levels up at Greg City but God give us a little insight of what what you've been up to with the uh Emirates uh cgb team as well mate what have you been doing it's been a cool season with the emirat gbr team so I've just been working with a short team that's learning loads of learning went down to Sydney for my first event and then just done every event except from Halifax due to a a levels um since then so yeah it's been great but the amount of learning you can get from working with the top teams like that being great fun oh and you've started was sailing right you've been down was sailing at the Andrew Simpson Center down there yeah yeah been doing some training on the was got my first JB month ago so now getting ready on the Race Craft and ready to start racing how was that how was that feeling getting foiling for the first time if it was the first time I imagine I was so great just learning a new skill because sailing is like you learn different skills but what foiling is a whole completely new genre for us so just great trying to figure it out and then just seeing the progress day by day yeah and and Ben Kai's GNA finish cows week and then he's jumping on a plane coming to Barcelona what have we got lined up for him down here well what have we got lined up plenty plenty going on we've been trying to get this boat ready for the America's Cup and then the pathway program with the from women's cup so I think it'd be great to get Kai involved with both teams really and get some experience of what the America's Cup's All About You obvious he talked about getting involved with SGP so understanding the America's Cup World and then moving on later in the year you know continuing getting on the water with the was but trying to get on the water with the F50 down in Dubai we got some training period with SGP so really trying to build that that experience for Kai I think on on and off the water is what what we're looking to do and with long-term goal of getting him more involved with the with the racing absolutely and Kai you're you've obviously got this high performance goal rumbling on with us but you're also I know talking to Mr Hol John Holt who set up this Scaro uh stuff through Greg City you're helping coach the Next Generation as well that are down there with with you in cows week yeah yeah I really enjoy just going down coaching but it's not all about the coaching I do sometimes I do need to show them I still have it likeing as well you're not pass it just yet oh Kai well I know you'll be loving cows week because it's our one of our favorite ratas for sure we can't wait to have you down here massive congratulations on well everything you've done within the sport but specifically the last 12 months that's opened sort of Ben's eyes to what you're up to and everyone at Greg City Academy and and uh I'm sure there's going to be many many more people to follow in your footsteps mate so massive congratulations yeah well what Kai and and I think I hope you I don't hope I know you're an inspiration already to a lot of a lot of other people and hopefully a lot of youngsters there at cows week and and the rest of the the fleet at cows week wishing you all a great week of racing and and lots of fun out in the water and yeah let's get behind Kai and the youngsters coming through the opportunities to get involved with sailing at the highest level absolutely Kai you got any closing words bud no just big thanks to K for helping me get where I am but also thanks to in your as well yeah mate absolutely hey we can't wait to get you down here Ben we've we've got a massive summer of coming up we've got our big regata obviously the America's Cup with inos brania starting at the end of August Kai you're going to be here with us helping get the boat ready learning as much as you can so make sure everyone down in cows week you get behind us it is going to be an incredible uh summer of racing and uh yeah we hope to do really good things got got fingers crossed for our Senior Team our youth team and obviously our women's team as well very good I think I think that's us and uh we'll see you next time on the inside t [Music]