Maximizing time on and off water

Olympian Odile Lambriex van Aanholt talks to Andy Rice in Yachting World about maximizing time on and off water:

Time is always the most precious commodity for any racing sailor, whether part-time or professional. For Odile Lambriex van Aanholt going for another Olympics, life should get more simple the second time around.

Having won Olympic gold at Paris 2024 with her experienced crew Annette Duetz, she knows how to run a successful campaign, yet she is more time crunched than ever before – partly because she gave birth to her daughter in mid-2025, and also because Duetz retired from competition after the Games.

Van Aanholt has started sailing with new crew Karlinde van Arendonk who, apart from a bit of Optimist sailing, is a newcomer to sailing. However, the former elite field hockey player came out on top of a nationwide search to become van Aanholt’s new 49erFX crew, beating more than 100 other candidates from sailing and non-sailing backgrounds. – Full report