Mr Skype brings new dimension to Audi MedCup racing

7:46 PM Thu 19 May 2011 GMT

'Niklas Zennstrom, also winner of the 2010 Rolex Mini Maxi World Championship - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Niklas Zennstr?m is a sailing media hero. We could not exist without the product he helped to develop, Skype which allows sailing media and millions of others around the world to communicate directly by text, audio or video with each other, and for a very low cost or free. Hell, we had a 30 minute chat by video with a long time sailing key contact by Skype video yesterday - amazing technology - all as clear as a bell, and with TV quality images - and almost for free. Anyway, another of our heroes, Stuart Alexander, yachting correspondent for the ...

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by Richard Gladwell and Stuart Alexander