Forestay breaks on Kingfisher

Ellen devastated, as KINGFISHER narrowly escapes disaster as Genoa Forestay (main piece of rigging holding mast forward) fails at top of mast – but the mast holds, for now at…

Is Ellen short of sails?

The battle for the crown continues between the two leaders of the Vendée Globe, Michel Desjoyeaux (PRB) and Ellen MacArthur (Kingfisher), both probably unaware that, because of their incredibly close…

Only the Atlantic left

BATTLES TO WIN AND LOSE By Philippe Jeantot The return to Atlantic waters has been quite a shock for those Vendée Globe skippers who have already rounded Cape Horn. The…

Goss’s dream abandoned?

Pete Goss has abondoned has giant catamaran during a mid-Atlantic storm. Will Team Philips ever sail again?

BT YJA Yachtsman of the Year

The Committee of the Yachting Journalist Association has selected a short list of three for the BT YJA Yachtsman of the Year 2000 Award

Countdown to start

All 24 competitors in the Vendée Globe 2000 are at last able to countdown the hours to the start of the 4th edition of this non-stop, single-handed, around the world…

Southampton tragedy

Police release the identity of the 20 year old man who died at Southampton Boat Show last week, when he fell from a RIB and was hit by the runaway