Yachting Monthly

Comings and goings in Wellington

Wellington (New Zealand), transit port for The Race. This morning at dawn, just when the giant catamaran Team Adventure was casting off, Team Legato, the catamaran of Briton Tony Bullimore,…

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…

Preview: April 2001

Simon Jinks sails at the ever-popular Sigma 36 in this month’s second-hand boat test.

Contents: March 2001

YM's Paul Gelder goes for a daysail to Falmouth with Tony Bullimore on his 102ft catamaran

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…