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,…
Sailing news
Ellen is sent to the Tower!
Ellen MacArthur and Kingfisher will sail under Tower Bridge on Wednesday morning
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…
Team Adventure is proceeding to Cape Town
The giant cat is suffering structural problems
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…
Giant cats enter the Atlantic
Playstation is forced to stop after sail failure
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…