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heavy weather sailing
Golden Globe Race: Major storm bares down on Istvan Kopar
A major storm looks likely to overtake fourth place Golden Globe Race skipper Istvan Kopar in the Southern Ocean
Golden Globe Race: Susie Goodall rescued
Golden Globe Race skipper Susie Goodall is expected to arrive in Chile on 14 December 2018 having been successfully rescued from her dismasted Rustler 36
Golden Globe Race: Favourite Jean-Luc Van Den Heede continues racing
French Golden Globe Race skipper Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has decided to fix his damaged mast at sea rather than head to the Chilean port of Valparaiso
Golden Globe Race: Van Den Heede reveals the secrets behind his lead
French Golden Globe skipper, Jean-Luc Van Den Heede is predicting he will finish the race by the first week of February
Golden Globe Race: Plans to salvage Thuriya
The Indian Navy is expected to salvage Abhilash Tomy's dismasted yacht, Thuriya. The injured Golden Globe Race skipper was evacuated by the crew of a French patrol boat
Golden Globe Race: 10 left as Lepage docks at Cape Town
French sailor Loïc Lepage has pulled into Cape Town to replenish water supplies and make repairs, leaving just 10 skippers left in the main race
Golden Globe Race: Leader Van Den Heede predicts 03 October stop at Hobart
Golden Globe Race leader Jean-Luc Van Den Heede believes he will reach the Hobart Gate by the beginning of October
Golden Globe Race: Norwegian Are Wiig dismasted after yacht rolled 360°
Are Wiig is now setting up a jury rig after his yacht, Olleanna rolled 360° and dismasted in heavy weather
‘We should have turned back when the storm hit’
Adam Dunlop and his wife Maria learned a few hard lessons when their engine started to struggle mid-Channel in worse conditions than forecast