Second of the repaired BT Challenge yachts leaves New Zealand with something to fight for
Elaine Bunting
Sydney Harbour showdown
Predictions of the BT Global Challenge’s closest finish yet came spectacularly true in Sydney yesterday when BP Explorer stole ahead of LG FLATRON to take 1st place by only 25…
BT Global Challenge: Match race to the finish in 70 knots
It was a cliffhanger no-one had expected, the victor decided in a last inshore skirmish in 60-knot winds. In a snapshot of Southern Ocean conditions, the two race leaders in…
Olympic Medallists win top award
Britain's successful team jointly take the YJA top award and their coach is recognised by the Princess Royal.
A split in the ranks
Isle of Man leads as the BT Challenge fleet splits at their waypoint, and Save the Children face a harsh penalty that could put them in last place
Vendée leaders enter Pacific
Michel Desjoyeaux stretches out his lead, and Mike Golding is plagued by more equipment failures
Neck and neck to the finish
Four yachts finish leg two of the BT Global Challenge this morning within hours of each other - and others are match racing after 6,000 miles of sailing
Duel at dawn
Quadstone beats BP over the line after a day-long tacking duel - now the crew face a nervous wait to see if they'll be penalised for sail damage
Transatlantic cruising fleet gathers
Although it is a full week before the start of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers next Sunday, over 150 yachts are gathered at Las Palmas. The popularity of this crossing…
Sweating it out in light winds
Light and variable winds frustrate BT Challenge fleet, but the usual suspects are back at the front. And why the heat's on for all
Bound for Buenos Aires
What leg two holds in store for the BT Global Challenge as the fleet leaves Boston, the teams that have most to prove and the crew who've decided it's not…
Quadstone skipper: how I run my boat
Alex Phillips, winning skipper of leg one of the BT Global Challenge, reports on what life has been like on Quadstone and what she believes has given them the edge…
‘Mutiny meeting’ underway
A meeting is underway today between the crew of BT Challenge yacht Team SpirIT and their skipper, 32-year-old Andy Dare, after a series of complaints by his crew. After seven…
Olympic gold rush for Britain
British sailors Shirley Robertson and Ben Ainslie both clinched gold medals today after remarkable racing on Sydney Harbour, while Iain Percy, Ian Walker and Mark Covell are safe in the…
Vagaries of wind and currents separate BT Challenge yachts
Quadstone still in front while Gulf Stream checks rivals' progress, and at the back Norwich Union is now disconnected from the fleet
Flatron leads to the south as winds pick up
Fleet spread out as ridge of high pressure approaches, but in mid-Atlantic a tropical storm may be about to become a hurricane
No waypoint on first leg widens tactical options
Skippers consider weather for the Great Circle Route, but some skippers are being more secretive than others about what they are planning
Race HQ set to be multimedia ‘mission control’
As the yachts race round the world, all their communications – what in the quaint days of a few years back would have been called signals – will come back…
Europe’s largest boat show gets underway
New yachts abound and plans for the largest privately owned yacht in the world are unveiled
Oyster buys sailmaking company
UK's biggest builder's has new sailmaking arm