Yachting World

Close encounter with a fridge

  • November 12, 2003

Sam Davies writes gingerly, with very sore hands after spending hours at the helm of Team Cowes, about encounters of a very bizarre kind

Vigo for VOR start

  • November 12, 2003

Spain makes history today as Vigo, in the north-west region of Galicia, has been chosen to host the start of the next Volvo Ocean Race

Ecover back up to third

  • November 11, 2003

Although Ecover is now back up to third in the TJV Open 60 monohulls, she is still over 200 miles behind Virbac

  • November 11, 2003

The British team Sunnucks/Self moved into the overall lead of the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta yesterday

Virbac storms ahead

  • November 10, 2003

Virbac, the leading monohull in the Transat Jaques Vabre, has extended her overnight lead to 108 miles

  • November 10, 2003

The condition of a crewmember who was airlifted off Geronimo last night with suspected Meningitis is less serious than first thought

  • November 10, 2003

When news of Joe Vittoria's plans to build a 246ft (75m) sloop with a 300ft (91m) carbon fibre mast permeated the superyacht industry...

  • November 10, 2003

While most people will be sitting down on Christmas Day digging in to their Christmas dinner, the 22-strong British Fireball team will jumping into an aeroplane and heading off down…

  • November 7, 2003

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede crossed the imaginary challenge start line between Lizard and Ushant at 12hrs.22mins.25secs today

Stolen yacht found

  • November 7, 2003

The yacht that was stolen from Crosshaven Boatyard, Cork on 25-26 October has turned up in Cornwall

  • November 7, 2003

The wind hammered Yaverland Beach, Sandown on the Isle of Wight last Sunday for the finals of the windsurfing slalom, wavesailing and kitesurfing competitions

  • November 7, 2003

Raphaela Le Gouvello has arrived in Tahiti to become the first windsurfer to cross the pacific