Yachting World

Pyewacket, Roy Disney's 75ft Reichel-Pugh maxi yacht has shattered the Newport Bermuda Race record

Chance to sail with Ben

BBC South Today and the RYA have teamed up to offer a prize of a week's racing with Ben Ainslie during this year's Cowes Week

Fastwave II on form

Mark Heuchen's Beneteau 40.7 won the second weekend's RYA selection Trials for the 2002 Rolex Commodores’ Cup

A Laser 2000 two-day open meeting took place at Bexhill Sailing Club over the weekend (15-16 June)

BBC South Today and the RYA have teamed up to offer a prize of a week's racing with Ben Ainslie during this year's Cowes Week

Alinghi leaves for Auckland

Alinghi, the Swiss America’s Cup syndicate, has completed construction of its second America’s Cup yacht

RMW Marine secured the 18f Skiff national championship for the third consecutive time in Portland Harbour today

The 18ft Skiff national championship started yesterday in light winds at Weymouth

Commodores’ Cup fever

With confirmed entries already in excess of the 2000 fleet, this year’s Commordores' Cup looks guaranteed to be one of the strongest yet

Wight Lightning arrives in NZ

Excitement mounted as GBR70 White Lightning arrived at the British base in Auckland. Kieran Hopkins reports

Maiden’s vogage started

Tracy Edwards' Maiden II crew set sail last night from Newport in an attempt to break the 24 hour world speed record

Kostecki receives speed trophy

John Kostecki, skipper of illbruck, and winner of the VOR, was presented with the 24-hour Monohull World Speed Record yesterday

Maiden still on track

Crew member Adrienne Cahalan reports from Maiden II as the maxi-cat hurtles its way towards breaking Playstation’s record

Contents: July 2002

It was a wild and stormy passage from Russia to Alaska for Peter and Lyndall Aston, via the wind-blown Aleutian Islands, where war relics and wildlife combined to make this…

A total of 34 boats turned out for the National 12 open meeting at Royal Harwich YC on the River Orwell during the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend