Twenty two Ospreys competed in the sailpower.com-sponsored inland championship at Rutland SC on the 13-14 October
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Musto Skiff Europeans
Chips Howarth has won the Musto Performance Skiff Europeans at Fraglia Della Vella Malcesine, Lake Garda
Green strikes gold
GBR Challenge starting helmsman Andy Green picks up US$4,000 for winning the Renaissance Reinsurance Challenge Cup during a lay day at the Colorcraft Gold Cup match racing tournament in Bermuda
Brits go through
Mark Campbell-James and Chris Law have both qualified for the championship round of the Bermuda Gold Cup match racing regatta
Brian Thompson takes the lead in Transat 6,50
Brian Thompson takes the lead with fellow Brit Simon Curwen in fifth
Paul Standbridge joins GBR Challenge
Paul Standbridge, perhaps Britain’s most experienced big boat sailor, has joined Peter Harrison’s merry band in Auckland
GBR Challenge settles in
GBR Challenge is getting used to its new surroundings among the towering sheds of Auckland’s Syndicate Row
Brotherton wins RYA 49er 2001 Gold Series
After 12 races, RYA Team GBR sailors Paul Brotherton and Olympic Silver medallist Simon Hiscocks won the RYA 49er Gold Series by 15 points from Tim Wadlow and Peter Spaulding…
Hornets at Rutland
Nineteen Hornets contested the Final Fling event at Rutland on Saturday 14 October
Illbruck rounds second waypoint
While Illbruck extends her lead SEB is suffering with a second broken headboard car
Kenwood drops Cup
The Kenwood Corporation has announced that they have withdrawn sponsorship of the Hawaii International Offshore Series, formerly known as the Kenwood Cup
Britons go for Gold
Young rocket Mark Campbell-James and seasoned veteran Chris Law are both in the unseeded running after the first day’s racing at Bermuda’s Colorcraft Gold Cup Grade 1 match racing event…
VOR – the week ahead – Monday 15 October, 2001
A look at the fourth week of the first leg of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race
Musto Performance Skiff Europeans
Chips Howarth is lying in second place at the Musto Performance Skiff Europeans in Lake Garda
Girls win midnight battle with Djuice
Following an all night duel, Amer Sports Too under her skipper Lisa McDonald has just managed just to slip through to the east of the Djuice
Light airs greet Endeavour competitors
In contrast to the usual windy, cold Endeavour weather, competitors were greeted with sun and no wind leaving the race officer forced to postpone the racing this morning
Laser boys lead Endeavour Trophy
Paul Goodison and James Date representing the Laser class are the overnight leaders of the Endeavour Trophy
Assa Abloy closes distance on Illbruck
Although race leader Illbruck has closed the distance to the next waypoint to just under 500 miles, she has lost another five miles to second placed Assa Abloy
Big seas at VOR fleet heads south
The VOR fleet is enjoying big winds and big waves as they make their way south to Trindade
National 12s at Twickenham
Big winds kept competitors on their toes during the recent National 12 open meeting at Twickenham