EIGHT TEAMS CHALLENGE Two More In The Wings United States To Mount Strong Defence Britain’s Royal Ocean Racing Club today announced that eight teams have lodged challenges for the 1999…
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Clipper 98: Up and down like yo-yo’s
With squalls hitting the Clipper fleet, the spinnakers are going up and down
Doing the doldrums shuffle
Garside regains his advantage over Mouligne, extending his lead, but hold on tight - here comes Yazykov!
Man on a mission
Mouligne continues to charge, slashing Garside's lead to 66 miles; Soldini flies north
Garside: Stuck here forever
Now stuck in the doldrums with a rapidly vanishing lead over Mouligne, Garside sends this report and offers thanks to the current pushing him north
California dreamin’
Native son Van Liew is back in business with a new mast; Garside is cookin' up a storm
Queasy does it
In the first of his reports from on board Magellan Alpha in the Around Alone's final Leg, Mike Garside tries to find his sea legs
Mast down, spirit intact
Brad Van Liew recounts the final moments before his dismasting in Leg 4 of the Around Alone as he heads back to Punta under jury rig
Clipper Leg finishes early
Lack of wind on the leg to Singapore has meant that Leg 4a of the Clipper race has been cut short
May Contents
Cruising family run down and left for dead, New Zealand prepares for the 30th America's Cup, Stability - do the rules stand up?
June Preview
Panama - the vital link, The men to beat - we look at the strategies for winning the America's Cup.
Illbruck begins Volvo Ocean Race campaign
Illbruck 1 and 2, previously the team EF boats in the Whitbread, have started training in Spain
Approaching the Macclesfield Bank
Subtle tactics are called for as the Clipper fleet approaches their first waypoint in close formation
Clipper fleet heads for Singapore
After a marvellous stay in Hong Kong, the Clipper fleet once more heads over the start line, this time bound for Singapore. Abigail Sollars reports from the start line
Playstation sets 580 miles 24 hour record
The record for the greatest distance covered under sail in 24 hours was broken on Saturday March 27th by PlayStation, Steve Fossett’s new maxi-catamaran designed by California-based duo Gino Morelli…
This one’s for Harry
Riding in the hearts of Saito and Hunter, the gone-but-not-forgotten English yachtsman Harry Mitchell finally earns his golden earring
yess Round Britain record attempt
The Belgian Whitbread 60 yess, skippered by Piet Smet, was due to start her attempt on the Round Britain and Ireland record between 1200 and 1400 hours today, 22 March.…
Due South of the Horn
Aussie Class II skipper Hunter is to put the Southern Ocean behind him today, while Petersen and Saito are on a drifter
May Preview
Death on the High Seas, South American Odyssey, the Farr 50 on test and more.
April Contents
Southern Ocean Hero: Autissier's Capsize, Spirit of Diana and are Open 60's too dangerous?