Despite fractured ribs and possible spinal injuries 83-year-old Alby Burgin stepped up to the helm of his 50-footer, Alstar, and steered it across the finish line in the inaugural Coffs…
Yachting World
Miami New York record attempt
Cam Lewis and Bruno Peyron team up on Commodore Explorer
Round the world rally reaches halfway stage
Jimmy Cornell's Millennium Odyssey rally reaches Tahiti and visits islands only newly opened to cruisers
July Preview
More and more bluewater cruising yachtsmen are using e-mail as their primary means of communication, Rationing the ZZZZZs with long distance solo sailing.
June Contents
A new column from the inimitable Bob Fisher on famous disasters in yachting history, plus a report on the Clipper round the world race’s toughest leg yet.
Transpac 99 news
40th Biennial Transpacific Yacht Race Los Angeles-Honolulu 2,225 nautical miles Starting Dates Cruising Class: June 29 Monohulls: July 2 Multihulls: July 6 New Elapsed Time Trophy a Creation of Inspiration…
Round Europe line up
Six monos and six multihulls due on Genoa start line
Soldini wins Around Alone in record time
THe 33 year old Italian takes four days off the record
Rally yachts set out across the Atlantic
Transatlantic crossing to Europe starts from Antigua and St Augustine
Champagne Mumm announces Admirals Cup challengers
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…
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.