• February 23, 2004

Over 20kts of biting cold wind made for an exciting day's racing on the River Medway at this weekend's Hoo Freezer dinghy event

  • February 23, 2004

Orange II, Bruno Peyron's maxi catamaran arrived in Lorient yesterday. Repairs are well underway and she could be ready to leave for the Jules Verne on Thursday

  • February 23, 2004

Macquarie Innovation (the new Yellow Pages Endeavour) is currently preparing for her crack at breaking the 50kt barrier

  • February 21, 2004

Geronimo arrived back in Brest at 1630 (French time) yesterday afternoon

  • February 20, 2004

Orange II, Bruno Peyron's maxi catamaran, has retired from the Jules Verne with technical problems, after just one day at sea

  • February 20, 2004

Steve Fossett's 125ft maxi-cat Cheyenne is maintaining good speed as she heads towards the Cape of Good Hope on her round the world record attempt

  • February 20, 2004

Bruno Peyron, skipper of the Orange II maxi-catamaran, has revealed during today's audio chat session the nature of the incident that occurred aboard Orange yesterday

Positive forecast for Cheyenne

  • February 19, 2004

Brian Thompson, Cheyenne's watch captain, reckons they could pass the South Atlantic High in a steady 10kts

  • February 19, 2004

Four minutes after Orange II crossed the Jules Verne start line, the VO60 Bank BPH embarked a fully crewed record attempt

  • February 19, 2004

Cheyenne, Orange and Adrien are ahead of thier global record times. Meanwhile Geronimo heads back to Brest for a re-start

  • February 18, 2004

Simpson wins race four at the Finn Gold Cup in Rio

  • February 18, 2004

Brian Thompson, watch captain aboard Steve Fossett's round the world yacht Cheyenne reports on the current lighter than predicted Atlantic conditions