Sailability for London - a three-year project geared towards facilitating disabled sailing throughout London and its boroughs was recently unveiled by The Princess Royal
Preview: February 2004
The last frontier? There are few sailing endeavours left...
Contents: January 2004
We give our verdict on the choice of venue for the next America's Cup...
Happy Spirit’s hopes dashed
Just when things were getting serious aboard Happy Spirit, bang goes the spinnaker
MacArthur to open show
Ellen MacArthur will jointly open the Schroders London Boat Show on Thursday, 8 January 2004 on the same day she launches her new 75ft B&Q trimaran in Sydney, Australia
Golding leads Défi Atlantique
Mike Golding's Ecover is currently leading the 10-boat Défi Atlantique fleet
RAC – Rubicon Antigua Challenge
Persistent heavy rain and virtually no wind in Antigua greeted the second wave of finishers in the Rubicon Antigua Challenge today
In the spirit of things
Spirit's crew are beginning to settle into a life of Caribbean bliss in St Lucia
Chubby Chubby Chafe aboard Happy Spirit
The crew aboard Happy Spirit are learning to deal with chafe
Best of British finalists announced
The finalists for the Yachting Journalists' Association Raymarine YJA Yachtsman of the Year Awards 2003 have been announced
High Spirits – the record is broken
The VOR 70 Spirit crossed the finish line at Rodney Bay, St Lucia at 0152 UTC on Friday morning and broke the existing ARC record
Happy Happy Spirit
Beautiful day, a spring clean, dorado and champagne for supper but a new hurricane is lurking over the horizon
X-to-Sea day 12
Three quarters of the way there and paella for supper
Girls for Sail celebrate half way
The winners of the rubbish challenge and bad taste competition
ARC record tumbles
The VOR 60 Spirit, with YW Feature Writer Mike Kopman on board, crossed the finish line in Rodney Bay at 0152 on December 5, breaking the existing record by over
King of Spain to sail Volvo Ocean Race
King Juan Carlos I will sail on one of the inshore races in Galicia
Spirit shoots the breeze
The record attempt is back on the rails as Spirit finds the wind again and talk turns to rum and rotis
Happy Spirit finds the promised squalls
Hoovering the bilges in 40 knot squalls, whales and lightning - never a dull moment on board
Dining in style on board Berenice
Roast lamb, potatoes and three veg as nine crew sit down at the gimballed table in the honduras mahogany-panelled saloon
Air-conditioned bliss and movies for X-to-Sea
All quiet in their own patch of ocean