Quarter-final repechage - Race 1
Desjoyeaux triumphs
Michel Desjoyeaux has won the ORMA 60 class of the Route du Rhum sailing his 60ft trimaran Geant
National 12s at Datchet Water
The windless weekend of 16-17 November saw the arrival of 12 National 12s at Datchet Water Sailing Club for the final meeting of the Thames Area series
Devoti to build Melges
Devoti Sailing has become the European builder of the International Melges 24 class
Dutch take cat event from British
Dutch Tornado sailors Xander Pols and Mark Zwart won the 12th Heineken Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta by one point from UK Team Magic Marine
Ellen wins Route du Rhum
Thousands of spectators were present to witness Ellen MacArthur's Kingfisher cross the finish line in Guadeloupe at 0216 GMT this morning.
Ellen leads the way
Ellen has continued to stretch her lead to a 90-mile advantage over Mike Golding’s Ecover, with both a win and a new record in her sights…
Cutting it fine
Prada burn the midnight oil in preparation for the quarter final repechage
Kingfisher leads Ecover by 65.7 miles
With 493 miles left to run to Guadeloupe, Ellen is sailing hard to maintain her lead, despite problems with her autopilot forcing her steer by hand for much of last
Runaway leader capsizes
Steve Ravussin’s TechnoMarine becomes the 5th Route du Rhum multihull to capsize – 700 miles from a virtually uncontested 1st place
National Ranking Series
Last weekend saw a good turnout for the five Olympic classes competing in the final weekend of the Holt RYA National Ranking Series 2002 at Warsash Sailing Club
The French: they just can’t get enough!
Less than 18 hours after losing to Sweden, the French were out playing boats again!
Sailors raise more than £4,000 for Children in Need
More than £4,000 was raised by Lymington Town Sailing Club’s Children in Need programme over the weekend
Hamble River Winter Series – Race 5
Race 5 of the ‘Tyco Healthcare’ Hamble River Winter Series saw the new fleet of Laser SB3s grow to 12 boats, dominating the entries amongst the mixed Sportsboat fleet
Quarter Finals – Race 5
Official reports on the last race day
Quarter Finals – Final results
18/11/02
Quarter Finals – results
15/11/02
Quarter Finals – Day 4
Official reports
Rescue as another trimaran breaks up
The starboard float of Karine Fauconnier's Sergio Tacchini has broken and she has been dismasted
11th trimaran retires
After consulting with designer Nigel Irens, Fred Le Peutrec judges the risk of structural failure too great to continue