• December 4, 2001

"Hilarious, crazy and fascinating, definitely dangerous - everything was beyond the edge

  • December 4, 2001

After a calamitous seventh place in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, skipper Knut Frostad arrived in Sydney in fourth place with pride restored

ARC Diary 9

  • December 4, 2001

Firefly, 4 December 2001 21° 29 N 39° 10 W Distance to St Lucia 1,318 nm Just when we’re looking for some inconsistency in the wind, like just a 10…

ARC Diary 9

  • December 4, 2001

Firefly, 4 December 2001 21° 29 N 39° 10 W Distance to St Lucia 1,318 nm Just when we’re looking for some inconsistency in the wind, like just a 10…

Countdown to Sydney

  • December 3, 2001

Illbruck and SEB are engaged in a close race as they head for the finish of the second leg of the VOR

Can illbruck retain her lead?

  • December 3, 2001

Although illbruck is nine miles ahead, there’s a lot of racing to take place between now and the finish line, 200 miles away

  • December 3, 2001

Yachting World look at the site of Camper & Nichloson's new superyacht marina in Malta

ARC Diary 8

  • December 3, 2001

Firefly, 3 December 2001: Today I have made a new cockpit light out of an old baseball hat, wire coathanger (what else) and the guts from an old 12 Volt…

Illbruck takes control

  • December 2, 2001

With illbruck having taken the lead yesterday, and pulled out a 17-mile advantage over SEB, the 400 remaining miles to Sydney are going to be very interesting

ARC Diary: Week 1

  • December 2, 2001

Firefly, 2 December 2001: The benefit, if one discounts bruises and rope burned hands, is that at the end of the first week we have covered nearly 1,200 miles

Prescott visits GBR Challenge

  • December 1, 2001

The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr John Prescott, launched the summer training session for the first British America’s Cup Challenge in 15 years when he visited the GBR Challenge base in…

ARC Diary 6

  • December 1, 2001

Firefly, 1 December 2001: The forecast is predicting northeasterlies for this sea area and if that happens it’ll be straight down the line, afterburners on, for the Caribbean

SEB and illbruck pull ahead

  • November 30, 2001

Just 14 miles separates SEB and illbruck on the second leg of the VOR but they are pulling away from the rest of the fleet

  • November 30, 2001

A look at the third week of the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race Sail-through service centre -a couple of essential crew drop-offs at Eclipse island turned in to…

ARC Diary 5

  • November 30, 2001

Firefly, 30 November, 2001: Flying squid! Have I been at sea for too long?

  • November 29, 2001

Ricardo Diniz has been forced to abandon his 6.5m racer Gelpeixe after collding with an Unidentified Floating Object