Firefly, 29 November 2001: The name of today’s game is hunt the log book
SEB leads tacking battle
SEB leads the tacking battle south despite losing ace navigator Marcel van Triest
Alex Bennett signs up for Around Alone
Flushed with success, having won in the Open 50 class in the Transat Jacques Vabre race (Le Havre - Salvador), Alex Bennett has signed up for his first round the…
ARC Diary 3
Firefly, 28 November 2001: Olga is not a lady I would like to meet. Nor, I can assure you, would you
Sailors win top awards
Three British sailors have taken top titles at the BBC South Sports Awards
Lark winter champs
A strong fleet of 34 Larks travelled to Queen Mary SC on 24-25 November for the Winter Championship
SEB rounds Eclipse
The Swedish Volvo Ocean Race entry SEB rounded Eclipse Island at 0348 this morning
Sailors win top awards
Three British sailors take top titles at the BBC South Sports Awards
Sick VOR crewman heads for hospital
Keith Kilpatrick, the sick crewman aboard Amer Sports One, has been taken off the boat and transfered to the Albany hospital
Great American II breaks record
Great American II, a 53-foot trimaran has completed the 15,000-mile voyage to Australia in 68 days 10 hours 7 minutes 52 seconds, breaking a record that had stood for 146
First British boat completes Atlantic row
Comship.com have become the first British team to complete the Ward Evans Atlantic Rowing Challenge earning fifth place overall
GBR Challenge: Stagg’s diary
With GBR Challenge based halfway round the world in Auckland, it’s easy to forget that Britain is warming up for its first attempt at the America’s Cup in 16 years.…
ARC Diary 2
Firefly, 27 November: Our watches are becoming better established and the only sign of dissent so far is that Duncan is a compulsive whistler
Big winds stop racing at 14 worlds
Strong winds forced the postponement of the third day’s racing at the International 14 world championship in Bermuda yesterday
Super Skiff Series in Aus
Three more heats in the Australian 18 Footers League Super Skiff Series, sponsored by the Club Marine insurance company, took place on Saturday 24 November
Americans set to break New York/Melbourne record
Rich Wilson and Bill Biewenga sailing the trimaran Great American II continued to maintain a one day's lead in their attempt to break the sailing record from New York to…
Is there a doctor on board?
How would sick VOR crewman Keith Kilpratrick fared had Dr Roger Nilson not been on board?
VOR – the week ahead – Monday 26 November, 2001
Leg 2 re-start – with a fleet pile-up on the approach to Eclipse Island, watch out for some major place changes within the next few hours Eclipse Island – would…
ARC ’01: They’re off
The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) 2001 is underway
ARC Diary 1
Firefly, 26 November: We started in a nailbiting melee of other (much larger) yachts, ten or twelve of us at the pin end of the line just inches apart. How…