The keel may be on the bottom of the Hauraki Gulf, but New Zealand skipper Chris Dickson and his Oracle Racing team remain upbeat
Tyco’s race is over!
News has just come through that Tyco, leading the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race until yesterday morning, has lost her rudder
Belgacom suffers break
The British/Irish pair of Golding & Hutchinson on the ‘clean-machine’ Ecover have certainly not had their last word in the battle of the Open 60 monohulls as they have shot…
Navigation from the wrist
Finnish manufacturer Suunto has launched a new generation of wrist-top sailing computers
Team Tyco returns to South Africa
Skipper Kevin Shoebridge reports from onboard Team Tyco as the team are forced to return to South Africa
VOR fleet hits classic Southern Ocean conditions
Following a drifter yesterday, the VOR fleet has finally met the big winds in the Southern Ocean
Win.Belgium claims third spot in Atlantic rowing race
Alain Lewuillon and Bruno Lewuillon in Win.Belgium have overtaken Telecom Challenge 25 to claim third position in the Ward Evans Atlantic Rowing Challenge
Kingfisher-Foncia holds onto her lead
At the last position report, Kingfisher-Foncia (Gautier/MacArthur) was holding a marginal lead of 17 miles over neighbouring rival Groupama
America’s Cup boat loses keel
The America’s Cup yacht USA 49 has lost its keel while out training on the Hauraki Gulf this morning
Van Heede forced to quit challenge
A loose keel has forced Luc Van Den Heede to abort his attempt to break the singlehanded global challenge record
Iceberg worry for VOR fleet
Tyco and Assa Abloy are fighting for the lead within a mile of each other blasting along at full speed toward Australia
Sydney-Hobart will go ahead
The Sydney-Hobart race will go ahead despite failing to attract a major sponsor
Assa Abloy takes VOR lead
Neal McDonald and his crew aboard Assa Abloy has taken the lead in leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race
VOR fleet battles with shifty winds
The shifty winds in the Southern Ocean has forced Team News Corp to tack on to starboard and loose ground over the fleet that was able to maintain a southerly…
World Sailor of Year: Ellen
The ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year 2001 awards have nominated Ellen MacArthur as their female winner and Brazilian Laser champion Robert Scheidt as the male winner
News from the front of the VOR
Kevin Shoebridge aboard Tyco comments about their position and the sort of conditions they are likely to expect within the next few days
TJV: Ellen and Alain lead
Kingfisher-Foncia has regained the lead from Groupama as the leaders of the multihull class emerge from the swamp of the Doldrums
Australia II rests again
Australia II will complete another successful chapter in its remarkable sailing career when she is returned to the Western Australian Maritime Museum
News Corp loses out as VOR fleet heads south
The VOR fleet is currently heading south to catch the westerly breeze in the Southern Ocean
VDH rounds Cape Horn
Serial world-girdler Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, onboard the 85ft Open class Adrien, has rounded Cape Horn