Down but not out

As I write this, we are only 14 hours out of Boston, the end of leg one of the BT Global Challenge (that is assuming that the wind does not…

Olympic gold rush for Britain

British sailors Shirley Robertson and Ben Ainslie both clinched gold medals today after remarkable racing on Sydney Harbour, while Iain Percy, Ian Walker and Mark Covell are safe in the…

Gold rush in Sydney

Team GB sailors Shirley Robertson, Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy, Ian Walker and Mark Covell each left the dock this morning at Rushcutters Bay knowing that an Olympic medal of some…

No breeze in Sydney

470 representatives Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield will have to wait another 24 hours to see if they can win Great Britain's second sailing medal after today's final race.

November 2000: Preview

On 5 November a fleet of over 20 of the world's fastest Open 60 monohulls leaves Les Sables d'Olonne on France's Atlantic coast on what is arguably the world's most

Leopard taming : Leopard of London, Mike Slade's new 90ft super-maxi, is a push-button racing machine

National Twelves at Saltash

Robin and Ben Wood sailing their Feeling Foolish design won the National Twelve open meeting at Saltash SC on September 12-13.

No let-up for Challenge yachts

June 2001 may mark the end of the BT Global Challenge for the 300 or so crew in this race, but for the yachts the New World Challenge is in

Melges 24 worlds – Race 1

The third Melges 24 world championship got underway on August 29 in very light airs off La Rochelle.