After an incredible 24 hours, 22 year old Ellen MacArthur has managed to not only resolve a serious keel problem – she is back pushing hard in the race –…
Route du Rhum – news from Ellen, keel problems
Forehatch pops open on Kingfisher; then the keel starts to swing freely.
Route du Rhum – into the Trades
Peyron's gamble fails to pay off
Around Alone – Viktor Yazykov finishes
Russian class 2 competitor arrives in Cape Town despite operating on his elbow and suffering food poisoning en route.
Around Alone – Stricker arrives
First Corinthian home - American George Stricker arrives in Cape Town
Around Alone – the amazing Yazykov
Stricker closes on Cape Town;trouble among the 40 footers
Route du Rhum – St Malo before the start
Whilst on an international scale in sailing circles, races such as the Whitbread and America’s Cup may be better known, if you have not been to the start of the…
Golding wins leg 1
First ever British leg win in Around Alone/BOC Challenge
New Open 60 for Catherine Chabaud
Designed by Marc Lombard she will compete in the Route de Rhum.
Around Alone: high blocking route to Cape Town
The leaders may be once again delayed by an area of high pressure between them and the finish. This may pay for Goldini, Hall and Soldini to the sout of…
Around Alone: tight racing between class 1 and class 2 leaders
Autissier and Golding struggle for line honours while the same story is true of Mouligne and Van Liew in class 2
Around Alone – Davie leads division two across the Equator
Robin Davie catching Mike Garside, as Autissier catches first placed Thiercelin
Desjoyeaux wins Figaro Championship
After a consistent performance throughout the year, Michel Desjoyeaux takes the 1998 title
Around Alone – van Liew leads class 2 for 5th day
Fooling all the pre-race pundits, Brad van Liew maintains his class 2 lead
Mari-Cha transat record – messages from on board
Pean and his crew maintain high averages
Around Alone – desperation in the Doldrums
Race leader Marc Thiercelin and the rest of the fleet experience the calms and sudden squalls of the Doldrums
Mari Cha III on standby for transat record
Lionel Pean and his crew wait in New York for the weather before leaving on their transatlantic record attempt
15 miles separate Around Alone leaders after 2 weeks
Brits fight it out for second place in class 1
Around Alone: Leaders becalmed
In Around Alone Britain's Mike Golding takes over second place in the light breeze at the front of the fleet.
Around Alone – message from Mike Golding
From on board Team Group 4, second placed Mike Golding considers his options