In winds of 30kts tonight Orange II is continuing to make excellent progress and should cross the Ushant finish line between midnight and 0500
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Global Challenge skip in trouble
Agonising pain has forced Eero Lehtinen, the 40-year-old Finnish skipper of Global Challenge yacht SAIC, to hand over the reins
Aussie 18-footer league
Club championship in Sydney - heat 4
Lasers at Stokes Bay
Jon Emmett wins first Laser Radial event of the season
Another 600-mile day for Orange?
Bruno Peyron and team covered 300 miles in 12 hours and are hoping to make another 300 in the next 12 hours
Vendee Globe is over
Karen Leibovici's finish at 20 hours 04 minutes and 20 seconds GMT yesterday marked the end of the 2004/5 edition of the Vendee Globe
Orange set for under 51 days
The maxi-catamaran Orange II should complete its round the world tomorrow night with a time of approximately 50 days 10 hours
Orange – 12 days ahead
Bruno Peyron and team aboard the maxi-cat Orange II are now 12 days ahead of the Jules Verne and could still set a new record of under 50 days
“There was water everywhere”
Earlier this week, we asked the Global Challenge skippers to tell it how it really is. James Allen reports on huge seas off Tasmania and a terrifying man overboard
No excuses
Despite weary crew and big squalls, there's no letting up in the Global Challenge. Skipper Clive Cosby explains why it's so tough
Le Cam signs up for Round Britain and Ireland
Jean Le Cam who recently finished second in the Vendée Globe, is the first to sign his name on the competitors list for the Calais Round Britain Race
Preview: May 2005
Ellen MacArthur is always generous in her acknowledgement...
Contents: April 2005
She's only 28 but in ten short years she has achieved more than any other British
Doha 2006 on a roll
Brian Thompson and team aboard Doha 2006 are rocketing across the South Atlantic leading the two-strong Oryx Quest fleet
An evening with Irens
B&Q designer, Nigel Irens, will be in Sailsbury next Tuesday speaking about the evolution of yacht design
Crewsaver Top Club championship
Last year's hugely successful Crewsaver Top Club, a 'National Championship' for clubs, has led to both Crewsaver and the RYA to support this year's event once again
Global Challenge gets technical
Spirit of Sark's crew feel the influence of the magnetic South Pole and pore over spreadsheets and data logs in their pursuit of speed
Welcome to the South
Scary, emotional, bruising: read this frank insight into leading a team through the Southern Ocean from Global Challenge skipper Eero Lehtinen
Cheyenne latest
Cheyenne is now under tow heading for Argentina
Record in sight for Orange
Despite having been stuck in little wind over the last couple of days Bruno Peyron and team have plenty of time on their hands to break the crewed world speed…