Yachting World

Round the Island kite attempt

  • March 15, 2004

Jeremy Waitt and Chris Burk will set off on a 16ft kite catamaran next Saturday on their Round the Isle of Wight circumnavigation attempt

  • March 15, 2004

Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy and crew Steve Mitchell finished sixth overall in the 93-boat Star class at the Bacardi Cup last week

  • March 15, 2004

Holt, the performance dinghy hardware manufacturer, and the RYA have joined forces for the third year running to sponsor the Holt RYA National Ranking Series 2004

Problems for Cheyenne

  • March 14, 2004

Cheyenne's headboard car, which carries the weight of the mainsail, and locks it into position on the mast, has torn from the mast track

A wise route for Geronimo

  • March 14, 2004

The consequence of staying north is beginning to take effect aboard Geronimo but at least the crew are away from the growlers

  • March 12, 2004

Jean Luc Van den Heede found it difficult to hide his emotion, as he brought Adrien alongside the Vendée Globe landing stage in Les Sables d'Olonne yesterday afternoon

  • March 12, 2004

On their sprint south, team Geronimo are currently recording speeds of 25kts and it's going to get more exciting soon

  • March 12, 2004

Ellen MacArthur and team are really putting B&Q to the test in the Southern Ocean. Apart from a broken rudder tip, everything is fine

ABN AMRO VOR entry

  • March 11, 2004

ABN AMRO - a leading international bank - will enter two boats in the next Volvo Ocean Race

  • March 11, 2004

Olivier de Kersauson and crew believe they made the right decision to skirt the high pressure zone. They are now in building winds on course for South Africa

British win at Star Bacardi Cup

  • March 11, 2004

Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell finished in first place at the Bacardi Cup yesterday redeeming themselves from a first day race disqualification

  • March 10, 2004

Cheyenne, Steve Fossett's 125ft catamaran, takes detour to avoid Southern Ocean low pressure system and breaks spinnaker halyard

  • March 10, 2004

Having retired from the Jules Verne Challenge on 3 March, Orange II, Bruno Peyron's 120ft maxi-catamaran, has finally arrived back on shore

Preview: May 2004

  • March 10, 2004

It's spring and the thoughts of boat owners are turning to the season's cruising...

Contents: April 2004

  • March 10, 2004

The Month in view - we look back at the key stories of the month...

  • March 9, 2004

Gill has announced a clothing partnership deal with Europe sailor Laura Baldwin who'll represent GBR at this summer's Olympic Games