Yachting World

Cheyenne rigging repair

  • February 24, 2004

David Scully, watch captain aboard Cheyenne, describes how the crew fought to save the mast of this 125ft cat and still made 460 miles while doing so

Geronimo JV start tomorrow

  • February 24, 2004

Olivier de Kersauson's trimaran Geronimo will head for the Jules Verne start line tomorrow

  • February 24, 2004

Ben Ainslie, the 27-year-old newly-crowned Finn Gold Cup champion from Lymington, England chatted to Craig Leweck about the insight on his recent accomplishment

  • February 23, 2004

Over 20kts of biting cold wind made for an exciting day's racing on the River Medway at this weekend's Hoo Freezer dinghy event

  • February 23, 2004

Orange II, Bruno Peyron's maxi catamaran arrived in Lorient yesterday. Repairs are well underway and she could be ready to leave for the Jules Verne on Thursday

  • February 23, 2004

Macquarie Innovation (the new Yellow Pages Endeavour) is currently preparing for her crack at breaking the 50kt barrier

  • February 21, 2004

Geronimo arrived back in Brest at 1630 (French time) yesterday afternoon

  • February 20, 2004

Orange II, Bruno Peyron's maxi catamaran, has retired from the Jules Verne with technical problems, after just one day at sea

  • February 20, 2004

Steve Fossett's 125ft maxi-cat Cheyenne is maintaining good speed as she heads towards the Cape of Good Hope on her round the world record attempt

  • February 20, 2004

Bruno Peyron, skipper of the Orange II maxi-catamaran, has revealed during today's audio chat session the nature of the incident that occurred aboard Orange yesterday

Positive forecast for Cheyenne

  • February 19, 2004

Brian Thompson, Cheyenne's watch captain, reckons they could pass the South Atlantic High in a steady 10kts

  • February 19, 2004

Four minutes after Orange II crossed the Jules Verne start line, the VO60 Bank BPH embarked a fully crewed record attempt