Yachting World

  • 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

  • February 19, 2004

Cheyenne, Orange and Adrien are ahead of thier global record times. Meanwhile Geronimo heads back to Brest for a re-start

  • February 18, 2004

Ecover and Mike Golding Yacht Racing have joined forces to set up a sailing academy aimed principally at helping young sailors who aim to make the difficult transition from amateur…

  • February 18, 2004

Simpson wins race four at the Finn Gold Cup in Rio

  • February 18, 2004

Brian Thompson, watch captain aboard Steve Fossett's round the world yacht Cheyenne reports on the current lighter than predicted Atlantic conditions

  • February 18, 2004

Bruno Peyron's maxi-catamaran crossed the Jules Verne Trophy start line off Ushant this morning

  • February 18, 2004

Just a few hours into the Jules Verne Challenge Bruno Peyron and team aboard Orange are sailing at over 28kts

  • February 17, 2004

Harken is sponsoring two major dinghy youth regattas at Royal Lymington YC this year

  • February 17, 2004

Tricky light winds tested competitors to the limit during the second day's racing at the Finn Gold Cup in Rio de Janeiro

  • February 17, 2004

Cheyenne, Steve Fossett's 125ft maxi catamaran is still behind the round the world record and has a forthcoming complex weather system to deal with

  • February 17, 2004

Brian Thompson, watch captain aboard Cheyenne, reports on proceedings at yesterday's Equatorial ceremony