The Borobudur ship expedition should arrive in South Africa within the next fews completing their third leg
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Oracle BMW heads for Nippon Cup
Since Oracle BMW Racing's recent victory over Alinghi in the Moët Cup, the sailing team's focus has turned to the Swedish Match Tour
Dutch win Aruba cat regatta
Gunnar Larsen and Xander Pols won the last race of the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta, enough to beat the British duo Sunnucks and Self
Holt strengthens distribution team
Holt has appointed Peter Marchant to the new position of works director at its Burnham-on-Crouch distribution centre
Groupama wins Transat Jacques Vabre
Groupama crossed the TJV finish line in Salvador da Bahia this morning (Sunday 16 November) at 0810hrs and 41s GMT, or 0510hrs 41s local time
Ecover takes second from Sill
Taking the favoured westerly route overnight, Mike Golding and Brian Thompson have snatched second place in the Open 60 monohulls in the TJV
Top crews line up for Nippon Cup
Nine top international skippers, including seven America's Cup veterans and the reigning Swedish Match Tour champion, head to Hayama, Japan for the Nippon Cup this weekend
Olympic classes at Warsash this weekend
Round 5 of Holt RYA National Ranking Series is taking place this weekend at Warsash
Contents: December 2003
Tracy Edwards and her Qatar sponsorship deal angers...
Volvo extends keelboat sponsorship
Volvo has extended its three year contract with the RYA Keelboat Programme
Coutts and Sundby win Rolex awards
Russell Coutts and Siren Sundby were presented with the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2003 in Barcelona last night
Van Den Heede up on record
Jean Luc Van Den Heede is just ahead of Philippe Monnet record breaking time during the early stage of the non-stop, singlehanded global challenge
On course for Christmas shopping
The UK Sailing Academy based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight has introduced a Christmas gift voucher scheme for sailing courses
Preview: January 2004
There have been anchor tests by the hundred in the past...
Close encounter with a fridge
Sam Davies writes gingerly, with very sore hands after spending hours at the helm of Team Cowes, about encounters of a very bizarre kind
Vigo for VOR start
Spain makes history today as Vigo, in the north-west region of Galicia, has been chosen to host the start of the next Volvo Ocean Race
Skippers announced for Global Challenge
After a yearlong selection process from 400 applicants, the 12 skippers for next year's Global Challenge have been selected
Ecover back up to third
Although Ecover is now back up to third in the TJV Open 60 monohulls, she is still over 200 miles behind Virbac
British team lead Aruba Regatta
The British team Sunnucks/Self moved into the overall lead of the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta yesterday
Mirabella V – Vosper’s super-sloop
When news of Joe Vittoria's plans to build a 246ft (75m) sloop with a 300ft (91m) carbon fibre mast permeated the superyacht industry...