Yachting World

Kingfisher on the chase

  • February 14, 2003

Ellen's crew are back up to speed and hurtling south, but Géronimo's still scorching ahead

  • February 14, 2003

Brad Van Liew celebrates in the Southern Ocean, but worries as Géronimo reports ice further along his route

Weather

  • February 14, 2003

Perfect conditions are forecast for the first race of the America's Cup 2003

  • February 14, 2003

Key players meet for press conference on the even of the first race of the 2003 America's Cup

Kingfisher2 picks up speed

  • February 13, 2003

Things are finally looking up for Kingfisher2 as the wind fills in to propel the giant cat southwards at 20 knots

Grael and Brady win Millennium Cup

  • February 13, 2003

After four days of racing, Prada tactician Torben Grael takes Div ision 1 aboard Ipanema and Gavin Brady steers the Swan 80 to victory in Division 2

  • February 13, 2003

Derek Hatfield is back in the field of Around Alone, and Emma Richards has 'a shocker'

  • February 13, 2003

Win a pair of tickets to the RYA Sailboat and Windsurf show (1-2 March 2003).

Ellen’s Log – Day 13

  • February 12, 2003

Light winds and a feeling of helplessness frustrate Ellen MacArthur. Read her daily log from Kingfisher2

Kingfisher2 dogged by light airs

  • February 12, 2003

A high-pressure bubble continues to hold back the giant catamaran as she claws her way toward the Southern Ocean

  • February 12, 2003

Relief as Géronimo leaves the Indian Ocean for the Pacific 'a world full of happy memories for me', says Géronimo's normally hard-bitten skipper

  • February 11, 2003

Charging problems force Derek Hatfield, the battler of Around Alone's Class 2, to turn back for New Zealand

Back to the Southern Ocean

  • February 10, 2003

The fleet heads back for more, and Around Alone organisers announce a strategy to rejuvenate the next race

  • February 10, 2003

The build up to the 2003 America’s Cup gets underway with an unusual press conference as new sponsor rises to the challenge

Preview: April 2003

  • February 10, 2003

Divided loyalties? In mid-February what is likely to be one of the most closely fought America's Cups...