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How to get back home?

  • January 15, 2003

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede considers the options as he inches his dismasted yacht towards New Zealand

  • January 15, 2003

Filthy seas and headwinds as Emma slogs south - separated from two rivals by only 5 miles

  • January 15, 2003

Watch out for yachting-world.com’s exclusive reports from Kingfisher2 during Ellen MacArthur’s Jules Verne attempt

Cape to Rio fleet flounders

  • January 15, 2003

Many of the boats in the Cape to Rio race fleet are suffering from lack of wind caused by a huge South Atlantic High

  • January 14, 2003

At least 200 competitors are expected to take part in The Rutland Challenge for the John Merricks Tiger Trophy during the first weekend in February

Pacy performance from Plattner

  • January 14, 2003

Dr Hasso Plattner’s maxi has taken over the lead in the race for handicap honours in the Cape to Rio race

Jersey leads Clipper fleet

  • January 14, 2003

Tactics throughout the Clipper fleet are virtually identical at the moment as the boats zigzag between north and west from the Galapagos Islands to Hawaii

  • January 14, 2003

An amended points table and a sixth place in the final heat of the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Trophy pushed the British RMW Marine team in to second overall

  • January 13, 2003

Bernard Stamm has a commanding lead in Around Alone, but his boat was literally coming apart in his hands as he finished the first Southern Ocean leg

15 year old breaks world record

  • January 12, 2003

Fifteen year old Seb Clover from the Isle of Wight has braved heavy storms and killer whales to become the youngest sailor to cross the Atlantic singlehandedly

  • January 12, 2003

Rob Greenhalgh, Dan Johnson and Peter Greenhalgh came up the final beat in the penultimate race to clinch the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff championship in Sydney with a day to…

  • January 10, 2003

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede explains how he set up a jury rig to make slow progress towards Australia

Solidaires takes second

  • January 10, 2003

At 09:03 GMT this morning Thierry Dubois, at the helm of Solidaires, crossed the finish line on Leg 3 of the Around Alone