Preview December 2002

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Vail Williams retains Transat lead

With only a few days remaining on the Challenge Transat, Vail Williams continues to lead the fleet by 17 miles from second-placed Logica

IMS worlds

The Sinergia 40 Siemens Mobile is leading the light-wind IMS world championship in Bayona, Spain

Draycote Water Sailing Club will host up to 280 young optimist sailors for the Volvo Musto Optimist End of Season Championship, on 12-13 October

The Italian boat Alina has won the Mumm 30 world championship in Annapolis

Fifteen boats made the trip to North Wales to Bala SC for the penultimate Laser 4000 Grand Slam event of the season last weekend

Challenge Transat favourite takes a flyer

BG Group, winner of the first leg of the Challenge Transat and dockside favourite for the second leg, took a good start but an interesting tactical decision by the skipper…

IMS worlds

Now in to its second day, the 18-strong IMS world championship fleet is currently heading for the startline for its first race

Phil Laycock won the Finn inlands this weekend at Ullswater

Swiss take Brits in fourth race

A better position on the second beat allowed the Swiss Alinghi team to take a lead which they never relinquished

Moët & Chandon has announced the release of a specially designed limited edition bottle for the America's Cup

Fredrik Loof of Sweden has taken a one point lead after the first race of the Star world championship in Genoa