Yachting World

  • March 21, 2002

A total of 22 boats turned out at the one-day Lark event at South Staffs on 16 March

  • March 21, 2002

Rob Greenhalgh and Dan Johnson were the overall winners of the International 14 fleet during last weekend’s Hamble Warming Pan event

VOR yachts clear doldrums

  • March 21, 2002

Now all the VOR yachts are through the doldrums, the racing has settled down with illbruck consolidating her well established lead

  • March 21, 2002

Ian Walker from the GBR Challenge took part in his first ever Grade 1 Match Racing event yesterday

Walker makes a comeback

  • March 21, 2002

With a total of three wins so far in the Steinlager/Line 7 Cup event, Ian Walker and team still have a chance of making it through to the quarter finals

Maquarie Innovations Warms Up

  • March 20, 2002

Yellow Pages speed sailor Simon McKeon reports back on the teams first steps towards breaking their own world record with their new boat

Orange rides the lows

  • March 20, 2002

Peyron's Orange has stepped over the imaginary Greenwich meridian as the crew focus on the forties which have given a second wind to the Giant

French prowess

  • March 20, 2002

French skipper Luc Pillot chalked up four wins and only one loss on the opening day of the Steinlager Line 7 Regatta

Illbruck takes bit between teeth

  • March 19, 2002

The VOR yacht illbruck is now 12 miles clear of the rest of the fleet as she heads off in to the Trade Winds towards Miami

Steinlager Line 7 Cup

  • March 19, 2002

Ten skippers representing eight America’s Cup syndicates will begin contesting the Steinlager Line 7 Cup, hosted by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, on Wednesday, March 20

Géronimo waits for lull

  • March 19, 2002

Olivier de Kersauson is waiting for the wind to subside so he can bring his big tri back alongside for modifications, but solutions aren’t simple, he says

  • March 19, 2002

Baron Benjamin de Rothschild has unveiled at the Yacht Club de France (Paris), the tenth yacht in the Gitana saga, a 60 ft (18.28 m) trimaran which is set to…

Amazon thoughts for VOR crews

  • March 18, 2002

At the mouth of Amazon river, thoughts of many of the VOR crew will turn to their late lamented friend and sea brother, Peter Blake

  • March 18, 2002

Steve Fossett’s PlayStation has, subject to ratification, broken the speed record over the Fastnet course

Speedsters wait for wind

  • March 18, 2002

The Australian trio, Lindsay Cunningham, Simon McKeon, Tim Daddo are preparing their new speed machine, Macquarie Innovation, for an attempt at breaking the current the world speed record