Yachting World has received reports of the death of Sir Peter Blake KBE
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Blake’s sponsors confirm death
Omega, sponsors of Sir Peter Blake's Seamaster ketch, have confirmed that Blake was murdered earlier today
ARC Diary 11
Firefly, 6 December 2001: A very handsome Dorado weighing in at around 5 kg is destined for the pot tonight, the Fray Bentos safe for another day
VOR: Assa rues tactical calls
Assa Abloy arrived in Sydney in sixth place, after the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, with a distinctly second-hand looking wheel – bent, bowed and patched. “People get…
ARC Diary 10
Firefly, 5 December 2001: Duncan is complaining because the bananas refuse to ripen and we could be in danger of taking coals to Newcastle if they are not ripe in…
ARC Diary 10
Firefly, 5 December 2001: Duncan is complaining because the bananas refuse to ripen and we could be in danger of taking coals to Newcastle if they are not ripe in…
Dalton recovering in hospital
Amer Sports One skipper Grant Dalton is recovering in hospital having been stretchered of his yacht in Sydney. He has suspected broken ribs and severe bruising
Learning by degrees
Portsmouth University unveils a new degree program in Watersports Science
New yacht design firm
America's Cup designer TJ Perrotti has opened a new design office in Newport, Rhode Island
ARC Diary 8
Firefly, 3 December 2001: Today I have made a new cockpit light out of an old baseball hat, wire coathanger (what else) and the guts from an old 12 Volt…
VOR: Illbruck wins again
As EF Language skipper Paul Cayard said after winning the 1997-98 Whitbread Race, victory in this field of endeavour is 90 percent preparation and 10 percent perspiration. Kostecki’s three-year build-up…
VOR: Second for SEB
"Hilarious, crazy and fascinating, definitely dangerous - everything was beyond the edge
VOR: Djuice squeezes fourth
After a calamitous seventh place in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, skipper Knut Frostad arrived in Sydney in fourth place with pride restored
ARC Diary 9
Firefly, 4 December 2001 21° 29 N 39° 10 W Distance to St Lucia 1,318 nm Just when we’re looking for some inconsistency in the wind, like just a 10…
ARC Diary 9
Firefly, 4 December 2001 21° 29 N 39° 10 W Distance to St Lucia 1,318 nm Just when we’re looking for some inconsistency in the wind, like just a 10…
ARC Diary 8
Firefly, 3 December 2001: Today I have made a new cockpit light out of an old baseball hat, wire coathanger (what else) and the guts from an old 12 Volt…
Countdown to Sydney
Illbruck and SEB are engaged in a close race as they head for the finish of the second leg of the VOR
Can illbruck retain her lead?
Although illbruck is nine miles ahead, there’s a lot of racing to take place between now and the finish line, 200 miles away
Bristol to defend Clipper victory
The City of Bristol will once again be competing in the Clipper Round-the-World Yacht Race
Superyachts in Malta
Yachting World look at the site of Camper & Nichloson's new superyacht marina in Malta