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

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…

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

America's Cup designer TJ Perrotti has opened a new design office in Newport, Rhode Island

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…

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…

"Hilarious, crazy and fascinating, definitely dangerous - everything was beyond the edge

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

Yachting World look at the site of Camper & Nichloson's new superyacht marina in Malta