The ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year 2001 awards have nominated Ellen MacArthur as their female winner and Brazilian Laser champion Robert Scheidt as the male winner
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News from the front of the VOR
Kevin Shoebridge aboard Tyco comments about their position and the sort of conditions they are likely to expect within the next few days
TJV: Ellen and Alain lead
Kingfisher-Foncia has regained the lead from Groupama as the leaders of the multihull class emerge from the swamp of the Doldrums
Australia II rests again
Australia II will complete another successful chapter in its remarkable sailing career when she is returned to the Western Australian Maritime Museum
djuice chases the lead
In an abating breeze, djuice dragons is chasing Tyco for the lead while illbruck is struggling to keep the water out
VOR latest
Tyco hangs onto a slim lead as the Volvo fleet heads south into the Southern Ocean
Spar trouble for TNZ
America’s Cup holders Team New Zealand are experiencing problems with their pioneering cathedral rigs
VOR: Tyco takes early lead
At 1616 GMT today, skipper Kevin Shoebridge and the crew of Team Tyco were leading the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race
TJV: Leaders approach Doldrums
Ellen MacArthur and Alain Gautier are struggling to defend Foncia-Kingfisher's 22-mile lead in the multihull class of the Transat Jacques Vabre
VOR final preparations
Tomorrow morning the eight VOR teams are facing a 6650-nautical mile leg to Sydney, Australia
PlayStation attempts round the island record
Steve Fossett and his crew started at 1000 this morning
VOR – the week that was
A look at the seventh week of the first leg of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race Calm between the storms – has illbruck’s staggering protest result planted doubts about the…
Newsflash
PlayStation smashes the Round the Island record
Fossett’s latest record attempt aborted
Steve Fossett's challenge to break the cross Channel sailing record has been aborted due to strong winds
Woman rower alone in Atlantic
Debra Veal, who is taking part in the Ward Evans Atlantic Rowing Challenge, chats about her daily routine and how she copes with life alone in mid Atlantic. Veal set…
Fossett: It was necessary
Less than an hour past The Needles, PlayStation skipper Steve Fossett knew that to carry on would risk damage both to boat and crew
Preview: January 2002
Is the GBR Challenge up to the task?..
Contents: December 2001
. Leader We should ignore calls to cancel regattas and postpone the America?s Cup, and carry on sailing On the Wind PlayStation could have cracked the 700-mile a day barrier,…
New crew for Assa Abloy
Two new crewmen have been signed up for the second leg of the VOR aboard Assa Abloy
PlayStation heads for France
Steve Fossett's maxicat PlayStation has begun her attempt to break Tracy Edwards' Cowes-Dinard record