Magnus Holmberg, who is top of the Swedish Match Tour leaderboard has entered Colorcraft Gold Cup
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Illbruck leads fleet to waypoint
Fleet prepares for tactics after rounding Ilha Fernando de Noronha
Steve Fossett interview
Less than 24 hours after setting a new west to east transatlantic sailing record of 4d 17hr 28min and 6sec and a new 24 hour record of 687.17 nautical miles,…
RS400 Irish nationals
Greg O'Brien and Blair Stanway from Sutton SC have won the RS400 Irish nationals
Illbruck gains on fleet
Illbruck has extended her lead to 18 miles over second placed Assa Abloy on the straight drag race south towards Isla Fernando de Noronha
PlayStation breaks Transatlantic speed record
Steve Fossett and his nine-man crew aboard PlayStation have crossed the finish line at the Lizard and beaten the Transatlantic speed record by one day, 19 hours
Illbruck crosses Equator
Illbruck is the first yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race to cross the equator and enter the southern hemisphere
B14s at Weston
The B14 fleet arrived at Weston on 6-7 October for a UK Circuit event, which was shared with other Ovington-built classes, the 29er and Musto Skiff
RS inlands attract big fleets
The 2001 RS inland championships at Grafham Water SC on 6-7 October has to go down as one of the most spectacular events this year. One of the worst weather…
Leading Volvo boats through doldrums
The five leading yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race are through the doldrums
Doldrums not yet over
Having sailed through the doldrums with relative ease, the leading five boats are preparing themselves for more unpredictable stormy conditions
VDH leaves for global challenge
Jean Luc Van Den Heede left Brest this morning on his attempt on the westabout solo circumnavigation record
VOR fleet heads for Equator
The leading five yachts in the Volvo Ocean Race will cross the equator within the next 20 hours
Marcus Hutchinson to join Golding in Transat race
Marcus Hutchinson will join Mike Golding in the Transat Jacques Vabre which starts in early November
PlayStation could reach Lizard tomorrow
If the wind holds out, Steve Fossett and crew aboard PlayStation could break the NY-UK TransAtlantic record by one day
GBR America’s Cup Challenge has officially started
Peter Harrison’s America’s Cup GBR Challenge has today officially started its programme in New Zealand, one year before the Louis Vuitton Cup is due to begin in the Hauraki Gulf.…
VDH is off!
Jean Luc Van den Heede crossed the start line of his global challenge this afternoon, 9th October
Illbruck retains lead on approach to doldrums
On the edge of the doldrums, the fleet are experiencing rain clouds that can have a severe effect their local wind
PlayStation on track to break Transat record
As well as being well ahead of schedule to break the Transatlantic speed record, PlayStation has just broken the 24-hour speed record
A taste of the doldrums
Illbruck is the first of the VOR fleet to enter the doldrums