Elaine Bunting

  • August 12, 2004

Bruno Peyron's maxi cat is on standy for a transatlantic record attempt - and a go at a 700-mile day

  • August 11, 2004

There is some head-scratching as IRM and IRC classes find their first mark has been lifted out for routine maintenance

  • August 10, 2004

A superb day's racing on one of the family favourite one-designs, the Contessa 32

  • August 9, 2004

A game of Snakes and Ladders for the X One-Design fleet, particularly for today's winning crew on Lass

Calamity as rig drops

  • July 31, 2004

Liz Wardley, the promising young Australian sailor, is dismasted at the Shingles in the solo Figaro race

  • July 30, 2004

A season's diligent is paying off for Sam Davies as her skill shows in the highly competitive solo Figaro race

  • June 15, 2004

Local hero Kip Stone's Open 50 win in the Transat is a dream come true

  • June 14, 2004

Nick Moloney and Conrad Humphreys have two very different reactions to their Transat race

  • June 13, 2004

Grand prix victory at long last for Mike Golding as he wins the Transat and knocks over 2 days off the record

  • June 7, 2004

Bernard Stamm is sheltering in the upturned hull of his Open 60 in mid-Atlantic after the keel falls off, and Riou's Open 60 PRB is dismasted

  • June 7, 2004

Rescue mission underway, and Golding says difficult choices may have persuaded skippers to drive too hard

  • June 6, 2004

Pindar's support boat leaves to help dismasted skipper, while Mike Sanderson on the Pindar Open 60 endures an epic stint

  • May 28, 2004

The 50ft classes of the Transat are home to some of the most interesting individuals - like Mike Birch

  • May 27, 2004

Groundhog Day for Transat teams, but there's a frisson of urgency - or is that the prospect of Anna Kournikova?

  • May 26, 2004

A bumpy start seems likely and a certain amount of grinding, epoxying and debate is going on behind the scenes

  • April 23, 2004

The innovative, wacky speed machine is launched in Southampton, hopefully a first step towards breaking the 50-knot barrier

  • April 22, 2004

In May, Yachting World is sending Jason Best, a film critic with virtually no sailing experience to report on 1,700 miles of ocean racing in the Challenge Business's non-stop Round…