Elaine Bunting

More misery in Around Alone as Simone Bianchetti's rig topples in three parts

The wind has died to the high 20s gusting 30s, as opposed to gusting 70, so it's looking good. But I still have to hold on with both hands when…

The Around Alone leaders are being hurled around in winds of more than 70 knots and wild seas, but all is OK on board

Four Around Alone skippers are carrying on, hurrying now to position themselves for the ever-worsening storm

Around Alone skippers Alan Paris and Brad Van Liew head for the refuge of La Coruña as the big storm approaches

After a clement restart from Brixham the 12 solo skippers are already swept up in more big winds

Record for Stamm, setback for Dalton

Stamm sets a speed record, broken battens destroy Dalton's hope of a podium place, and spare a thought for the guys at the back, who have it even harder

Graham Dalton confounds Around Alone pundits with his quest for 3rd place, Stamm has power problems and Derek Hatfield is putting in a remarkable performance in his 40-footer

Stamm and Dubois slug it out for 1st place in Around Alone with 500 miles to go, but behind them skippers face deteriorating conditions

Mixed fortunes in Around Alone

Stamm is leading at full speed, Thierry Dubois makes repairs after an encounter with a whale and Bruce Schwab's boom has broken

Off round the world

Hard work for the 13 solo skippers in Around Alone as they face a long beat out of New York Harbor

The unfancied New Zealander sprints into the lead of the Around Alone fleet

Bianchetti and Hatfield win their respective classes in the prologue, and the public come to view the fleet