British sailors Shirley Robertson and Ben Ainslie both clinched gold medals today after remarkable racing on Sydney Harbour, while Iain Percy, Ian Walker and Mark Covell are safe in the…
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Vagaries of wind and currents separate BT Challenge yachts
Quadstone still in front while Gulf Stream checks rivals' progress, and at the back Norwich Union is now disconnected from the fleet
Flatron leads to the south as winds pick up
Fleet spread out as ridge of high pressure approaches, but in mid-Atlantic a tropical storm may be about to become a hurricane
No waypoint on first leg widens tactical options
Skippers consider weather for the Great Circle Route, but some skippers are being more secretive than others about what they are planning
Race HQ set to be multimedia ‘mission control’
As the yachts race round the world, all their communications – what in the quaint days of a few years back would have been called signals – will come back…
Europe’s largest boat show gets underway
New yachts abound and plans for the largest privately owned yacht in the world are unveiled
Oyster buys sailmaking company
UK's biggest builder's has new sailmaking arm
Falklands yacht in diplomatic storm
Argentina refuses to allow Port Stanley registered yacht into the country
Faulty steering troubles one ARC crew
Rope steering poses a daily problem for the crew of a Beneteau First 40.7
First ARC yachts finish
Front runners finish, but others have to make do with trolling lures
Banana boat captain prosecuted
Norwegian captain of ship that hit the Nab Tower 'failed in his duty to navigate his ship properly'
Fruit and oil spill out of holed ship
Salvage operation still underway on the banana boat that ran straight into the Nab Tower
Mystery surrounds missing yacht
Insurers question whether a Swan 48 that disappeared in the Atlantic last month was single-handed or had crew
TV deal for BT Global Challenge
The deal for television rights to the round the world race could be the key to new sponsors
How do you choose skippers to race round the world?
They'll be managing 17 people, day and night, for nearly a year and looking after almost GBP2 million of business. It's a tall order for the skippers hoping to do…
Australia launches Volvo Ocean race entry
First ever Australian entry in the former Whitbread round the world race is to be on a grand scale
Coastguard tugs to guard against Millennium mayhem
Emergency towing and salvage plans in place in case Millennium bug strikes shipping round UK
Jailed skipper can reapply for qualifications
Mark Litchfield, skipper of the Maria Assumpta, is free to retake Yachtmaster exams and become a master again
Yachtsman’s cruising dream ends on a reef
Second collision and third calamity puts 73-year-old sailor firmly ashore
Ellen set to take on top French sailors – again
British yachtswoman aims to learn about one-design racing in top French two-handed event