How would sick VOR crewman Keith Kilpratrick fared had Dr Roger Nilson not been on board?
VOR – the week ahead – Monday 26 November, 2001
Leg 2 re-start – with a fleet pile-up on the approach to Eclipse Island, watch out for some major place changes within the next few hours Eclipse Island – would…
ARC ’01: They’re off
The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) 2001 is underway
ARC Diary 1
Firefly, 26 November: We started in a nailbiting melee of other (much larger) yachts, ten or twelve of us at the pin end of the line just inches apart. How…
illbruck leads but Assa Abloy is still close
With just over 200 miles from the leg two waypoint of Eclipse Island, illbruck continues to lead the Volvo Ocean Race with a shoestring advantage of two miles over Assa
Kilpatrick update
Keith Kilpatrick, the ill-stricken VOR crewman aboard Amer Sports One, has made a speedy recovery but will still be taken off the boat
Gornall retires from solo Atlantic row
Jonathan Gornall who was competing solo in the Ward Evans Atlantic Rowing Challenge has quit due to exhaustion, physical problems and the psychological impact of rowing alone
VOR crewman stable
Following a successful drop of medical supplies, Keith Kilpatrick’s condition is stable
Positions close at front of fleet
SEB has split from the fleet but illbruck and Assa Abloy are closing up
Bennett wins Open 50 in TJV
Monohull Fleet The British/Aussie pair, Alex Bennett and Paul Larsen, on board One Dream One Mission, arrived as victors of the Transat Jacques Vabre Open 50 division in Bahia, Brazil,…
illbruck takes control of VOR
Positions continue to swap and change at the front as the VOR fleet leaves the cold Southern Ocean conditions behind
Pole to pole
Royal Marine Dominic Mee launches a new round the world record attempt
VOR – the week that was
A look at the second week of the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race
Crewman ill aboard Dalton’s boat
Keith Kilpatrick, crewman aboard Grant Dalton’s Amer sports One, suffering with a stomach illness is receiving medical help from onboard medic Roger Nilson
Second for Aussies in Atlantic rowing race
Patrick Weinrauch and Paul McCarthy from Australia have claimed second place in the Ward Evans Atlantic Rowing Challenge
Lighter airs for VOR fleet
The leading pack in the second leg of the VOR are just 26 miles apart with SEB choosing the most northerly and direct route
VOR: Medevac planned for Kilpatrick
After consultation with the VOR medical team onshore, it has been agreed that Amer Sports One’s Keith Kilpatrick – suffering with stomach pains – should be airlifted as soon as
GBR Challenge base opened
GBR Challenge Chairman Peter Harrison today officially opened the base from which the syndicate will mount its tilt at the world's oldest sporting trophy, the America's Cup
Counting down…
Yachting World Editor Andrew Bray and the crew of his YW H42 sloop Firefly are busy with final preparations
International 14 world team racing
USA lead the way in today's semi-finals at the Global Team Race Challenge in Bermuda