Tracy Edwards’ 110 ft maxi-catamaran, Maiden II has successfully broken the current 24 hour distant record
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Commodores’ Cup fever
With confirmed entries already in excess of the 2000 fleet, this year’s Commordores' Cup looks guaranteed to be one of the strongest yet
180 new yachts for Sunsail
Sunsail has placed an order for over £13 million for 180 new French yachts
Wight Lightning arrives in NZ
Excitement mounted as GBR70 White Lightning arrived at the British base in Auckland. Kieran Hopkins reports
Maiden’s vogage started
Tracy Edwards' Maiden II crew set sail last night from Newport in an attempt to break the 24 hour world speed record
Kostecki receives speed trophy
John Kostecki, skipper of illbruck, and winner of the VOR, was presented with the 24-hour Monohull World Speed Record yesterday
Maiden still on track
Crew member Adrienne Cahalan reports from Maiden II as the maxi-cat hurtles its way towards breaking Playstation’s record
Preview August 2002
We bring you Part 2 of our ARC survey results
Contents: July 2002
It was a wild and stormy passage from Russia to Alaska for Peter and Lyndall Aston, via the wind-blown Aleutian Islands, where war relics and wildlife combined to make this…
National 12s at Royal Harwich
A total of 34 boats turned out for the National 12 open meeting at Royal Harwich YC on the River Orwell during the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend
Folkboat nationals
Cloud Cookoo wins the Folkboat national championship at Lymington
Maiden prepares for world record
Maiden II is preparing for a midday start today in attempt to break the 24-hour distance record
New York YC adopts Americap II racing
New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport will integrate AMERICAP II handicap racing into the first part of its two-part regatta
Team Tonic wins Morgan Cup
Team Tonic has won the Morgan Cup and the first race of the RYA Commodores' Cup selection trials
Newport to Bermuda starts on Friday
This Friday (14 June) sees the start of the Newport to Bermuda Race from the mouth of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island
Contessa 32 team racing
The Contessa 32 two-boat team racing series, organised by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, was sailed on windward/leeward courses in the Solent over the weekend
Rowers poised for Atlantic challenge
The Skandia Ocean Row Team is set to depart from St John's, Newfoundland, Canada, today, to attempt their record-breaking row across the Atlantic
National 12s at Chipstead
Eight home boats were joined by five visitors for the National 12 Chipstead open meeting on 8 June
Hoj-Jensen wins Edinburgh Cup
Poul Richard Hoj-Jensen sailing Danish Blue finished second in the last race of the series to clinch the Dragon Edinburgh Cup
Keelboat champs at Cowes
The second weekend of the Red Funnel Cowes Keelboat Championship Series took place on June 8-9