Firefly's Duncan Kent discovers the culprit for some strange odours in the dying days of the ARC crossing
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ARC Diary 17
Firefly, 12 December 2001: Another casualty added itself to the breakages list last night, right in the middle of happy hour. Without warning the galley sink unit disappeared into the…
ARC Diary 17
Firefly, 12 December 2001: Another casualty added itself to the breakages list last night, right in the middle of happy hour. Without warning the galley sink unit disappeared into the…
GBR wins in New Zealand
The superfit boys of GBR Challenge have secured their first victory – in the Manakau Half Marathon
ARC record tumbles
Separated by just 13 minutes, the first two ARC yachts cross the line in St Lucia, smashing the existing record in the process
ARC Diary 16
Firefly, 11 December 2001: I have just asked Stewart and Duncan what they will do first when we arrive on Rodney Bay. Apart from the obvious, ribald replies both were…
ARC Diary 16
Firefly, 11 December 2001: I have just asked Stewart and Duncan what they will do first when we arrive on Rodney Bay. Apart from the obvious, ribald replies both were…
The Becks and Ellen show
Sunday night’s Sports Personality of the Year Award on BBC was always going to Old Trafford for me, Ron
Amer Sports One crewman withdraws
Amer Sports One crewman Keith Kilpatrick, taken seriously ill on the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, has decided not to continue in the race on medical advice
Amer Sports Too arrives in Sydney
A happy Amer Sports Too crew have finished leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race at the end of a marathon 6550 nautical mile voyage from Cape Town, South Africa
English burial for Sir Peter
Sir Peter Blake’s widow Lady Pippa has decided that the sailing legend will be buried near Emsworth, Hampshire
Orange prepares for Jules Verne
The maxicat Innovation Explorer - renamed Orange – is preparing for a crack at the 71-day Jules Verne record
Record attempt for PlayStation
After last month’s aborted attempt on the Cowes-St Malo record, Steve Fossett and the crew of PlayStation are attempting to set a benchmark time for the Cowes-St Malo
PlayStation ahead of sched
Steve Fossett’s maxicat PlayStation is currently ahead of the record-setting pace on her Cowes-St Malo sprint
PlayStation Breaks Cowes-St Malo Speed Record
This afternoon Steve Fossett's giant catamaran broke the Cowes-St Malo World Speed Sailing Record
ARC Diary 15
Firefly, 10 December 2001: But worst of all has to be be cooking. Nothing can be put down and left or inevitably it finishes up on the floor
ARC Diary 15
Firefly, 10 December 2001: But worst of all has to be be cooking. Nothing can be put down and left or inevitably it finishes up on the floor
ARC Diary 14
Firefly, 9 December 2001: But wait! Sounds off! The gods of weather bring you Act 3 and a new character to the plot, a new arrow from their quiver of
ARC Diary 14
Firefly, 9 December 2001: But wait! Sounds off! The gods of weather bring you Act 3 and a new character to the plot, a new arrow from their quiver of
ARC Diary 13
Firefly, 8 December 2001: Whatever happened to the Trades?