Firefly, 3 December 2001: Today I have made a new cockpit light out of an old baseball hat, wire coathanger (what else) and the guts from an old 12 Volt…
Yachting World
VOR: Illbruck wins again
As EF Language skipper Paul Cayard said after winning the 1997-98 Whitbread Race, victory in this field of endeavour is 90 percent preparation and 10 percent perspiration. Kostecki’s three-year build-up…
VOR: Second for SEB
"Hilarious, crazy and fascinating, definitely dangerous - everything was beyond the edge
VOR: Djuice squeezes fourth
After a calamitous seventh place in the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, skipper Knut Frostad arrived in Sydney in fourth place with pride restored
ARC Diary 9
Firefly, 4 December 2001 21° 29 N 39° 10 W Distance to St Lucia 1,318 nm Just when we’re looking for some inconsistency in the wind, like just a 10…
ARC Diary 9
Firefly, 4 December 2001 21° 29 N 39° 10 W Distance to St Lucia 1,318 nm Just when we’re looking for some inconsistency in the wind, like just a 10…
ARC Diary 8
Firefly, 3 December 2001: Today I have made a new cockpit light out of an old baseball hat, wire coathanger (what else) and the guts from an old 12 Volt…
Countdown to Sydney
Illbruck and SEB are engaged in a close race as they head for the finish of the second leg of the VOR
Can illbruck retain her lead?
Although illbruck is nine miles ahead, there’s a lot of racing to take place between now and the finish line, 200 miles away
Bristol to defend Clipper victory
The City of Bristol will once again be competing in the Clipper Round-the-World Yacht Race
Superyachts in Malta
Yachting World look at the site of Camper & Nichloson's new superyacht marina in Malta
Illbruck takes control
With illbruck having taken the lead yesterday, and pulled out a 17-mile advantage over SEB, the 400 remaining miles to Sydney are going to be very interesting
ARC Diary: Week 1
Firefly, 2 December 2001: The benefit, if one discounts bruises and rope burned hands, is that at the end of the first week we have covered nearly 1,200 miles
Prescott visits GBR Challenge
The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr John Prescott, launched the summer training session for the first British America’s Cup Challenge in 15 years when he visited the GBR Challenge base in…
ARC Diary 6
Firefly, 1 December 2001: The forecast is predicting northeasterlies for this sea area and if that happens it’ll be straight down the line, afterburners on, for the Caribbean
SEB and illbruck pull ahead
Just 14 miles separates SEB and illbruck on the second leg of the VOR but they are pulling away from the rest of the fleet
ARC yachts in dramatic rescue
Three yachts competing in the ARC come to the rescue of a Frenchman whose yacht was sinking
VOR – the week that was
A look at the third week of the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race Sail-through service centre -a couple of essential crew drop-offs at Eclipse island turned in to…
ARC Diary 5
Firefly, 30 November, 2001: Flying squid! Have I been at sea for too long?
Strong winds continue to disrupt 14s
Strong winds continue to disrupt racing at the International 14 world championship in Bermuda