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Van den Heede heads for Southern Ocean

  • October 31, 2001

Jean Luc van den Heede, sailing his custom-built monohull Adrien, in an attempt to break the westabout solo circumnavigation, crossed the Equator earlier in the week

  • October 31, 2001

The New York Yacht Club has announced the cancellation of next year’s running of the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge

Nippon Cup cancelled

  • October 31, 2001

The Nippon Cup is yet another event that has fallen victim to the recent US terrorist attacks

Lymington Town’s Solent Circuit

  • October 31, 2001

The third race of Lymington Town SC's Solent Circuit series took place this Sunday and produced some extremely close racing

Thompson pipped at post in Mini Transat

  • October 30, 2001

Having led for much of the second leg of the Mini Transat, Brian Thompson was overtaken by Yannickk Bestaven in the last few hours of the race

SEB finished, two to go

  • October 30, 2001

At 09:35:47 GMT this morning, Team SEB crossed the Cape Town finish line to become the sixth boat to complete the first leg of the VOR

The toughest race ever

  • October 30, 2001

On the approach to Cape Town, Knut Frostad, skipper of Djuice Dragons, airs his views on the first leg of the VOR

Five down, three to go

  • October 29, 2001

With Assa Abloy finishing the first leg of the VOR yesterday, Cape Town awaits the final three yachts

VOR – the week ahead – Monday 29 October

  • October 29, 2001

Points system saviour – the new equal points scoring system has given the tail enders plenty of hope. But lack of preparation for the next leg is concerning Food for…

Finns at Weymouth

  • October 29, 2001

Ian Clingan produced a first class performance this weekend to win the first qualifier for next year’s championships

Disabled world sailing champs

  • October 29, 2001

The British team was on good form after second day at IFDS worlds at St Petersberg Yacht Club, in Florida yesterday

Ovington skiffs at Rutland

  • October 29, 2001

The Ovington 29er, 49er and Musto Performance Skiffs were treated to some close, exciting racing at the Rutland open meeting this weekend

Tyco finishes

  • October 27, 2001

Tyco, the Bermudan-based entry in the Volvo Ocean Race finished fourth this morning at 0637 GMT. Assa Abloy will be the next to finish in the morning

  • October 26, 2001

A look at the fifth week of the first leg of the 2001/2002 Volvo Ocean Race One tack, one chance – Trindade was make or break time Illbruck reigns supreme…