Girls win midnight battle with Djuice

Following an all night duel, Amer Sports Too under her skipper Lisa McDonald has just managed just to slip through to the east of the Djuice

Light airs greet Endeavour competitors

In contrast to the usual windy, cold Endeavour weather, competitors were greeted with sun and no wind leaving the race officer forced to postpone the racing this morning

Assa Abloy closes distance on Illbruck

Although race leader Illbruck has closed the distance to the next waypoint to just under 500 miles, she has lost another five miles to second placed Assa Abloy

National 12s at Twickenham

Big winds kept competitors on their toes during the recent National 12 open meeting at Twickenham

Extra boatspeed for Illbruck

Having passed the first waypoint of Ilha Fernando de Noronha, the five leading yachts in the VOR are on on their way south to Trinidade

Rich getting richer in VOR

Illbruck is pulling away from her nearest rival Assa Abloy but there's still plenty of time for change

A wind-powered land speed record attempt signals the possibility of a water speed sailing record attempt in spring 2002

VOR – the week that was

A look at the third week of the first leg of the 2001/2 Volvo Ocean Race 15 minutes of fame for SEB – Fed up with life at the back…

Sea States

Fine weather and a feast of new yachts managed to draw the crowds to the Annapolis boat show

National 12s at Spinnaker

John and Katie Meadowcroft clinched overall victory at the National 12 open meeting at Spinnaker Club on 6 October

Northern National 12s

Northern National 12s dodge the gales to duel it out at Ripon and Yeadon Open Meetings

International 14s at Itchenor

The International 14 class battled it out in high winds for the Itchenor Autumn Pint trophy on 6 October, 2001

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