Th results are all in and it's clear that Peter Morton's optimised 50 Mandrake is this year's best boat around the Isle of Wight
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They missed!
No words required to describe the action here on the Hoya Round the Island race
Indications are good for a safe race
Despite a dramatic early accident and one man overboard report, rescues have been low and casualties zero amongst the 1,735 yachts of the Hoya Round the Island race
French victory at Swan Europeans
The tension was tangible as the 61 boats contesting the Swan European Regatta off Cowes waited for the start of the final, Championship-deciding race
Southampton central
The Volvo Ocean Race and the Southampton International Boat Show have come together under the umbrella of Southampton’s Waterfront Week
‘Dare We Must!’
Compaq skipper Will Oxley goes for broke in the sixth leg of the BT Global Challenge
Gold standard
After a shaky start, Shirley Robertson has driven the S&S Swan 48 Jacobite into overall lead
Leaderboard scrambled
Logica drops to third as Compaq charges into second from the east but the new leader is Team SpirIT
Tour Voile 2001
This year’s French coast-hopping contest, starting 29 June, has drawn a massive French contingent littered with well-known sailors from every discipline, intent on fending off the All Black challenge
Ketch me if you can
It was a case of ‘two masts good, one mast bad’ on the Solent yesterday as sea breezes brought great offwind conditions to the Swan European Championships in Cowes
Gold rush
No fewer than four British Olympic medallists will be taking part in this weekend’s Hoya Round the Island race
Final spin for Australia II
The history-making 12m Australia II will take one last spin off Fremantle tomorrow before leaving for the UK and the America’s Cup Jubilee
GBR-25 strolls to Euro series win
With the Barlo Plastics Farr 40 European Series in the bag, Mark Heeley and the crack crew of GBR-25 look ahead to the Farr 40 worlds
Groupama wins in Cap d’Agde
Franck Cammas wins the breeze lottery off Cap d’Agde to even the score in the Orma 9 Telecom Multihull Grand Prix Series
Perfect start for Swan Europeans
With sunny skies over Cowes and a gently building, backing breeze sweeping the Solent, the Swan fleet made an elegant start to its European Championships
Final act begins
As the fleet sweeps past the Canaries, the twelve skippers contesting the sixth leg of the BT Global Challenge will be boosting their crews; this leg will be won and…
Swan European Regatta starts today
A record fleet is expected to be on the start line this morning at Cowes for the Nautor Swan European Regatta
EDS fleet now seven-strong
French sailor, Loic Pochet, has submitted his entry for the EDS Atlantic Challenge, boosting the fleet of crewed Open 60s to seven
Cap d’Agde Grand Prix
Foncia wins the first leg of the Cap d’Agde Grand Prix, followed by Belgacom, Bonduelle and Banque Populaire
BT update
After 25 days of racing the entire BT fleet is in a corridor 60 miles wide by 180 miles long, with only 16 miles separating the five yachts between 3rd