YBW

  • 05.04.2001

‘It’s starting to become a nightmare’ for Pasquale de Gregorio and his boat Wind Telecommunicazioni - he’s still struggling with light airs as the Vendée becomes a battle of will…

  • 04.04.2001

The New South Wales police have faint hopes that Charlotte Lenas will be found alive onboard the upturned yacht

  • 03.04.2001

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Briton defeats Pacific

  • 01.04.2001

After 274 days at sea, British adventurer, Jim Shekhdar, has become the first person to row across the Pacific unassisted, but was forced to swim the last 30 metres after…

  • 29.03.2001

Bermuda's official entry in the Volvo Ocean Race has been revealed to the public and christened at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club

  • 26.03.2001

“It’s cold, colder than I have ever known it before in my life,” chattered Compaq’s Glenda Porter through rattling teeth. “We even had ice, hail on the deck two days…

  • 25.03.2001

The final day of the Heineken International Cup in Puerto Rico saw the American AND 68 leading the field for both races, only to have its hopes for a win…

  • 23.03.2001

Data polled at 0800 this morning put Cam Lewis’ Team Adventure just 197 miles from Marseilles and making 14kn, giving her an ETA of 2200 tonight

  • 23.03.2001

Reporting live from the Heineken International Cup in Puerto Rico, ybw takes a look at the events of the first day

  • 21.03.2001

The Cowes-Torquay-Cowes powerboat race is back! The past winners of 40 years of this classic race gathered for a nostalgic dinner in Cowes last year to reminisce over an aperitif.…

  • 20.03.2001

After a brief, rescheduled stopover in Okinawa replaced the trip up the Yangtse to Shanghai, the fleet is preparing for tomorrow’s start of race eight, to Hong Kong

  • 19.03.2001

PlayStation has been souped-up once again to her awesome best and Fossett has circled 1 April as the beginning of his assault on the world’s speed records

  • 17.03.2001

‘I was always racing, but for moments I had become a fisherman’ says Aquitaine Innovation’s distinctly thinner skipper

  • 14.03.2001

Former Vendée Globe leader Yves Parlier nears the end of an extraordinary race

  • 11.03.2001

It was hard to find anything but a nervous smile in the faces of the crews taking part in the fifth leg of the BT Global Challenge. Sir Chay has…