Some 41 Mumm 30s line up for a hotly contested 1,000-mile series of races, including two promising British crews
Elaine Bunting
Maiden 2 speeds home
Jubilant crew arrive back in Southampton and explain how they lined up for a record with their 697-mile run in 24 hours
Storm halts Round Britain
A third of the fleet retire after severe conditions, and surprise as a 30ft cat leads over much bigger rivals
Maiden on course for Southampton
After their record-breaking 24-hour run, the crew of Maiden 2 are heading for a big welcome in Ocean Village
Round the world one-design builders announced
Western Australia superyacht builders to build one-design for the Antarctica Cup
‘Giant’ class circuit announced
Another race round the world? Yes, Bruno Peyron’s The Race Tour will be the fifth running between 2004 and 2005
Rescue in Atlantic
Huge rescue operation airlifts two injured crew from a dismasted Swan 65
French America’s Cup yacht rammed
Le Défi Areva's new ACC boat FRA-69 was rammed and holed by Greenpeace activists at its launch this weekend
Orange breaks round the world record
Bruno Peyron and his crew slice more than a week off the Jules Verne non-stop round the world record
Golding solves dismasting mystery
Yesterday, Mike Golding and his crew started assessing the damage to his Open 60 Ecover and began piecing together why the boat was dismasted on Friday. Initially, Golding believed the…
Ecover dismasted
Elaine Bunting is on board as Mike Golding's rig comes down during the Larmor Plage Trophy
Open 60s kick off
First grand prix of this season is an interesting fully crewed challenge
Orange on course
Next hurdle is the Azores High
Orange squeezes west
Peyron elects to take the long route home to avoid head seas
‘Major problems’ on Orange
The rotating mast foot has cracked and the question is whether to carry on and risk dismasting or play it safe and head for the nearest port
Illbruck ‘unbeatable’
‘This is a race for 2nd, 3rd and 4th,' admits Grant Dalton
Maiden abandons record
Winds desert crew within 200 miles of the finish and they are heading instead for Antigua
Winding up Maiden
Co-skippers Adrienne Cahalan and Helena Darvelid talk to Elaine Bunting from mid-Atlantic about progress on Maiden II
News Corp wins leg 6
First win for Fanstone’s crew in light winds battle
Go slow for Orange
Peyron’s men are taking their medicine now rather than later