Yachting World

Cheyenne, Steve Fossett's 125ft catamaran, takes detour to avoid Southern Ocean low pressure system and breaks spinnaker halyard

Having retired from the Jules Verne Challenge on 3 March, Orange II, Bruno Peyron's 120ft maxi-catamaran, has finally arrived back on shore

Preview: May 2004

It's spring and the thoughts of boat owners are turning to the season's cruising...

Contents: April 2004

The Month in view - we look back at the key stories of the month...

Skip and Zoë Atkins were presented with the Laser 2000 Crewsaver Millennium Series Trophy at last weekend's dinghy show at Alexandra Palace

Iain Percy and Steve Mitchell were one of the many crews over the line during the first race in Miami

Gill has announced a clothing partnership deal with Europe sailor Laura Baldwin who'll represent GBR at this summer's Olympic Games

Code Zero out

Code Zero sails will not be used in the next Volvo Ocean Race

So he's made it at last, on his fourth attempt at the solo westabout record

Yesterday's 557-mile entry in the log marked a seventh consecutive day's run of more than 500nm for skipper Steve Fossett and the 125ft maxi-catamaran Cheyenne

Cheyenne clocked up another good day putting her 2,000 miles ahead of record. Geronimo is through the Doldrums but still behind the record

Ellen MacArthur's new 75ft B&Q trimaran left Auckland on Saturday to start the delivery trip back to Europe

ACC to announce regatta schedule

The America's Cup Management will inform the teams and the public on 16 March of the selected cities for the Pre-Regattas to be held this autumn

At last they meet. The two new MaxZ86s, Pyewacket and Morning Glory raced for the first time at this year's Heineken regatta in St Maarten. Matthew Sheahan was aboard