JOURNALISM

  • TEST ON NOV. 24

    November 24, 2020
    • This is test type for Nov. 24. This type should appear after the story with the headline that says something a Brit being the only one happy there is no wind. more

  • Brit may be only sailor happy at flat seas, wind

    November 23, 2020
    • Alex Thomson may the only skipper happy for the calm conditions afforded by the St. Helene High, in the South Atlantic. more

  • TODAY'S REPORT

    November 8, 2020
    • ‘More men have walked on the moon than women have completed’ this boat race By David Pendered The strength of human spirit will be on display starting Sunday, when six women and 27 men begin a round-the-world sailboat race. Each skipper will be alone in a 60-foot sailboat capable of speeds to 45 mph and, in the Southern Ocean, summiting waves 60 feet high. Just 30 years old, French sailor Clarisse Cremer is a phenom who shifted to the 60-foot IMOCA boats ...more

  • Vendee Globe: Stories of six female sailors

    November 2, 2020
    • SIX WOMEN SAILORS are to start the solo, around-the-world Vendee Globe 2020-21 on Sunday.As Pip Hare notes: "More men have walked on the moon than women have completed the Vendee Globe." These six skippers are the focus of our coverage – the stories of courage and daring they bring to a competition with each other and 27 male sailors. more

  • Miranda Merron

    October 16, 2020
    • Miranda Merron, 51, British,shifted22 years ago from a career in advertising to become a professional sailor. She navigated an all-female team to a new world record in the 2009 Round Britain and Ireland race. Her boat was built in 2006. more

  • Isabelle Joschke

    October 13, 2020
    • Isabelle Joschke, 43, French-German,a professional skipper and sailing instructor. She self-financed her first Mini Transat race, and help from money her mother had borrowed. Her boat was a prototype in 2007. more

  • Pip Hare

    October 13, 2020
    • Pip Hare, 46, British, a professional skipper who specializes in events of distance andendurance. She self-financed her rented boat,built in 1999, and sought a title sponsor until one joined in June. more

  • Sam Davies

    October 13, 2020
    • Sam Davies, 46, British, an engineer and mother of one racing in her third Vendee Globe. She finished fourth in 2008-09 Vendee Globe, was dismasted in 2012-13, and sails a Vendee Globe finisher built in 2010. more

  • Clarisse Cremer

    October 13, 2020
    • Clarisse Cremer, 30, French, founded a custom adventure travel business. She has catapulted to the Vendee Globe after finishing second in the 2017 Mini Transat and sails the boat that won the 2012-13 Vendee Globe. more

  • Alexia Barrier

    October 13, 2020
    • Alexia Barrier, 40, French, founded 4myplanet to advance science and education. She has sailed 120,000 blue ocean miles, competed in 14 trans Atlantic races and now races a boat built for the 2000 Vendee Globe. more