We rounded Tuskar Rock just before sunset. For those who have complained in the past that they couldn't see the lighthouse

We have had a full on race so far. Not much wind most of the time, but a beautiful summer day

850 Miles from St Malo - fastest boat in the fleet at 17knots

More on life on board a Class40 heading at

The day has dawned grey, mainly foggy and still raining. Campagne de France is still ahead of the cold front, and

Huge apologies for the lack of news - have been working harder than I ever thought possible.

Since we left Quebec on

We left Gaspe just over three weeks ago, and had a superb trip up the St Lawrence River. There wasn’t much

After the Atlantic Cup, we sailed to Portland, Maine, where we installed ourselves at the Maine Yacht Center, in order to

After a great stop-over in the wonderful city that is New York, filled with skippers parties and an brilliant Pro-am race

We have been in Charleston for nearly three weeks, and the time has been flying. Apart from the on-going maintenance programme

It has been a while since we sent any news. Not because there was nothing going on, but our unscheduled return

Last night just before dark, taking advantage of the now relatively benign conditions, I went up the mast to secure the

It is most odd to be going in completely the opposite direction from the one originally planned, and in solid downwind

As several of you may have noticed Campagne de France began to position itself to a more northerly route yesterday, many

Tuesday:
We are conducting an experiment to verify that there really is no wind in a barometric col, and can confim

There we are! At 11.21 GMT “Campagne de France” has rounded the virtual mark at 42ºS,49ºE which forms the end of

We have been at sea for 5 days now, and it certainly hasn't been dull. There was no gentle easing into

After a superb stopover in Cape Town, we finally left for the start of Leg 2 on Tuesday. It seems like

There are only about 60 miles left to the finish line of Leg 1. Probably not in a straight line either.