Nicolette Milnes Walker was the first woman to sail solo and non-stop from the UK to the USA. Julia Jones charts her trailblazing achievement
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Katie McCabe seeks Contessa (or similar) for transatlantic voyage
Teenage yachtswoman Katie McCabe who shot to fame in 2021 when she became the youngest sailor to circumnavigate Great Britain singlehandedly has eannounced a new "transatlantic dream."
Report into fatal rower overboard tragedy in the North Atlantic
The MAIB’s report on the investigation of the fatal man overboard from the ocean rowing boat Toby Wallace in the North Atlantic Ocean has been published.
Family appeal to find yacht abandoned mid-Atlantic
‘On the 15th day of our crossing our rudder completely disintegrated and we were left with no steering’
Fortitude on forty footers as ARC 2016 fleet prepare to set sail
Although the average boat length is 15.51m (51ft), almost half of the boats sailing in the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers 2016 range from 40ft-50ft.
US school’s unmanned sailing vessel reaches Wales
An unmanned sailing vessel launched by pupils at the Kent School in Chestertown, Maryland, USA, in June has made landfall near Pembrokeshire, Wales.