A sailor is aiming to be the first woman to finish a 24,300 mile (45,000km) race around the world for a second time. Pip Hare ...

Yannick Bestaven already knows what it feels like to win the Vendee Globe but the 51-year-old Frenchman cannot resist the ...

Yannick Bestaven already knows what it feels like to win the Vendee Globe but the 51-year-old Frenchman cannot resist the call of the solo ... Davies is one of six women entering the race ...

"For me, this race is the holy grail of solo racing," he told AFP ... Davies is one of six women entering the race, each of them looking to emulate Ellen MacArthur who remains the only woman ...

Hare said she was often asked if she got lonely during her sailing. "I always say in answer to this question there is a massive difference between being lonely and being alone," she said.

More men have walked on the moon (12) than women ... know about sailing.” But she has taken to it with aplomb. “We’ve had consistent top 10s. To be in the New York Vendee [a solo ...

Les Sables-d'Olonne (France) (AFP) – Yannick Bestaven already knows what it feels like to win the Vendee Globe but the 51-year-old Frenchman cannot resist the call of the solo, non-stop round ...

I’d always wished I’d taken a gap year to travel, so I decided to do the next best thing: I took a sabbatical from work to ...

A Manchester university student who cheated death when she was left with horrific injuries in a hit-and-run is now more ...