Every sailor is doing something at every moment. There is no letup.

I woke up at the end of this past summer and thought, 'I've just completed my 50th year in sailing.' I'm 55 and started when I was six.

The conditions encountered so far have been rather reasonable. Past history tells us the Cape Horn leg is the toughest because it takes the fleet the furthest into the southern ocean.

Hall, the landlubber... unknowingly did something that no sailor would ever do, ... He renamed his vessel, a sure sign of bad luck to come.

Hall, the landlubber... unknowingly did something that no sailor would ever do. He renamed his vessel, a sure sign of bad luck to come.

I'm not an experienced sailor.