An operation to help four sailors who were injured when a large wave crashed on to their yacht during a round-the-world race has been delayed.

THE Clipper yacht race stopover in Co Cork last year attracted more than 105,000 visitors and boosted the local economy by in excess of €5 million.

Derry will host a round the world yacht race, it was announced today.

THEY lost their first yacht after striking a reef in the Java Sea, they capsized 3,200 kilometres off the American coast, and they have sailed through the teeth of wild Pacific storms.

A Derry businessman is to skipper a crew of virtual novices in his first attempt at one of the most gruelling challenges at sea, it was revealed today.