Each crew in the Atlantic Challenge will compete in one of the famous ‘Bantry longboats’, says Conor Power

A French father and son sailing team were rescued today after a freak wave knocked them overboard as they raced to the notorious Fastnet rock.

IN his letter headlined ‘Too much hot air over wind power’, John Stafford (September 26) says that “France, in particular, gets no part of its electricity supply from wind”.