McArthur aims to make waves

Yachtswomen Ellen MacArthur and her crew were tonight heading for the start line of their round the world non stop speed record bid.

McArthur aims to make waves
Thu, 30 Jan, 2003 - 00:50

Yachtswomen Ellen MacArthur and her crew were tonight heading for the start line of their round the world non stop speed record bid.

They left Plymouth, Devon, at 11.20pm after replacing part of the mast track, a problem which caused them to abort the start off north-west France yesterday morning.

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