`Wind gods' blamed as MacArthur misses record

British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur narrowly missed out on setting a new transatlantic record today by just an hour-and-a-quarter.

The “wind gods” conspired against the 27-year-old as she made her first attempt to beat the west to east transatlantic solo record in her new £1.3m (€1.9m) state-of-the art trimaran B&Q.