British solo round-the-world sailor Dee Caffari happily admits that you need to be a little bit 'mad' to take on long-distance sailing.
British sailor Dee Caffari is gearing up for her bid to earn a place in the record books for the second time.
British yachtswoman Dee Caffari has been rescued by the Royal Navy after her Open 60 vessel Aviva was dismasted off the coast of Spain before dawn on Thursday morning.
British yachtswoman Dee Caffari is finding the experience of sailing an Open 60 solo a tough learning curve as she takes part in the Transat EcoverB2B race.
British skipper Mike Slade and his crew have completed this year's Fastnet Race in record time.
Gale force winds and huge seas have forced more than half the Fastnet Race fleet to retire to port, the organizers of the British event said on Tuesday.
Dee Caffari will team-up with Mike Golding as a tuning partner for an assault on the 2008 Vendee Globe.