Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain winching aboard Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain on his heeling Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain pulling in sheets on Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "PRB" with skipper Vincent Riou on bow, Vendee Globe 2008-2009. October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Onboard a SNSM vedette lifeboat off Saint-Nazaire, France, April 2006. ^^^For the start of Bruno Peyron's circumnavigation attempt aboard multihull "Orange 2".

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Imoca Open 60ft "VM Materiaux", skippered by Jean le Cam during Vendee Globe race 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain on Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "Temenos II", skippered by Dominique Wavre, Vendee Globe 2008-2009, September 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain on his Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Algimouss - Spirit of Canada", skippered by Derek Hatfield, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 17 October 2008, Les Sables D'Olonne, France.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain helming Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Imoca 60ft Monohull "Great American III", skippered by Rich Wilson, Vendee Globe 2008-2009, Les Sables D'Olonne, France, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Bernard Stamm on Imoca 60ft monohull "Ceminees Poujoulat", Vendee Globe 2008-2009, September 08

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Algimouss - Spirit of Canada", skippered by Derek Hatfield, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 17 October 2008, Les Sables D'Olonne, France.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "PRB" with skipper Vincent Riou on bow, Vendee Globe 2008-2009. October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain on his Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment", skippered by Roland Jourdain, Vendee Globe 2008-2009, September 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Akena Verandas", skippered by Arnaud Boissieres, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 22 September 2008

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Imoca Open 60ft "VM Materiaux", skippered by Jean le Cam during Vendee Globe race 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft Imoca "Maisonneuve" skipper Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty. Vendee Globe 2008-2009, Les Sables d'Olonne, France, October 2008

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "Temenos II", skippered by Dominique Wavre, Vendee Globe 2008-2009, September 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Akena Verandas", skippered by Arnaud Boissieres, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 22 September 2008

Benoit Stichelbaut / Imoca 60ft monohull "BT", skippered by Sebastian Josse, Vendee Globe 2008-2009

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain hit by spray on his Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain on his Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Open 60ft monohull "Hugo Boss", skippered by Alex Thompson, Barcelona World Race, November 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain making fast sheets on Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain winching upon his Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain helming Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Imoca 60ft Monohull "Great American III", skippered by Rich Wilson, Vendee Globe 2008-2009, Les Sables D'Olonne, France, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Bernard Stamm on Imoca 60ft monohull "Ceminees Poujoulat", Vendee Globe 2008-2009, September 08

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain consulting maps aboard Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Algimouss - Spirit of Canada", skippered by Derek Hatfield, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 17 October 2008, Les Sables D'Olonne, France.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "PRB" with skipper Vincent Riou on bow, Vendee Globe 2008-2009. October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "PRB" with skipper Vincent Riou on bow, Vendee Globe 2008-2009. October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain helming his Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Akena Verandas", skippered by Arnaud Boissieres, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 22 September 2008

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede on bow of monohull "Algimouss" attempting world record circumnavigation, 1999

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving from Global Challenge (Western circumnavigation), record boat -122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds, Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France, March, 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede on monohull "Algimouss" attempting world record circumnavigation, 1999

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving from Global Challenge (Western circumnavigation), record boat -122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds, Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France, March, 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving from Global Challenge (Western circumnavigation), record boat -122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds, Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France, March, 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede on monohull "Algimouss" attempting world record circumnavigation, 1999

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at Oessant (Ushant) in a cloud of spray, after record circumnavigation of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Global Challenge, March 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Bernard Stamm on Imoca 60ft monohull "Ceminees Poujoulat", Vendee Globe 2008-2009, September 08

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Akena Verandas", skippered by Arnaud Boissieres, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 22 September 2008

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "Temenos II", skippered by Dominique Wavre, Vendee Globe 2008-2009, September 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Imoca Open 60ft "VM Materiaux", skippered by Jean le Cam during Vendee Globe race 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Imoca 60ft Monohull "Great American III", skippered by Rich Wilson, Vendee Globe 2008-2009, Les Sables D'Olonne, France, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Open 60ft monohull "Hugo Boss", skippered by Alex Thompson, Barcelona World Race, November 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Imoca Open 60ft "BT", skippered by Sebastian Josse during Vendee Globe race 2008-2009, September 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain on Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "PRB" with skipper Vincent Riou holidng outrigger pole, Vendee Globe 2008-2009. October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at Oessant (Ushant) after record circumnavigation of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Global Challenge, March 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at Oessant (Ushant) after record circumnavigation of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Global Challenge, March 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Monohull Open 60ft "Temenos II", skippered by Dominique Wavre, Vendee Globe 2008-2009, September 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Open 60ft monohull "Hugo Boss", skippered by Alex Thompson, Barcelona World Race, November 2007

Benoit Stichelbaut / Imoca 60ft monohull "BT", skippered by Sebastian Josse, Vendee Globe 2008-2009

Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain helming Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving from Global Challenge (Western circumnavigation), record boat -122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds, Ouessant (Ushant), Brittany, France, March, 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / Jean Luc van den Heede arriving at Oessant (Ushant) after record circumnavigation of 122 days, 14 hours, 3 minutes and 49 seconds. Global Challenge, March 2004

Benoit Stichelbaut / 60ft monohull Imoca "Akena Verandas", skippered by Arnaud Boissieres, during single-handed Vendee Globe race 2008/2009, 22 September 2008

Paul D Stewart / 1698 illustration of William Dampier, naturalist, explorer and buccaneer (August 1651 - March 1715). A posthumous 1787 Copperplate engraving by Charles Sherwin after the 1698 painting by T. Murray. On...

Rick Tomlinson / "SEB" races towards Hobart on leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race, 2001-02.

Rick Tomlinson / "Amer Sport 1" during the Volvo Ocean Race, Dec 4 2001.^^^ Amer Sport 1 arrives into Sydney in fifth place at the end of Leg 2, Cape Town-Sydney.

Rick Tomlinson / Intrum Justicia moving through the Southern Ocean under spinnaker during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1993.

Rick Tomlinson / Intrum Justicia blows out her spinnaker during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1993

Rick Tomlinson / EF Language with an all-female crew race in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Fleet at the start of the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Toshiba racing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / The Card, an 80ft Bruce Farr ketch, skippered by Roger Nilson in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1989-90.

Rick Tomlinson / Innovation Kvaerner racing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Fortuna competing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1993.

Rick Tomlinson / Fleet at the start of the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Charles Jourdan during the Whitbread Round the Race, 1990.

Rick Tomlinson / "Amer Sport 1" broaches off Sydney Australia during the Volvo Ocean Race, Dec 4 2001. ^^^ The boat finishes in fifth place at the end of Leg 2, Cape Town-Sydney.

Rick Tomlinson / Innovation Kvaerner racing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Merit racing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / An aerial view of yachts using a fish eye lens of Fort Lauderdale during the Whitbread Round the World, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Swedish Match racing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Team EF in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / 80ft Bruce Farr sloop "Merit", in the Whitbread Round the World Race skippered by Pierre Fehlmann, 1993.^^^Merit was third in the final standings.

Rick Tomlinson / Fleet at the start of the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / EF Language with an all-female crew race in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / "Atlantic Privateer" during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985. ^^^ She was dismasted on leg 1 after beating into a gale for days, the jury rig also collapsed and the boat was forced to retir...

Rick Tomlinson / Equity Law, entrant in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1990.

Rick Tomlinson / View from the masthead of "Drum" as she sails during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / 82ft ketch "Fisher and Paykel" sailing at sunset. ^^^ Skippered by Grant Dalton in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race, the ketch finished 2nd overall.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur at the nav station aboard her Open 60 "Kingfisher", in which she came 2nd in the Vendee Globe singlehanded round the world race, 2000-01.

Rick Tomlinson / Ellen MacArthur's Open 60, "Kingfisher", before the 2000-01 Vendee Globe non-stop, round the world single handed race.

Rick Tomlinson / Côte d'Or skipper Eric Tabarly celebrates the finish of leg 3 in Punta del Este during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1985.

Rick Tomlinson / Crew on "EF Language" wear full heavy weather clothing, competing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-1998. ^^^The team went on to win the overall campaign.

Rick Tomlinson / Sail change on "Team EF" in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997-1998.

Rick Tomlinson / Dropping the jib aboard "EF Language", Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / "Intrum Justicia" in the Southern Ocean during the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.

Rick Tomlinson / Silk Cut racing in the Whitbread Round the World Race, 1997.