Abby Sunderland, One of two 16-year-old girls on different quests to sail around the world alone, nonstop and unassisted, has announced she will head to Cape Town, South Africa, to repair a faulty autopilot system.
The high-school junior from Thousand Oaks, Calif., Stressed on her blog that she will continue her journey after making repairs and seek to become simply the youngest person to solo-circumnavigate the planet in a sailboat … Details
The end is in sight! And by the time you read this Captain Ketch, aka James Ketchell, onboard Speedo (or maybe not quite so Speedo this time!) Should be getting his land legs back in Antigua. Even as I write, he’ll be able to see the dark smudge of land, getting ever bigger on the horizon behind him, with fluffy white clouds marking the spot in the sky above.
James has made a monumental effort this week to gain enough ground to the north to be in with a chance of crossing the finish line – which stretches south for one nautical mile from Cape Shirley. It’s still touch and go whether he will … Details
Kevin Harvick executed the pass exactly how his team drew it up in the playbook.
With a last-second slingshot past Jamie McMurray, Harvick snapped a 115-race winless drought with an overdue victory Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. It was the payoff for perfect strategy devised in conversations over the weekend with crew chief Gil Martin and their Richard Childress Racing team.
Harvick lurked behind in traffic, trying to … Details