41.   Four sailors were confirmed dead and two others presumed drowned Tuesday in the worst Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race in history.

42.   Frenchman Christophe Auguin sailed into Charleston Harbor on Thursday just after daybreak to capture his second consecutive BOC Challenge around the world solo yacht race.

43.   French skipper J.P. Mouligne has proved he can race with the big boys in the Around Alone around-the-world yacht race.

44.   He also sailed six times in the grueling Sydney-Hobart yacht race.

45.   He is the only person to have competed in the first five Whitbread around-the-world yacht races, each taking around nine months to complete.

46.   He was the only person to compete in the first five Whitbread around-the-world yacht races, each taking around nine months to complete.

47.   He was taking part in the Vendee-Globe round-the-world solo yacht race.

48.   Italian Giovanni Soldini won the second leg of the Around Alone around-the-world yacht race Saturday after British rival and race leader Mike Golding struck trouble.

49.   McDonald contests her second round-the-world yacht race at the helm of the only female-crewed boat.

50.   Media magnate Rupert Murdoch gashed his right index finger during a yacht race Thursday and was taken off the American maxi yacht Sayonara.