61.   Sydney maxi Marchioness joined a list of high-profile retirees early Sunday, the second day of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

62.   Strong winds and rough seas forced postponement Wednesday of opening yacht races for the Nippon Cup.

63.   Sydney maxi Marchioness on Monday joined a list of high-profile retirees early on the second day of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

64.   SYDNEY, Australia -- Christophe Auguin of France wins the second leg of the BOC Challenge round-the-world solo yacht race on Wednesday in record time.

65.   The director of a round-the-world yacht race is losing hope that a missing Canadian competitor will ever be found, he said Saturday.

66.   The Italian sailor, who made a daring rescue at sea, was closing in on a record finish Monday in the Around Alone solo yacht race.

67.   The men were competing in the French-organized Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race.

68.   The round-the-world yacht race, designed as the ultimate challenge of human against nature, has taken on a high tech feel.

69.   The search for missing Italian sailor Roberto Varinelli was called off Wednesday three days after he fell overboard off the Portuguese coast in the solo Mini Transat yacht race.

70.   The start of the leg coincides with the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race.