71.   The two men, who were competing in the Vendee Globe round-the world solo yacht race, activated distress beacons Sunday night.

72.   There was an eerie atmosphere as Sayonara sailed in, for everyone knew this was no ordinary yacht race.

73.   Thirty-nine sailors have registered to sail solo around the world in the Around Alone yacht race, which leaves here in September.

74.   Two people die in Australian yacht race.

75.   With the finish a day away, Michel Desjoyeaux of France was in position Friday to win the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race.

76.   France thanked Australia on Wednesday for the rescue mission mounted for yachtsmen -- including Frenchman Thierry Dubois -- who were shipwrecked in the Southern Ocean during a yacht race.

77.   He had set off a distress beacon on Sunday after his yacht was swamped by storms during the Vendee Global Challenge solo round-the-world yacht race.

78.   He has also sailed alone across the Atlantic several times as a competitor in various yacht races.

79.   He has also sailed solitary across the Atlantic several times as a competitor in various yacht races.

80.   He skippered a joint Japanese-New Zealand entry in the Whitbread Round-the-World yacht race.