1.   Autumn is prime time for setting new sailing records.

2.   The most elusive of all boating quests, the sailing record around the world, faces a new challenge.

3.   American adventurer Steve Fossett sliced nearly two days off a trans-Atlantic sailing record Wednesday when he arrived off the southwest coast of Britain.

4.   Frenchman breaks round-the-world sailing record.

5.   Fossett already holds other sailing records and failed in attempts to circle the world in a hot-air balloon.

6.   Solo yachtswoman Lisa Clayton said on Thursday she is confident she can prove her round-the-world sailing record is valid.