11.   Solo sailors rarely have the luxury of time before a major ocean competition.

12.   So what was Mike Golding, leader in the Around Alone race for solo sailors, doing at a go-cart park in South Africa?

13.   The alarm was relayed to the Charleston, S.C., headquarters of the BOC Challenge, the around-the-world race for solo sailors.

14.   The French solo sailor, Isabelle Autissier, had a five-day lead over all in the BOC Round-the-World race.

15.   The French solo sailor Jean Luc Van den Heede went aground late Thursday in the BOC yacht race around the world.

16.   The Frenchwoman, far from being scared off, has proved to be as strong and persistent as any solo sailor out there.

17.   The loss of a solo sailor two years ago brought solo ocean racing to international attention.

18.   Weighty as the episode was, Autissier, like many of the other solo sailors here, seems to have an uncanny ability to ignore fear.

19.   Forecasters said the solo sailors should be OK if they keep to the west of the storm.

20.   Forecasters said the solo sailors should be OK if they keep west of the storm.