1.   Also on the trip was Warren Luhrs, president of Hunter and a world-class solo sailor.

2.   An accident at sea has placed a melancholy grip on Giovanni Soldini, the Italian solo sailor whose close friend and racing partner died three months ago.

3.   But Autissier, a solo sailor from France, has no intention of going airborne.

4.   But such is the case when it comes to the BOC Challenge, the yacht race round the world for solo sailors.

5.   Given how hard the solo sailors are pushing their boats these days, it is not unlikely that the accidents happened.

6.   In the United States, solo sailors have about as high a profile as cricket players.

7.   Mark Schrader, a veteran solo sailor who is race director for Around Alone, said recently that the new yachts are not inherently unsafe.

8.   Neither wind nor rain nor broken mast will keep the American solo sailor Brad Van Liew from the completion of his appointed round.

9.   Race organizers have concluded there is a better way to deal with medical emergencies for solo sailors at sea.

10.   Sixteen solo sailors began the competition, but calamity rode shotgun on several of the hulls.