Ellen MacArthur

...Falmouth by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre. The BT Open 60 is owned and managed by Offshore Challenges, run by Dame Ellen MacArthur and her partner Mark Turner and competing in its last race before the sponsorship deal with BT...

In this article: Azores, Iridium, Falmouth, and Atlantic

Her blithe daily media returns became a feature of the race and were in stark contrast to the tortured sentiments that came off Dame Ellen MacArthur's B&Q on her 71-day record breaker that effectively put an end to her career in 2005.

In this article: Mike Golding, ISAF World Sailor Of The Year Awards, B&Q, Alex Thomson, and Dee Caffari

...then the ringmaster is Mark Turner, chief executive of race organiser Offshore Challenges, the company he owns jointly with Ellen MacArthur. Turner achieved a coup in the spring when he secured the opening event in Venice. "It was a great...

In this article: Mike Golding, Ecover, Recession, and Carbon

Maggie O'Sullivan rates Musto, an outdoor clothing brand favoured by the record-breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur. Ellen MacArthur wore Musto when she broke the solo round the world record What is it? An outdoor and performance clothing...

In this article: UK

Last updated at 2:45 PM on 04th October 2009 Round-the-world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur is retiring from competitive sailing to concentrate on environmental campaigning. The 33-year-old says a trip to the Atlantic island of South...

In this article: Global warming, Cancer, Kirsty Young, and Atlantic

Dame Ellen's fastest solo record was broken in 2008 Round-the-world yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur has announced her retirement from competitive sailing so she can focus on environmental campaigning. Dame Ellen, 33, spoke of her...

In this article: BBC Radio 4, Cancer, and Atlantic

Dame Ellen MacArthur has announced her retirement from competitive sailing Yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur announced her retirement from competitive sailing, to concentrate on environmental campaigning. Appearing on Desert Island Discs...

In this article: BBC Radio 4, Cancer, and Atlantic

Yachtswoman Dame Ellen MacArthur has announced her retirement from competitive sailing, to concentrate on environmental campaigning. Appearing on Desert Island Discs on Radio 4, Dame Ellen, who broke the record for the fastest solo...

In this article: BBC Radio 4, Cancer, and Atlantic

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Dame Ellen MacArthur gives up the ocean to save the planet FOUR years ago she broke the record for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe. Now Dame Ellen MacArthur is giving up...

In this article: Francis Joyon, Swallows and Amazons, Cancer, The Boys of Summer, Arthur Ransome, Kirsty Young, Unesco, and Don Henley

Dame Ellen MacArthur quits sailing to fight for green issues Dame Ellen MacArthur is retiring from competitive sailing to concentrate on environmental campaigns. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, to be broadcast today, Dame...

In this article: BBC Radio 4 and Atlantic