We are sailing under a blanket of heavy fog somewhere between Canada and the southern reaches of Greenland in the Labrador Sea. All is white outside, with any trace of Newfoundland smothered in mist.
Powerful Hurricane Rafael slammed into Cuba as a major hurricane on Wednesday. The late-season tropical system has now emerged in the Gulf of Mexico, but the question turns to where it is going next.
On Sunday 10 November, 40 sailors will start the world’s toughest solo, non-stop round the world race known as the Vendée Globe, circling the entire planet and skirting Antarctica. Taking nearly three ...