The 2000 fleet comprised 82 starters of which 58 completed the race and 24 yachts retired.

Sampson's fleet then formed column to the northwest and retired.

The 2003 fleet comprised 56 starters of which 52 completed the race and 4 yachts retired.

And then, when the fleet retired, on all Earth, the only life was under that dark shroud!

The 2006 fleet comprised 78 starters of which 69 completed the race and nine yachts retired.

The 2002 fleet comprised 57 starters of which 53 completed the race and 4 yachts retired.

The 1999 fleet comprised 79 starters of which 49 completed the race and 30 yachts retired.

The 2004 fleet comprised 116 starters of which 59 completed the race and 57 yachts retired.

The 2001 fleet comprised 75 starters of which 57 completed the race and 18 yachts retired.

The 2005 fleet comprised 85 starters of which 80 completed the race and five yachts retired.