'Oh it's been absolute hell and I don't understand how I could be so stupid' were the words of one competitor in the Observer Singlehanded
Transatlantic Race, but nevertheless this week 99 entrants from 17 countries converge on Plymouth for the start of the race. Cliff Michelmore is in Devon to talk to the competitors, while Martin Muncaster reports from Weymouth on Britain's Olympic Sailing
Squad for 1984. Meanwhile Harriet Cass discovers other events taking place around the country.
Producer CAROLINE ELLIOT