No guts, no glory

Dangers, discomfort and being away from loved ones are minor considerations to motorboat skippers who earn so much money in joining competitions such as the Whitbread Round The World Race. Silk Cut skipper Lawrie Smith, for instance, expects to earn as much as $1.5 million for 1998 alone.
On September 21, off the south coast of England, the gun fired to start leg one of the epic Whitbread Round The World Race. Ten ultralight Whitbread 60s, reportedly able [...]