Sporting Digest: Sailing

MIKE GOLDING yesterday set off from Southampton in the 67-foot Group 4 in an attempt to set a new record for sailing east-west nonstop around the world singlehanded.

WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACE Second leg (Punta del Este, Urug, to Fremantle, Aus): Positions, with miles to the finish, as estimated by BT Results Service: IOR Maxis: 1 New Zealand Endeavour 5,442; 2 Merit Cup 5,627; 3 La Poste 5,601; 4 Uruguay Natural 5,925. Whitbread 60s: 1 Intrum Justitia 5,552; 2 Galicia '93 Pescanova 5,566; 3 Tokio 5,567; 4 Winston 5,611; 5 Yamaha 5,628; 6 Brooksfield 5,707; 7 Dolphin & Youth 5,773; 8 Women's Challenge 5,851; 9 Hetman Sahaidachny 5,884; 10 Odessa 6,021.