Scores of people were taken to Haiti earlier this week after a Coast Guard cutter intercepted them off the Florida Keys.

That gives a sense of the long, lonely and often stressful stretches of the Vendée Globe, considered the most grueling, nonstop, single-handed race in sailing history. By the end of the race ...

single above elbow amputation and single below elbow amputation or an equivalent activity limitation in sailing caused by the other eligible impairment types. Athletes in sport class 3 may have a ...