establish its new identity, a top competitiveness analyst said this week. ---- Page 2 SOLO SAILOR HITS ROUGH WATERS SLG Solo sailor hits rough waters Sailor Jack Dennis is picking up the pieces after his charity round-the-world non-stop voyage almost ended in disaster just a few days after setting sail.

---- Page 2 NO UNWINDING FOR HOTEL CHIEF APP TOU No unwinding for hotel chief Edmund Tucker is a man with a lot on his mind these days, but you wouldn't know that just from looking at him. The 44-year-old became general manager at the Stonington Beach hotel last Monday. ---- Page 7 ISLAND IN A BAD MOOD: SMITH BUC Island in a bad mood: Smith The next president of the Bank of Bermuda challenged employers and senior managers to reverse the "negative'' mood enveloping the Island. ---- Business, Page 31 RIVAL SHIPS BRING IN TREES SHI Rival ships bring in trees Forty-six containers of Christmas trees made their way to Bermuda this week on board the rival container ships Oleander and Bermuda Islander . ---- Shipping, Page 47 BEST MAY BE BERMUDA'S MAN SOC Best may be Bermuda's man Former Bermuda, Somerset Trojans and West Ham United striker Clyde Best appears poised to take over as coach of the Bermuda national team. ---- Sport, Page 17