Launch of a new ARC+ rally takes the total transatlantic events this year to 5
Elaine Bunting
Racing on a Carriacou sloop
I'd been told racing on these traditional boats would be fast and intense. Correct
Video: sailing on Stormvogel
A taste of racing aboard this 1961 ketch at Antigua Classics
Magic at Antigua Classics
If you put only one international regatta on your bucket list, make it this one...
Big winds strike at Antigua Classics
Rig and sail damage but some memorable racing in strong winds at Panerai Antigua Classics
A drenching at Antigua Classics
Fast, wet sailing and a tower of canvas. Elaine Bunting on the 1924 Fife schooner Adventuress
Round the world sailor dismasts
A young solo sailor almost home after 260 days round the world dismasts off Devon
Big changes for UK search and rescue
What does privatised search and rescue and the end of military involvement really mean?
Taken for a (April) fool?
A brief history of some of the best sailing April Fool's jokes - and their consequences
Of yacht kit (and sex)
Does the perusal of marine catalogues adversely affect a sailor's libido? An unlikely theory....
Happy birthday, Mirror dinghy
The little pram dinghy that gave so many of us a lifelong love of sailing is 50 years old
Solo circumnavigators’ club
How many people have ever sailed solo round the world? Meet the likely 200th and 201st
Solo challenge to Ireland
The Jester Challenge, a quirky solo event for small boat sailors, is to have a 'starter' race
Solo voyager halfway home
An update from Jeanne Socrates, the solo circumnavigator I call 'the modern day Moitessier'
Accidental gybe then laid flat. How do you get out of that? Bernard Stamm explains
This video of solo sailor Bernard Stamm shows him in a pickle, and getting out of it
What’s the boat? *Mystery solved
I asked if a reader could identify this strange boat. Yes, someone could. And what a story!
Vendée organisers debate solo designs
Race organisers debate a report commissioned on how Vendée Globe designs should evolve
Testing iPad charts
We've been out testing iPad charting software. Here's a first impression of the choices
Joyon sets blistering record
Francis Joyon has set an incredible new record, sailing 3,800 miles solo averaging 18.6 knots
Top award for David Cowper
Britain's foremost maritime explorer is awarded the prestigious Blue Water Medal