Can you really be fined for not flying your ensign properly? Yes but no but...
Elaine Bunting
Emerging nations eye up sailing
Why do countries like Oman and Korea want to create sailing programmes from scratch?
Kitesurfing the storm
Dramatic photos of a kitesurfer braving the waves in last weekend's storm
Team Origin in action
Fabulous footage of the British America's Cup team in action
Wild weekend for Sam Davies
Sam and her French boyfriend brave storms to train for their Atlantic ‘love match’ next month
Sheep to shore
Did you hear the one about the RNLI lifeboatman and the ewe?
The Race is on
A flurry of multihull activity has spurred Peyron's giant plans. Here's what's behind it
How to hit warp speed
Why Groupama 3 isn't looking for big winds in the Southern Ocean to break the Jules Verne record
Top iPhone apps for sailing
I've tested useful and not so useful apps for going afloat. Read my reviews here
Plastic fantastic
This 60ft catamaran made from plastic bottles has finally taken to the water
This week in Tweets
Did you miss any of these breaking news stories I put up on Twitter this week? Here they are
Multihull America’s Cup “will be irrelevant”
Multihull fleet racing would be disaster for the America's Cup, says Rod Carr of the RYA
Alinghi art
Exclusive artworks of Alinghi's America's Cup boats capture those rare moments of racing
Flipping ingenious
A photo of an IMOCA 60 as you've never seen one before...
Hobie cat gets makeover
Designer Philippe Starck's Hobie cat makeover is turning a concept into reality this summer
Aerial photos of BMW Oracle
These photos show the impressive scale of everything on the America's Cup catamaran
Duelling giants
No, not AC33 but a duel round the world as maxi multihull Banque Populaire tees up
Tested to the limit
I'm amazed at the lengths Helly Hansen go to test their clothing - and themselves - to extremes
This week in Tweets
Did you miss any of these breaking news stories I put up on Twitter this week? Here they are
America’s Cup: out of this world
Get ready, a fantastic spectacle worthy of science fiction is coming up