Elaine Bunting

A hard slog ahead

Click here to listen to Dee Caffari talking to Elaine Bunting about the prospect of 80 days in the Southern Ocean

A tearful Dee Caffari talks to Elaine Bunting at a crisis point in her record voyage. Click here to listen to the interview

The solo record voyage is on the runway to Cape Horn, and Dee's in top form. Click here to listen to Elaine Bunting's interview

Click here to listen to Elaine Bunting's podcast with Dee Caffari this week, plus interviews with Mike Golding and sleep expert Dr Claudio Stampi

Oystercatcher XXV dismasted

Oyster boss Richard Matthews is en route to the Cape Verdes after his Oyster 72 was dismasted in the ARC yesterday

The 24-hour record could tumble in the first few days, and ABN AMRO skipper Mike Sanderson answers some questions about his Juan Kouyoumdjian design

Rescues underway for capsized crews

Two trimarans have capsized in the Transat Jacques Vabre, a skipper is injured, and another has dismasted after structural failure

Could racing a supersized beach cat be the way to sharpen skills for a solo race round the world? Conrad Humphreys thinks so. He explains why to Elaine Bunting

After five weeks of racing in the Global Challenge, Spirit of Sark's crew wrest 1st place in the final hours

Cheyenne dismasted

More attrition as four-boat Oryx Quest fleet is reduced to two

Team Daedalus turns tail in the Oryx Quest in the hopes of outrunning a huge hurricane in the Pacific

Golding’s keel falls off

Golding appears to have lost his keel a few hours out from the finishing line of the Vendée Globe

Jubilation as a new French sailing hero is made, and the solo course record is decimated