Elaine Bunting

Temperatures rising

Freeing winds are about to mark a change in the tactics and preoccupations of the Global Challenge fleet

An exciting and clean start for the 12 yachts as they beat out of the Solent

Sir Chay has given the Global Challenge crew some timely advice

Gale force start?

A bumpy but exciting start is in the offing for the Global Challenge

The behind-the-scenes work that keeps the Challenge fleet racing

Bruno Peyron's maxi cat is on standy for a transatlantic record attempt - and a go at a 700-mile day

There is some head-scratching as IRM and IRC classes find their first mark has been lifted out for routine maintenance

A superb day's racing on one of the family favourite one-designs, the Contessa 32

A game of Snakes and Ladders for the X One-Design fleet, particularly for today's winning crew on Lass

Calamity as rig drops

Liz Wardley, the promising young Australian sailor, is dismasted at the Shingles in the solo Figaro race

A season's diligent is paying off for Sam Davies as her skill shows in the highly competitive solo Figaro race

Local hero Kip Stone's Open 50 win in the Transat is a dream come true

Nick Moloney and Conrad Humphreys have two very different reactions to their Transat race

Grand prix victory at long last for Mike Golding as he wins the Transat and knocks over 2 days off the record

Bernard Stamm is sheltering in the upturned hull of his Open 60 in mid-Atlantic after the keel falls off, and Riou's Open 60 PRB is dismasted

Rescue mission underway, and Golding says difficult choices may have persuaded skippers to drive too hard

Pindar's support boat leaves to help dismasted skipper, while Mike Sanderson on the Pindar Open 60 endures an epic stint