Here is everything you need to know to follow the race start
Helen Dormer
Artemis Racing launches AC72
After a two week delay to undertake repairs, the Swedish Challenger is finally launched in San Francisco
First Clipper 70 arrives in UK
The 12 new Clipper Race yachts will create the world's biggest matched fleet of large ocean racing yachts
Vendée Globe: record attendance
A record number of spectators walked the pontoons for the first week of Race Village opening
Why are you doing the Vendée Globe?
On board ACCIONA Spanish skipper Javier Sanso tells us why he decided to compete in the 2012-2013 Vendée
ETNZ’s AC72 rescue and recovery plan
Emirates Team New Zealand coach Rod Davis comments on the team's rescue plan in the event of a capsize
Italian AC72 hits the water this week
Italy's challenge is getting ready to launch in Auckland where the team plans to train
Near write-off relaunched after major refit
32-Metre sailing yacht Lunar Mist is ready to be relaunched at Solent Refit after 12-month programme
Australian yacht designer murdered
Joseph Adams is robbed and murdered at his home in the Philippines
Extreme Sailing Series: French victory on French waters
Groupe Edmond de Rothshchild win Act 7 in Nice, after an eventful few days which included race cancellations and collision
Extreme Sailing Series: opening day in Nice cancelled
With gusts of 30 knots on the race course, racing yesterday was cancelled
More AC72 damage
Artemis Racing is hauled out of the water to survey a damaged front beam
ORACLE Team USA: ’17’ out the water
Following the dramatic capsize and rescue of its AC72, ORACLE Team USA has shifted to recovery mode as the team works to salvage its boat
AC72 rescue
See various footage of ORACLE Team USA's AC72 capsize and subsequent rescue
Hope fades for missing yachtswoman
65-year-old still missing after wreckage of her 31ft Moody is discovered off Cornish coast
Building the Volvo Ocean Race one-design
Take a look at what the new one-design will actually look like in VOR's latest video
Missing yachtswoman sparks search
A 65-year-old woman who left Mousehole, Cornwall, in a yacht purchased the day before, fails to arrive home in Devon
Extreme Sailing Series: Act 7
High stakes battle is on the horizon for the eight teams
Sail Training and Tall Ships Conference
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Round Britain Challenge
Singlehanded sailor will need sailing boots AND running shoes for latest project