Yachting World

Big entry for Le Figaro

A total of 49 skippers have entered in La Solitaire Afflelou Le Figaro which starts in August

Man overboard in JOG race

Adrian Smith explains what happened when the bowman of the Beneteau 31.7 he was competing on in a JOG race last weekend went overboard

Right on schedule, the VO70 movistar, the Spanish participant in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006, arrived on Sunday afternoon in Galicia.

Magnus Holmberg, Swedish America's Cup Victory Challenge helmsman, chats to Sue Pelling about his team and what the AC challengers can expect when they visit Malmö for Acts 6&7 later…

Allen Burrell took five wins at last weekend's Phantom open meeting at Thorpe Bay

Tempest wins class at Rolex Transatlantic Challenge

Arthur Bugs Baer and William Hubbard III's 80ft ketch Tempest reached the Solent yesterday afternoon to take the handicap win in the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge's Performance Cruising class 2

Sixteen of the world's largest sailing yachts are scheduled to set off on the historic America's Cup round the island course in the Rolex Race Around the Isle of Wight…

An enthusiastic fleet of 24 Larks visited Arun Sailing Club last weekend but the weather did not oblige

Richard Williams and Stella Brown win National 12 Thames Estuary Championship at Thorpe Bay YC

Patrice Carpentier retires from OSTAR

Patrice Carpentier sailing his Open 40s VM Materiaux has retired from the OSTAR while Roger Langevin on Branec IV continues to lead the fleet

Keelboat champs

Tough racing for third weekend of Red Funnel Keelboat Championship

After more than two weeks the latest mid-fleet arrivals in the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge race struggled against strong tides and light winds yesterday

Geldof Calls for Dunkirk Spirit for Sail8

Bob Geldof wants UK yachtsmen to sail to France, pick up the French and bring them to the south coast to help them get to Edinburgh to support Action Against…

Skippered by Australian Andy Forbes, BG SPIRIT crossed the finish line in Boston 243 miles ahead in leg 5 of the Global Challenge