Yachting World

Tough decision for Carpentier

With a broken boom on VM Matériaux, Patrice Carpentier will have to decide whether he can continue the Vendee Globe

Tomorrow the Vendee Globe leader Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) will be rounding Cape Horn

In his New Year diary, Conrad Humphreys reflects on the most challenging sailing of his life

Vendee Globe leader Jean Le Cam is now no more than 1,000 from the Horn and has stretched his lead to 261 miles

New Year at Sea

A total of 13 Sydney Hobart yachts will be seeing in the New Year on the race course

Ellen MacArthur aboard B&Q is now two days ahead of the global speed record

Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) out in front of the Vendee Globe fleet is now consistently making over 380 mile days

Olivier de Kersauson's trimaran Geronimo departed for Qatar for the start of Oryx Quest yesterday afternoon

Ellen weathers another storm

Having survived another storm overnight Ellen MacArthur is still 1 day, 19 hours, 9 minutes ahead of Francis Joyon's global record breaking time

Aera, the Ker 55 owned by London-based yachtsman Nick Lykiardopulo and skippered by Jez Fanstone is currently in line for overall IRC handicap honours

Vendee Globe sailor Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) is managing to hold off Vincent Riou (PRB) and Mike Golding (Ecover)