Yachting World

After a week of flying down the North Atlantic, Ellen MacArthur is settling down and is now over half a day ahead of Joyon

ARC news from Makathea

Despite lack of communications Barnaby Edwards and team have managed to track down Sea Biscuit to act as messenger

Tom Schnackenburg, America's Cup techinical ace, is dumped from Emirates Team New Zealand - Martin Tasker reports from Auckland

Thomson hampered by weather

Alex Thomson has stated that he has not yet made a decision whether or not to retire from the Vendee Globe

Harry McGougan (boat captain aboard Hugo Boss) spoke exclusively to yachtingworld.com this morning about what happened to Alex Thomson's yacht Hugo Boss which was damaged yesterday

A hundred teams competed for this year's Lark Belle Isle trophy, and the prizegiving took place last weekend at Northampton

The JPMorgan Fleming Winter Challenge got off to a great start over the weekend of the 27-28 November at Queen Mary SC

Global Challenge update

Duggie Gillespie and crew aboard Spirit of Sark have taken Global Challenge lead

Conrad manages to save his Code 5 - just - on a tough night in the Vendée

Alex Thomson is getting ready for a 36-hour slog upwind into a Force 10 in the Vendée Globe

Hugh Styles is delighted to announce that Graham Vials has joined the Team and the new pairing is now campaigning for the Olympic Gold in Beijing in 2008

Despite mumps spreading like wild fire around the student population, 16 teams made it to Loughborough to battle it out in Laser 2s at Burton Sailing club last weekend

Light, fickle winds are making life difficult for the Global Challenge crews as they head down the east coast of South America on the second leg of the race

Coutts to race Farr 40s

Russell Coutts will be racing with Hasso Plattner aboard Morning Glory at the forthcoming Rolex Trophy series

A problem with the main rudder cassette aboard the B&Q caused concern for Ellen MacArthur on day five of her world speed record challenge