Ellen MacArthur has made the decision to sail direct to New York for her first solo record attempt - the west-east transatlantic record
Yachting World
Mermaid match racing
A new event on the RYA Match Racing calendar will be held at Sea View Yacht Club at the end of April
No go for youth champs
Thick fog delays the start of the RYA Youth Championships and Trials in Wales
Laser Radial Youth Worlds
The first day of the 2004 Laser Radial Youth World Championship took place yesterday
Mistral worlds
GBR sailors Natasha Sturges and Nick Dempsey have both made a steady start to the Mistral world championships
Optimists at Lake Garda
Light winds forced race officers at the International Optimist class meeting at Riva del Garda to cancel the last race on Sunday
Soling Italian champs
Roman Koch, Maxl Koch, and George Wossala took the Italian open title for the third consecutive year
Top 10 for GBR Mistral sailors
After two days of racing, Great Britain's Nick Dempsey and Natasha Sturges are both lying in eighth place overall in their respective classes
OKs at Waldringfield
The traditional OK Easter Egg Trophy weekend at Waldringfield SC was sailed in generally light and variable winds
Open 60s last chance
Many of the skippers in The Transat's Open 60 class will have more on their agenda than just reaching Boston in first place
Cheyenne’s record official
Cheyenne's record has been ratified by the World Speed Record Council
Red Funnel Easter Regatta
Crews were once again faced with very little or no wind for the third and final day racing at the Red Funnel Easter Challenge
Geronimo final dash
Olivier de Kersauson's 110ft trimaran Geronino is currently off Uruguay, battling upwind towards Brazil on day 46 of her Jules Verne Challenge
Edwards’ Qatar news
Qatar Sports International (QSI) and Tracy Edwards MBE has announced the first ever global sailing challenges to start and finish in the Middle East
Mirabella V trials
One of the first shots of Mirabella V as she heads for her first motor trials
American Transat line-up
There's a strong American contingent among the 50 footers entered for the Transat
Open 60s last chance
The Transat is the last opportunity for many to qualify for November's Vendée Globe challenge
Geronimo settles
Team Geronimo are revelling in the lighter breeze away from 95kt winds
9er open meeting at Datchet
The three 9er fleets were greeted with 20 knots last weekend at Datchet Water SC which increased through the Saturday with gusts of over 25
Round the world with 11 men
Ace navigator Adrienne Cahalan cut short the time spent with 11 men onboard Cheyenne to break the world speed record