Virbac, the brand-new Farr 60, skippered by Jean-Pierre Dick and Nicolas Abiven, has won the Transat Jacques Vabre Open 60 monohull fleet
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Geronimo starts record attempt
Olivier de Kersauson's giant trimaran crossed the Route of the Discovery start line off Cadiz early this morning
Golding ‘pleased’ with 3rd
A few reliability problems with the new boat, but result proves she's quick, says Golding
Barking Mad leads Farr 40 match racing
Team Barking Mad is currently leading the Rolex Farr 40 Match Race in Miami after day 1
Holt RYA National Ranking Series
Round 5 of the Holt RYA National Ranking Series took place at Warsash SC last weekend and a total of 101 sailors took part
Lark Training at Queen Mary
Over the weekend 15-16 November the Lark Class Association organised an end of season training session at Queen Mary SC
Charity Pursuit Race
The Lymington Town Sailing Club Charity Pursuit Race for dinghies and keelboats took place last weekend in light to medium conditions
Finn qualifier at Warsash
Matt Howard won last weekend's Finn Qualifier event at Warsash SC beating Tim Carver by just one point
Borobudur ship expedition heads for SA
The Borobudur ship expedition should arrive in South Africa within the next fews completing their third leg
Oracle BMW heads for Nippon Cup
Since Oracle BMW Racing's recent victory over Alinghi in the Moët Cup, the sailing team's focus has turned to the Swedish Match Tour
Dutch win Aruba cat regatta
Gunnar Larsen and Xander Pols won the last race of the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta, enough to beat the British duo Sunnucks and Self
Holt strengthens distribution team
Holt has appointed Peter Marchant to the new position of works director at its Burnham-on-Crouch distribution centre
Groupama wins Transat Jacques Vabre
Groupama crossed the TJV finish line in Salvador da Bahia this morning (Sunday 16 November) at 0810hrs and 41s GMT, or 0510hrs 41s local time
Ecover takes second from Sill
Taking the favoured westerly route overnight, Mike Golding and Brian Thompson have snatched second place in the Open 60 monohulls in the TJV
Top crews line up for Nippon Cup
Nine top international skippers, including seven America's Cup veterans and the reigning Swedish Match Tour champion, head to Hayama, Japan for the Nippon Cup this weekend
Olympic classes at Warsash this weekend
Round 5 of Holt RYA National Ranking Series is taking place this weekend at Warsash
Volvo extends keelboat sponsorship
Volvo has extended its three year contract with the RYA Keelboat Programme
Coutts and Sundby win Rolex awards
Russell Coutts and Siren Sundby were presented with the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2003 in Barcelona last night
Van Den Heede up on record
Jean Luc Van Den Heede is just ahead of Philippe Monnet record breaking time during the early stage of the non-stop, singlehanded global challenge
On course for Christmas shopping
The UK Sailing Academy based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight has introduced a Christmas gift voucher scheme for sailing courses