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Ellen’s new 110ft catamaran, Kingfisher2 (ex Orange) was successfully launched today sporting her sponsored B&Q and Castorama colours

Desjoyeaux triumphs

Michel Desjoyeaux has won the ORMA 60 class of the Route du Rhum sailing his 60ft trimaran Geant

The windless weekend of 16-17 November saw the arrival of 12 National 12s at Datchet Water Sailing Club for the final meeting of the Thames Area series

Devoti Sailing has become the European builder of the International Melges 24 class

Dutch Tornado sailors Xander Pols and Mark Zwart won the 12th Heineken Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta by one point from UK Team Magic Marine

Ellen wins Route du Rhum

Thousands of spectators were present to witness Ellen MacArthur's Kingfisher cross the finish line in Guadeloupe at 0216 GMT this morning.

Ellen leads the way

Ellen has continued to stretch her lead to a 90-mile advantage over Mike Golding’s Ecover, with both a win and a new record in her sights…

Kingfisher leads Ecover by 65.7 miles

With 493 miles left to run to Guadeloupe, Ellen is sailing hard to maintain her lead, despite problems with her autopilot forcing her steer by hand for much of last

Last weekend saw a good turnout for the five Olympic classes competing in the final weekend of the Holt RYA National Ranking Series 2002 at Warsash Sailing Club

Race 5 of the ‘Tyco Healthcare’ Hamble River Winter Series saw the new fleet of Laser SB3s grow to 12 boats, dominating the entries amongst the mixed Sportsboat fleet