Michel Desjoyeaux has won the ORMA 60 class of the Route du Rhum sailing his 60ft trimaran Geant
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National 12s at Datchet Water
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 to build Melges
Devoti Sailing has become the European builder of the International Melges 24 class
Dutch take cat event from British
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
National Ranking Series
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
The French: they just can’t get enough!
Less than 18 hours after losing to Sweden, the French were out playing boats again!
Sailors raise more than £4,000 for Children in Need
More than £4,000 was raised by Lymington Town Sailing Club’s Children in Need programme over the weekend
Hamble River Winter Series – Race 5
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
Quarter Finals – Race 5
Official reports on the last race day
Quarter Finals – Final results
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Quarter Finals – Day 4
Official reports
Day 6 of heavy weather
"It's still blowing dogs off chains," reports Miranda Merron, but she's still managed to move up to 5th
Quarter Finals – Day 3
Official reports
News from Miranda
This is one time I’d prefer to be somewhere else, admits Miranda Merron. But she’s still pushing in 6th place
Photo of Fujifilm in tatters
This dramatic photo says it all
Route de Rhum – another retirement
Thomas Coville sailing the 60ft trimaran Sodebo is retiring with structural damage
Rhum – the list of attrition
They have been sailing for less than six days but many are out of the race - here's the list