You didn't realise it was end of an era? Me neither, but here are some trends from the bygone Noughties
Two winched to safety at Herne Bay
Two sailors miraculously escaped when their brand new yacht hit a sandbank off Herne Bay and sank
Bun fight
An easy way to impress the press
London Boat Show kicks off Friday
The Tullett Prebon London International Boat Show will run from 8 - 17 January
Alfa takes Sydney Hobart line honours
Neville Crichton’s New Zealand supermaxi Alfa Romeo beats ICAP Leopard to the line by 24 miles
Sydney Hobart Concertina Race
Alfa hangs on, while Leopard chases and Ran takes IRC lead
Rolex Sydney Hobart Start
Johno Fullerton reports on an uncharacteristically clod start to this offshore classic
Rolex Sydney Hobart Preview
An impressive line up, but what does the weather hold in store? Johno Fullerton reports
Merry wintry Christmas
Icy scenes but hopeful thoughts on Christmas Eve
Vendée boat debris found
A piece of Jean Le Cam's VM Matériaux is found 1,600 miles away nearly a year after it was abandoned
Government committee scuppers border plan
A body blow to the British government's plans to record all cross border journeys
Shoretalk: This Week’s Programme now Online
Peace breaks out in Monaco, plus Gilmour speaks on match racing and Eric Hall tells us about the future of rigging
Battle Ready?
BMW Oracle’s story in pictures and sounds
Liz Wardley Dismasted
SoloOceans sailor’s around the world bid ends in disaster
UK to Host Louis Vuitton Event
Britain’s Team Origin announces search for UK venue in 2010
Soggy Dollar surveillance
Keeping an eye on the beach bar Painkiller consumption
190ft Kokomo is launched in Auckland
One of the largest and most powerful super-sloops in the world was launched yesterday from her builders Alloy Yachts in New Zealand
Roy Disney, 1930-2009
Walt Disney's nephew - a record-breaking yachtsman and fervent supporter of youth sailing - dies aged 79
SolOceans: Wardley dismasts
Skipper suffers two knock downs and dismasts 600 miles SW of Lisbon
View from the top
A short but steep walk in the Caribbean with my new canine friend Brownie