Guy Swindells hosts this week's podcast from Cape Town
Vendée Globe: Week 1 round-up
Elaine Bunting reviews the first week of the solo round the world race, and analyses what lies ahead
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Hugo Boss’s damage realised
Alex Thomson Racing Team assess the damage and what is necessary for a restart
Portimão Global: arrival in Southern Ocean
British Team Mowgli is the first into the Southern Ocean on the first leg of the race
Vendée Globe: Peyron takes the lead
Loïck Peyron takes command of race and increases distance between himself and chasing pack
Vendée Globe: snapshot of wild weather
Want to feel wet and cold? Here's Sam Davies's video of Roxy on day 1 of the Vendée Globe
Vendée Globe: Alex Thomson retires
Vendée hopeful Alex Thomson is out of the race following serious structural damage to Hugo Boss
Vendée Globe: change of pace for fleet
In more favourable winds the Vendée skippers are pushing south making around 12 knots
Ben Ainslie named World Sailor of the Year
Ben Ainslie becomes first sailor to be awarded the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year three times
Vendée Globe: Seb Josse takes lead
Ellen MacArthur's team mate Seb Josse leads the Vendée Globe onboard BT
Photo of damage to Hugo Boss
A bigger job than first thought as strips of carbon are peeled from hull
Hugo Boss: flesh wound or fatal blow?
Hugo Boss might be repairable, but do the cracks go deeper?
Massive repairs for Jules Verne challenger
Repairing damage to the giant trimaran Groupama 3 amounts to most of a new build
America’s Cup: BMW Oracle Excluded
As BMW Oracle is excluded from talks, spokesman Tom Ehman posts a reminder as to the key points in the argument
America’s Cup: Meanwhile in Switzerland….
33rd America's Cup teams reach consensus on rules governing the event
Vendee Globe: Alex Thomson taking on water
Alex has discovered a crack on the port side of the hull and is returning to Les Sables d'Olonne
Portimão Global Race: Roaring Forty breakage
Leading solo sailor Michel Kleinjans has had to slow down en route to Cape Town
Rush to repair Stamm’s boat
A mad scramble under a tent of tarpaulins to get the solo skipper back out to sea