Tug prepares to tow Mirabella

The salvage tug Nerou has arrived off Beaulieu sur Mer in the South of France to prepare to float Mirabella V after divers have inspected her hull and keel

Rolex Big Boat Series

Over 1,000 sailors lined up for the start of the Rolex Big Boat Series at St Francis YC, San Francisco yesterday

Island Race for Swans

The 102-boat fleet at the Swan Rolex Cup yesterday took part in the long-distance Islands race during day three of the Rolex Swan Cup

Jon Ibbotson and Sarah Edwards won last weekend's National 12 inland championship in big winds at Derwent

Mirabella V, Joe Vittoria's 246ft Ron Holland-designed yacht launched earlier this year is in trouble on the French Riviera.

Mirabella still aground

Eye witness reports from the shore adjacent to where Mirabella V is stranded say there are alarming cracking noises coming from the rig or keel

Vendée preparations

A total of 23 skippers have signed up and fulfilled the qualifying criteria to take part in the 23,000-mile Vendée Globe

Henri-Lloyd, has become the first official partner for Onboard - the RYA's new grassroots sailing development programme

Mirabella update

Mirabella V, Joe Vittoria's 246ft Ron Holland-designed yacht currently stranded on rocks near the entrance to Beaulieu sur Mer harbour, is this evening reported safe with a rescue plan in…

Terry Curtis wins OK inland championship at Oxford

Onboard with the RYA

RYA President HRH The Princess Royal was at the Southampton Boat Show this morning for the launch of the RYA's On Board learn to sail scheme

Double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson was at the show this morning for the naming ceremony of the brand-new Farr 645

Our Flying Fish yachtmaster students leave Airlie beach on a series of overnight passages towards Sydney