At the Harken Laser Masters yesterday, the Apprentice fleet was first away in an 18 knot north-westerly breeze

The 50ft classes of the Transat are home to some of the most interesting individuals - like Mike Birch

Rob Larke and Sally Wakefield won last weekend's Lark open meeting at Torquay

Groundhog Day for Transat teams, but there's a frisson of urgency - or is that the prospect of Anna Kournikova?

Jason Best finally finds his sealegs as he joins the yacht Besso for his final training session before the race start on Sunday.

A bumpy start seems likely and a certain amount of grinding, epoxying and debate is going on behind the scenes

Olympic sailing classes go head to head three months before Athens Games