Light winds yesterday made for a slow start at the opening day of the British Virgin Islands' annual sailing festival
Frostad joins multihull circus
Knut Frostad, former skipper of Kvaerner Innovation and djuice dragons, has bought ex-Banque Covefi to compete in the Nokia Oops Cup
Dutch VOR boats in build
Killian Bushe will start building the two boats Dutch, Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed ABN AMRO VOR boats next week
Transat update
Competitors are continuing to prepare their yachts for The Transat which starts at the end of May
Holt RYA National Ranking Series
A strong contingent of Olympic class sailors continued to battle it out for a share of £50,000 in RYA grant money during the second round of the Holt RYA National…
Windfarm on hold
Powergen has announced today that it has decided to put its plans for a wind farm in Portland Harbour on hold
MacArthur goes solo
Ellen MacArthur begun her maiden solo voyage from the Falklands on Friday on board the 75ft B&Q trimaran
Geronimo in survival mode
The 11-man crew aboard Olivier de Kersauson's 110ft trimaran have been attacked by vicious conditions and are currently in survival mode in the deep south
Near disaster for Cheyenne
Good crew work once again has saved Cheyenne from near disaster. Brian Thompson reports
Finns at Weymouth
Matt Howard wins Finn event at Weymouth this weekend
Record looks promising for Cheyenne
With under 10 days to go, the crew aboard Cheyenne are preparing for what could be a new round the world speed record. David Scully reports
Flash proposed as new Olympic class
The Flash dinghy has been proposed as the Olympic single-handed dinghy for Women
Geronimo faces storm Force winds
Despite 50kts of wind, Olivier de Kersauson and crew are still averaging 19.5kts on their Jules Verne record attempt
Toilet seat dilemma for Cheyenne
While the crew on Geronimo are struggling with the elements in the Southern Ocean, Team Cheyenne contemplate the repair of their toilet seat
Italian America’s Cup challenge accepted
Circolo Vela Gargnanohas been accepted by the Defender, the Société Nautique de Genève to challenge for the next America's Cup
America’s Cup 04 schedule
The first three Acts in the four-year story of the 32nd America's Cup will take place this year
RS big birthday bash
The RS class 10th anniversary bash over the May Bank holiday is one not to be missed
Cheyenne heads for Trade Winds
Having spent the last couple of days tackling a tricky wind system, Steve Fossett's 125ft catamaran finally broke through the low-pressure ridge last night and is back up to speed…
Tricky conditions for Cheyenne
Cheyenne is currently crossing the boiler room of the world's great weather engine. David Scully reports
Cheyenne drops pace
Steve Fossett and crew spent the last 24 hours negotiating a tricky wind system but they are still 893nm ahead of Orange I's record