Squalls and clams but horror of all horrors, the loo is blocked
80 knot squalls forecast but the food is getting better
Spirit still leads the fleet as the crew's thoughts turn to St Lucia and rum cocktails
Frying bacon raises spirits
Bacon sandwiches and chilli to celebrate Spirit's halfway point
A spot of needlework aboard X-To-Sea
The sixth day aboard X-to-Sea was spent rebuilding a shredded kite
Berenice goes for the gybes
The crew aboard Berenice spent yesterday perfecting their gybing skills
Mollymawk finishes Transat
Ross Hobson and Andi Newman's 50ft catamaran limped across the Transat Jacques Vabre finish line yesterday with damaged mast foot
Flying fish and Roman baths
Mike Kopman reports from on board Spirit at the front of the ARC fleet
Happy Spirits up
Blowing a spinnaker leads to some sail experimentation and it's flapjacks for tea
Winchless wenches
Girls for sail settle in and food moves higher on their agenda
One rule to measure them by……
Matthew Sheahan talks to Alinghi's and Oracle's chief designers about how the new Americas Cup class rule will affect the next generation of boats
Spirit leads ARC racing fleet
Yachitng World's Mike Kopman is aboard the VO60 Spirit currently dashing across the Atlantic at the head of the ARC racing fleet
The agony and the X-to-Sea
Life-lines save crew member during near broach aboard X-to-Sea
News from Happy Spirit
Three days in to the trip and crew aboard the Ocean 60 Happy Spirit are smokin'. But will they be brave enough to keep the kite up tonight?
Girl for Sail spot Shark
At least they think it was!
Historic launch of world’s largest sloop, Mirabella V
David Glenn joined the crowds thronging the banks of the River Itchen to watch the world's largest sloop Mirabella V emerge from VT's Woolston yard, the last yacht to launch…
Spirit crew revel in the conditions
Twenty two knots of boatspeed under blue sky and sun, things aboard the VO60 Spirit couldn't get much better... apart from the food of course
…and the winner is
Valencia
America’s Cup venue and more
Matthew Sheahan reports from the America's Cup media frenzy in Geneva as more details of the next America's Cup emerge
News from X-To-Sea
Sail changes and menu highlights
High spirits aboard VO60
A top speed of 19.8kts yesterday has more than made up for the lack of gourmet cuisine aboard Spirit