Virbac wins class at TJV

Virbac, the brand-new Farr 60, skippered by Jean-Pierre Dick and Nicolas Abiven, has won the Transat Jacques Vabre Open 60 monohull fleet

Olivier de Kersauson's giant trimaran crossed the Route of the Discovery start line off Cadiz early this morning

Round 5 of the Holt RYA National Ranking Series took place at Warsash SC last weekend and a total of 101 sailors took part

Over the weekend 15-16 November the Lark Class Association organised an end of season training session at Queen Mary SC

The Lymington Town Sailing Club Charity Pursuit Race for dinghies and keelboats took place last weekend in light to medium conditions

Matt Howard won last weekend's Finn Qualifier event at Warsash SC beating Tim Carver by just one point

Since Oracle BMW Racing's recent victory over Alinghi in the Moët Cup, the sailing team's focus has turned to the Swedish Match Tour

Gunnar Larsen and Xander Pols won the last race of the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta, enough to beat the British duo Sunnucks and Self

Holt has appointed Peter Marchant to the new position of works director at its Burnham-on-Crouch distribution centre

Groupama crossed the TJV finish line in Salvador da Bahia this morning (Sunday 16 November) at 0810hrs and 41s GMT, or 0510hrs 41s local time

Taking the favoured westerly route overnight, Mike Golding and Brian Thompson have snatched second place in the Open 60 monohulls in the TJV

Top crews line up for Nippon Cup

Nine top international skippers, including seven America's Cup veterans and the reigning Swedish Match Tour champion, head to Hayama, Japan for the Nippon Cup this weekend

Coutts and Sundby win Rolex awards

Russell Coutts and Siren Sundby were presented with the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2003 in Barcelona last night