Jean Luc Van Den Heede is just ahead of Philippe Monnet record breaking time during the early stage of the non-stop, singlehanded global challenge

The UK Sailing Academy based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight has introduced a Christmas gift voucher scheme for sailing courses

Close encounter with a fridge

Sam Davies writes gingerly, with very sore hands after spending hours at the helm of Team Cowes, about encounters of a very bizarre kind

Vigo for VOR start

Spain makes history today as Vigo, in the north-west region of Galicia, has been chosen to host the start of the next Volvo Ocean Race

Ecover back up to third

Although Ecover is now back up to third in the TJV Open 60 monohulls, she is still over 200 miles behind Virbac

The British team Sunnucks/Self moved into the overall lead of the Aruba Heineken Catamaran Regatta yesterday

Virbac storms ahead

Virbac, the leading monohull in the Transat Jaques Vabre, has extended her overnight lead to 108 miles

The condition of a crewmember who was airlifted off Geronimo last night with suspected Meningitis is less serious than first thought

When news of Joe Vittoria's plans to build a 246ft (75m) sloop with a 300ft (91m) carbon fibre mast permeated the superyacht industry...

While most people will be sitting down on Christmas Day digging in to their Christmas dinner, the 22-strong British Fireball team will jumping into an aeroplane and heading off down…

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede crossed the imaginary challenge start line between Lizard and Ushant at 12hrs.22mins.25secs today

Stolen yacht found

The yacht that was stolen from Crosshaven Boatyard, Cork on 25-26 October has turned up in Cornwall

The wind hammered Yaverland Beach, Sandown on the Isle of Wight last Sunday for the finals of the windsurfing slalom, wavesailing and kitesurfing competitions

Raphaela Le Gouvello has arrived in Tahiti to become the first windsurfer to cross the pacific