As the 60ft tris get ready for their TJV start, designer Nigel Irens talks to Elaine Bunting about last year's damage, reigning in technology and why races need to toughen…

Sydney Hobart warm-up

The Rolex Trophy Series is a stand-alone regatta and will be used as a lead-up regatta to the Sydney Hobart

Golding extends his lead

Mike Golding and Brian Thompson are showing their class as they lead the charge in the TJV

Emma’s hopes swamped

Emma Richards recalls how the cockpit drain hose blew off, filling Pindar with 3,000 litres of water and killing the electrics

A snapshot of this year's champion of champions race at Burnham-on-Crouch

TJV sailors face huge winds and seas

Mike Golding leads Open 60s, and multihull start is delayed as the wind backs to the west and wave heights of 10m are forecast in the Channel

Tough night on Sill

A collision at the start, bruising sail changes and two near misses in the night: it's all action for Alex Thomson and Bilou

Pindar are to sponsor 15-year-old Hannah Mills for a 420 campaign, joining Emma Richards on their sailing team. Andrew Pindar talked to Elaine Bunting about the decision

A classic race is shaping up for the Open 60s in the Transat Jacques Vabre, with serious hopes for the British contenders. Of those, Emma Richards's and Mike Sanderson's controversial…