The Clipper 2002 Round the World Yacht Race fleet set off at 0600 from Jersey this morning for their final 600-mile sprint to the Liverpool finish

Emma Richards has been signed as an Ambassador for the HSBC Education Trust for the next three years

The Sail 4 Cancer charity raised a total of £15,000 during this year's Skandia Cowes Week

Ben Ainslie has won the Finn class at the ISAF world championship in Cadiz and 49er sailors Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks have taken gold with a day to spare

Great Britain finished top nation today, in front of Australia and France, on the final day of the sailing world championships in Cadiz

Don't miss the first two showings of Lonely Planet, the official documentary of The Around Alone on Sky Sports 2 tonight

British sailors Shirley Robertson, Sarah Webb and Sarah Ayton are the first members of the British Olympic Team 2004

Great Britain's Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks pulled out a useful eight-point lead at the end of qualifying in the 49er world championship in Cadiz

Martin Wadhams, Amanda Davies and Claire Upton-Brown were the overall winners of the K6 national championship which concluded yesterday

A new catamaran for the disabled has been launched at the Southampton Boat Show.

Moet Cup

Today will see the final showdown between the America's Cup finalists as they go head to head in the last day's racing at the Moet Cup

The Gul K6 national championship is currently taking place in Falmouth and Team Wadhams has taken an initial lead

The second day of the Laser world championship took place yesterday and Gustavo Lima from Portugal held on to his overall lead

The Swiss Alinghi team put on a clutch performance on Thursday, winning an exhilarating race over the Oracle BMW Racing team, in the Pro-Driver series

Sam Manuard, the 32-year-old Frenchman, has beaten his race-long rival Jonathan McKee in to first place in the Mini Transat first leg

A fourth race win for Olympic gold medallist Iain Percy and crew Steve Mitchell ensured they maintained their position at the top of the 83-boat Star fleet on the third…