The first event of the National 12 Midland Area Series took place on 15 March at Olton Mere SC

Den Heede heads for the bergs

Jean-Luc Van den Heede and his crewman Jean Marie are making good progress on their route back to France via Cape Horn

Tynemouth SC's Blaydon Races were sailed on 16 March

The National 12 Owners Association launched its 2003 Gill Series at the recently held Sailboat and Windsurf Show

As the round the world record deadline passes, Olivier de Kersauson and his disconsolate crew are becalmed a few hundred miles from the finish

A skilful race on the longest leg of Around Alone, rewarded by a new sponsorship deal

Geronimo could still do it

It's going to be tough but if team Geronimo can average 14 knots over the next 1,000 miles she could still break the record for the Jules Verne

Six teams from the Youth squad attended the Carnival Regatta at Vilamoura in the Algarve, southern Portugal at the beginning of March

Mike Golding made an official announcement this morning about his new Owen Clarke Open 60 and the continuing sponsorship by Ecover