Bernard Stamm has a commanding lead in Around Alone, but his boat was literally coming apart in his hands as he finished the first Southern Ocean leg

15 year old breaks world record

Fifteen year old Seb Clover from the Isle of Wight has braved heavy storms and killer whales to become the youngest sailor to cross the Atlantic singlehandedly

Rob Greenhalgh, Dan Johnson and Peter Greenhalgh came up the final beat in the penultimate race to clinch the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff championship in Sydney with a day to…

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede explains how he set up a jury rig to make slow progress towards Australia

Solidaires takes second

At 09:03 GMT this morning Thierry Dubois, at the helm of Solidaires, crossed the finish line on Leg 3 of the Around Alone

TNZ designer Clay Oliver explains the background to the Hula on their own site – get there via our link

Cape to Rio fleet hits light winds

The SAP Cape to Rio 2003 fleet, which left Cape Town last weekend, are reporting lighter wind conditions as they are turing west towards the South Atlantic high pressure system

Third time unlucky as VDH’s rig topples 1,500 miles from the nearest land